Hypertension expected to rise globally, with significant impact in South Asia
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 1 October 2018 - Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular and kidney diseases and over 1.5...
Immune system’s balancing act keeps bowel disease in check
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australian researchers have uncovered clues in the immune system that reveal how the balance...
Scientists use AI to develop better predictions of why children struggle at school
Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at...
Cancer Immunotherapy Conference features latest research on response, resistance, treatment
NEW YORK -- The Fourth CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference: Translating Science into Survival, to be held in New York,...
Bacterial therapy tolerable, shows early promise in patients with advanced solid tumors
NEW YORK -- A phase I clinical trial investigating the use of bacterial Clostridium novyi-NT spores as an injectable monotherapy...
New cancer vaccine shows early promise for patients with HER2-positive cancers
NEW YORK -- Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic HER2-positive cancers...
Patient-partnered genomics study IDs immunotherapy as potential treatment for rare cancer
NEW YORK -- Angiosarcoma Project, a patient-partnered genomics study, identified immune checkpoint inhibition as a potential treatment option for patients...
EU countries unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
The health care systems in some European countries lack the capacity to rapidly move a disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's disease...
Eye discovery to pave way for more successful corneal transplants
A team of eye specialists at The University of Nottingham has made another novel discovery that could help to improve...
Global three-day conference on emerging arboviruses and insecticide resistance opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE, 1 October 2018 - The resistance of mosquito borne arboviruses such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are...
New study confirms Mediterranean diet prevents a leading cause of blindness
SAN FRANCISCO - Sept. 30, 2018 - Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the...
Unveiling the mechanism protecting replicated DNA from degradation
Credit: Takuya Abe Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy have succeeded...
Video of zebrafish neural development wins top prize in Nikon Small World competition
Credit: Video created by Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden...
China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research over the past two decades
Credit: ©Science China Press In the period of 1995 to 2015, China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research, according...
Bacterial protein mimics DNA to sabotage cells’ defenses
Credit: Teresa Thurston Infections with Salmonella bacteria, often caused by eating or handling undercooked meat or eggs, affect about 100...
New research helps to inform the design of scientific advisory committees
Credit: York University News At a time of "fake news" and a growing mistrust of scientific experts, researchers at York...
UCF selling experimental Martian dirt — $20 a kilogram, plus shipping
Credit: University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida is selling Martian dirt, $20 a kilogram plus shipping. This...
Researchers find value in unusual type of plant material
MADISON -- An ideal biorefinery would turn renewable crops into a variety of fuels and products with little waste. A...
Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic
Credit: NOAA Scientists have uncovered the genetic basis for the production of domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by certain...
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
Credit: Jacqueline Hess MADISON - If Lewis Carroll had described in detail the mushroom Alice nibbles in Wonderland to shrink...
