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SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Results of the AVIATOR 2 international registry are being presented as late-breaking clinical science...

Hollings Cancer Center immunologist joins Association of American Physicians

Credit: Julia Lynn Physician scientist and Hollings Cancer Center immunologist Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D., was inducted into the Association of...

Public/private partnership fuels development of new research park in North Chicago

Credit: Rosalind Franklin University The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity recently approved the expansion of a state enterprise...

Size matters when fighting cancer, groundbreaking UTHealth study finds

HOUSTON - (April 26, 2018) - Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat...

Hearing screening for public safety professionals — New method for ‘fitness for duty’ assessments

April 27, 2018 - Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals...

Gene transfer alters the neurodegenerative course of GM2 gangliosidosis

Since its clinical description in 1881, Tay-Sachs disease has had almost totemic significance as a cruel and relentless genetic condition...

A potential new weapon in the addiction battle: FDA-approved diabetes and obesity drugs

Cocaine and other drugs of abuse hijack the natural reward circuits in the brain. In part, that's why it's so...

New imaging system makes back surgery safer, faster and less expensive

Credit: Dartmouth College Hanover, N.H. - Researchers at Dartmouth College have found a way to make back surgery safer, faster...

Hidden costs of skin cancer caused by workplace sun exposure revealed

Skin cancer cases attributable to work-related sun exposure could be costing millions of dollars, and must be better addressed by...

Noninvasive brain tumor biopsy on the horizon

Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Taking a biopsy of a brain tumor is a complicated and invasive surgical process,...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Dr. Paul Offit receives the 2018 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal

Credit: Sabin Vaccine Institute The Sabin Vaccine Institute has awarded Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the...

VaxArray immunogenicity study published in Vaccine

Credit: InDevR, Inc. BOULDER COLORADO (4/25/18) -- "VaxArray for Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Potency Testing of Influenza Vaccines" describes a study...

Innovative collaborative research network to be led by Wake Forest, with AFAR

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH has awarded funds, expected to total $2.5 million over three years, to...

Research finds new mechanism that can cause the spread of deadly infection

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a unique mechanism that drives the spread of a deadly infection. Cryptococcosis...

When politics affects demography: How erdogan has brought 10% more children to turkey

Credit: Paolo Tonato In the early 2000s Turkey was a country in full demographic transition. Fertility rates had dropped to...

Sylentis presents new results on its ophthalmological compounds at ARVO 2018

The Company presents the preclinical and clinical results from studies of three molecules for the treatment of dry eye syndrome,...

Review finds more effective drugs to stop bleeding after childbirth

New evidence from a Cochrane review published today, led by a University of Birmingham scientist, suggests that alternative drugs may...

Scientists identify a potential treatment for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Credit: IDIBELL The work of researchers Francesc Viñals and Mariona Graupera at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL, Oncobell program)...

Fluoride varnish in the primary dentition can prevent caries

Whereas caries in adults and adolescents is declining, studies in children under the age of 3 have shown that caries...

Obesity inhibits key cancer defense mechanism