Toward an ‘ultra-personalized’ therapy for melanoma
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically, in some cases to...
Research Brief: Immediately limiting nicotine in all cigarettes could reduce smoking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advanced notice of a proposed rule in March that would reduce nicotine...
Mitochondria come together to kill cancer cells
Credit: Onodera Y., et al., Nature Communications, July 11, 2018 Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could...
Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests
PRINCETON, N.J.--Europe's decision to promote the use of wood as a "renewable fuel" will likely greatly increase Europe's greenhouse gas...
Shedding light on 100-year-old cancer mystery
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Sept. 12, 2018 - For almost a century,...
End of Colombia conflict may bring new threats to ecosystems
Credit: María Elena Gutiérrez Lagoueyte at Universidad EIA More than 50 years of internal conflict in Colombia have left behind...
New hope for PKDL patients in Africa as clinical trial aims to make treatment safer and easier
A clinical trial to find a better treatment for severe or chronic cases of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in...
AACR releases annual Cancer Progress Report
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its annual Cancer Progress Report highlighting how federally funded...
Caffeine consumption may extend life expectancy for people with kidney disease
A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk of death for...
Researchers explain how viral protein promotes deadly infection by Nipah and Hendra viruses
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah...
New sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than year
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as...
Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies for hearing disorders
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which...
To flee or not to flee: how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger
Credit: Gil Costa, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Though it has been many millennia since human lives were regularly threatened...
ADHD may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders
Credit: University of Utah Health While about 11 percent of children (4-17 years old) nationwide have been diagnosed with attention-deficit...
Healthcare cuts ‘strongly linked’ to the resurgence of measles
Credit: European Journal of Public Health Recent trends show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries,...
New tool developed at UBC screens online health ads for deception
Credit: University of British Columbia The internet is rife with ads for health products, from weight-loss systems to arthritis cures--but...
New technology transforming vaccine development through faster viral detection
Credit: LumaCyte Could we finally have a faster, more objective analytical tool to rapidly measure viral infectivity for vaccine development...
New Yorkers who use drugs report changing behaviors to avoid overdose
People who use drugs in New York City have adjusted their behaviors to avoid overdose, finds a study by the...
Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin--a...
Heart attack: Substitute muscle thanks to stem cells
Myocardial infarction - commonly known as a heart attack - is still one of the main causes of death. According...
