Novel glutamine antagonist prodrugs to be developed as anticancer therapies
(Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)) An international science team at IOCB...
New methods for genetics analyses and diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
The two most common types of inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerous colitis and Crohn's disease. These are diagnosed by camera...
Accepted or rejected? Uncovering how fate of B cell is determined
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - When a pathogen evades or overcomes our innate immune defenses, the adaptive immune system kicks...
Kids exposed to general anaesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores
The new finding published today in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New...
Study could spawn better ways to combat crop-killing fungus
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became...
Biomarkers and efficacy of vaccine responses among patients treated with new MS drug
LOS ANGELES - In March 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ocrelizumab as the first treatment for both...
Probiotics useful in the fight against infection prevention
NEW YORK (April 26, 2018) - Probiotics may be a relatively safe, simple, and low-cost solution for preventing Clostridium difficile...
New metric defines areas of highest prostate cancer burden
Credit: Russell McIntire, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - To catch prostate cancer at earlier stages, when...
Mid-life chronic inflammation may be linked to frailty later
A study of nearly 6,000 Americans followed for 24 years from middle to late adulthood found that having chronic inflammation...
A biochemical process in plants is imitated to curb the reproduction of colon cancer tumor cells
Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. On this occasion, it doesn't involve miracle species or the...
Meningococcal meningitis: Stomach pain should be seen as a warning sign
© Monet, Fotolia Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck... but...
Loss of brain synchrony may explain working memory limits, says study
A new study from City, University of London and MIT may have revealed the reasons behind our memory limitations. The...
Who is using guns for suicide?
(Boston)--The average profile of an American using a gun for suicide is a married, white male over the age of...
Smartphone app keeps an ‘eye’ on daily tuberculosis therapy
Johns Hopkins researchers report success with a smart phone video-based app that substitutes for a daily in-person visit by a...
Curiosity is key to early childhood success in math and reading
Curious children are better able to grasp basic math and reading. This is according to a group of researchers from...
Quality cancer care: Not just a matter of anti-cancer medicines
LUGANO, 26 April 2018 - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, shares concerns expressed in a scientific paper...
PARP-1 may be key to effectiveness of PARP inhibitors, and now researchers can image it
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine researchers have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to isolate a key genetic feature...
RNA editing study shows potential for more effective precision cancer treatment
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center If there is one thing all cancers have in common, it is they have nothing...
Zika virus eliminates advanced human tumor in central nervous system of rodents
Credit: HUG-CELL A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo...
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