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Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a unique population of immune cells plays a key role in the development of...

Firearm-safety class rates in US little changed in 20 years

Credit: Elizar Mercado, University of Washington School of Public Health Only about three in five U.S. firearm owners have received...

Registry identifies early onset of heart failure and lack of defibrillators in Asia

For the first time this year a late breaking clinical trials session will be held at the Asian Pacific Society...

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s researchers discover indicator of lung transplant rejection

PHOENIX, Ariz. July 12, 2017 -- Research by scientists at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Norton Thoracic...

Benefits of using Droplet Digital PCR for measuring immunotherapy response highlighted in presentations at 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting

HERCULES, Calif. -- July 11, 2017 -- New research demonstrating the clinical potential of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology...

How cells control nuclear size becomes clearer

Credit: Kazunori Kumi Over a century since scientists first observed that cells and their nucleus grow at a constant ratio...

Insurance coverage for CT colonography increases likelihood of screening

OAK BROOK, Ill. - People with insurance policies that cover CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening are almost 50 percent...

Accessing DNA in the cell’s powerhouse to treat disease

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS For the first time, a synthetic compound has been made that can bind to DNA in...

Cannibal cells may limit cancer growth

Credit: Dr Jo Durgan, Babraham Institute Cell cannibalism in tumour samples has been observed for over a century, yet this...

Collagen controlling the thickness and juvenile state of skin

Credit: Watanabe M., et al. eLIFE, July 11, 2017. Type XVII collagen (COL17) is found to regulate the proliferation of...

Insect ‘anti-antiaphrodisiac’ tells males when females are ready to mate

Credit: Brent et al., 2017 Researchers have identified a pheromone released by female insects after mating that tells males exactly...

ECDC report: 10-fold increase of hepatitis E cases in the EU/EEA in the last 10 years

Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...

Women and men may have different bipolar disorder biomarkers

Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team...

Study of premature babies has implications for future treatment

Research carried out by the University of Kent with doctors on the neonatal unit at the William Harvey Hospital and...

Contaminants in food: Identifying and assessing risks as early as possible

Dioxins, mineral oils, perfluorinated substances - people do not only obtain important nutrients with their food. They also ingest undesirable...

Caregiving needs increase as older adults approach the end of life

Dying adults in the United States have 2.5 people assisting them, on average, according to a new study. Yet those...

Elena Castro receives a Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation

Credit: CNIO The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced its 2017 Young Investigator (YI) Awards, which support early career scientists...

Researchers describe novel reporter proteins for long term expression of therapeutic genes

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--A new study showed that the expression levels of...

Method determines cell age more accurately, could help elderly patients

Sure, you know how old you are, but what about your cells? Are they the same age? Are they older,...

UF Health researchers find genetic factors that cause muscle weakness, wasting disorder