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Credit: MU School of Medicine When a person loses a hand, nerves that control sensation and movement are severed. This...

Protein insights to help find heart disease cure

Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has uncovered new insights into how the human genome gets through the...

Scientists uncover re-evolution of disruptive camouflage in horned praying mantises

A scientist from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History led research that revised the horned praying mantis group and traced...

Berkeley Lab gets $4.6 million in functional genomics catalog project

Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is set to receive nearly $4.6...

Discovery of a unique subcellular structure determining the orientation of cell division

Cell division is a fundamental process of life, producing two cells from one single cell at each cell division. During...

ECDC rapid risk assessment outlines actions to reduce the spread of the mcr-1 gene

The recently recognised global distribution of the mcr-1 gene poses a substantial public health risk to the EU/EEA. The gene...

Mammogram rates increase after ACA eliminates co-payments

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost sharing for screening mammograms, their rate of use rose...

New drug combination helps kickstart the immune system to fight back against cancer

Scientists from King's College London have found a way to boost the immune system to help it fight back against...

New drug combination helps kickstart the immune system to fight back against cancer

Scientists from King's College London have found a way to boost the immune system to help it fight back against...

Scientists zoom in to watch DNA code being read

Extraordinary images show one of fundamental processes of life Mechanism goes into overdrive in cancer - and could be target...

Researchers develop swallowable test to detect pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable...

Researchers develop swallowable test to detect pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable...

Presurgical targeted therapy delays relapse of high-risk stage 3 melanoma

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A pair of targeted therapies given before and after surgery for melanoma produced...

Presurgical targeted therapy delays relapse of high-risk stage 3 melanoma

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A pair of targeted therapies given before and after surgery for melanoma produced...

Whole-population testing for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations is cost effective

Screening the entire population for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations, as opposed to just those at high-risk of carrying...

Presurgical targeted therapy delays relapse of high-risk stage 3 melanoma

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A pair of targeted therapies given before and after surgery for melanoma produced...

Bioengineered soft microfibers improve T-cell production

Credit: Lance Kam/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--January 18, 2018--T cells play a key role in the body's immune response against...

Researchers develop swallowable test to detect pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

January 17, 2018

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable...

Patients with blood cancer precursor at risk of developing cancer even after 30 years

January 17, 2018

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma or a...

Modular gene enhancer promotes leukemia and regulates effectiveness of chemotherapy