New online tool for clinicians could predict long-term risk of breast cancer returning
A new, simple web-based calculator that could better predict the long term risk of breast cancer returning in other areas...
From guts to glory: The evolution of gut defense
Credit: Keisuke Nakashima A new Nature Communications paper has journeyed to the inside of our insides, as a team from...
Female basketball players face disproportionate racial bias: New study
New research has uncovered a recurring pattern of referee bias in women's college basketball. The Howard Journal of Communications study...
New immunotherapy inhibits tumor growth and protects against metastases
Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have taken important steps forward in the development of a cancer-targeting immunotherapy....
Researchers discover epigenetic reason for drug resistance in a deadly melanoma
(New York, NY - August 24, 2018)--Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a previously unknown reason for drug resistance in a...
UMass Amherst research discovers new channel-gating mechanism
Credit: UMass Amherst/Jianhan Chen AMHERST, Mass. - Computational biophysicists are not used to making discoveries, says Jianhan Chen at the...
Disappearing into thin air
A major advance towards targeting cancer without harming healthy tissue has been discovered by University of Bristol researchers. The team...
Flirting flies: More than just winging it
Credit: Angela O'Sullivan Studies of the song of the fruit flies reveal new findings of how the neurons in the...
Cardio exercise and strength training affect hormones differently
Every day a lot of people cycle to and from work or visit the gym to lift heavy weights. Regardless...
Chronic malnutrition in children: A new gut microbial signature
Credit: © Institut Pasteur in Bangui/JM Zokoué Chronic malnutrition, usually associated with an inflammation of the small intestine, affects one...
Smoked Out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
Chemical engineering researchers from Brigham Young University have developed an advanced model that can help predict pollution caused by wildfire...
Risk adjusting for race and poverty bolsters rankings of some hospitals
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- Sociodemographic risk adjustment of...
MSU scientists closer to solving arthritic condition in teens
Credit: Kurt Stepnitz, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new Michigan State University study has found that a...
INRS takes aim at the dreaded tropical disease leishmaniasis
Leishmania is a microorganism that enters the human body via a sandfly bite. Instead of fleeing the white blood cells...
LeClair receives MAG’s Physician’s Award for Community Service
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 24, 2018) - Dr. Bruce LeClair, Ollie O. McGahee Jr....
Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind
It has long been assumed that the content of dreams can tell us something about the person's well-being. However, so...
Scientists have developed an effective marker for cancer diagnosis and therapy
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research group consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS, the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum...
Decline in uninsured hospitalizations for cardiovascular events after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a decline in the proportion of uninsured...
Researchers stop cell suicide that worsens sepsis, arthritis
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with...
New nusinersen drug delivery method identified for spinal muscular atrophy patients
STRASBURG, PA- A new report has identified an alternative method to deliver nusinersen to patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)...
