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AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 8, 2016) - Type 1 diabetes patients with elevated albumin in their urine had three times the...

One specific gene explains many diseases

Genetic differences in the FADS1 gene determine the risk for many different diseases. The ability to produce polyunsaturated fats like...

Scientists develop exciting new option for targeted cancer therapy

Credit: Eoin Scanlan, Trinity College Dublin Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a new class of compounds - glyconaphthalimides...

Scientists developing model to predict if chemotherapy will work for breast cancer

CHAPEL HILL-- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and collaborators are working to predict, before treatment, whether...

Genetic alterations more common in tumors of older patients with metastatic breast cancer

CHAPEL HILL - A University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center-led analysis has found that women who are 65...

Brain metastasis persists despite improved targeted treatment for HER2 breast cancer

CHAPEL HILL - While new targeted treatments developed across the past two decades have led to dramatic survival improvements for...

Cellular immunotherapy targets a common human cancer mutation

In a study of an immune therapy for colorectal cancer that involved a single patient, a team of researchers at...

Patients receiving CD for atraumatic headache in ER less likely to return within 30 days

Leesburg, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 -- A retrospective observational study illustrates that patients who underwent CT examination for atraumatic headache...

Machine learning enables predictive modeling of 2-D materials

Credit: Wes Agresta/Argonne National Laboratory Machine learning, a field focused on training computers to recognize patterns in data and make...

Some breast cancer patients on neoadjuvant chemo may avoid axillary lymph node dissection

SAN ANTONIO -- A sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during surgery that showed no signs of cancer was associated with...

Optimism may reduce risk of dying prematurely among women

Boston, MA - Having an optimistic outlook on life--a general expectation that good things will happen--may help people live longer,...

New study shows targeted therapy needed for breast cancer with brain metastases

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2016 - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) have...

Mayo Clinic research helps refine role of gene variants in breast cancer risk

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Inherited pathogenic variants in protein coding genes BARD1 and RAD51D increase a woman's likelihood of developing breast...

JNeurosci: Highlights from the Dec. 7 issue

Impaired Sound Processing May Explain Persistent Hearing Deficits in People With Cochlear Implants Cochlear implants have restored hearing in hundreds...

Sleep apnea can contribute to recurring pulmonary embolism

GLENVIEW, IL, Dec. 7, 2016 - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major risk for patients suffering from venous thromboembolism (VTE)...

Study proposes new protocol for treatment of thalassemia

Iron accumulation in myocardial cells, potentially resulting in heart failure or fatal arrhythmia, is one of the complications most feared...

Decoding cement’s shape promises greener concrete

Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 7, 2016) - Bringing order to disorder is key to making stronger...

New book on Cilia from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Credit: Image provided by Jeffrey R. Martens, Thomas H. Maren Professor and Chairman of the University of Florida, College of...

ASHG supports Genetic Privacy Provisions in 21st Century Cures Act

BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) commends Congress for strengthening privacy protections for genetics research participants...

Research aims to improve In vitro fertilization success rates