Advancing cancer immunotherapy with computer simulations and data…
Credit: NIAID The body has a natural way of fighting cancer – it's called the immune system, and it is...
Long-term gains with early epilepsy surgery
Credit: Photo: Cecilia Hedström There are important, long-term gains from hastening the processes around surgical interventions against epilepsy – before...
Healthy diet could decrease gestational diabetes risk for South Asian…
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Aug. 10, 2017) – South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational...
ECDC study: Nearly 1 in 6 new HIV diagnoses in Europe are among people…
Credit: ECDC/The Lancet HIV A study published in The Lancet HIV showed that while the rate of newly reported HIV...
Exploring current state of knowledge about mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s…
The current issue of Neurodegenerative Disease Management explores evolving viewpoints on the role of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease...
Grant among the first to address the mental health needs of Pacific…
Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Pacific Islanders are persons who trace their roots to the native peoples of Hawaii,...
Grocery store program improves farmers’ adoption of environmental practices
Credit: Image credit: Tannis Thorlakson When grocery stores tout sustainable products, consumers may take their claims at face value. Yet...
Penn study identifies potent inhibitor of Zika entry into human cells
Credit: The laboratory of Sara Cherry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – A panel of small molecules...
Gene therapy to prevent vision loss: Studies in primates needed to…
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 29, 2016–Many gene therapy-based approaches are in development to combat...
Gene therapy using ‘junk DNA’ could lower risk for heart…
Credit: Judy Wu / UCLA Division of Cardiology FINDINGS Scientists from UCLA and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute successfully used...
Consuming saturated animal fats increases the risk of type 2 diabetes
Credit: ©URV Recently, dietary guidelines for the general population have shifted towards a plant-based diet (rich in legumes, whole-grain cereals,...
Liverpool ophthalmologist secures international prize
Credit: University of Liverpool A Corneal Fellow from St Paul's Eye Unit in Liverpool and the University of Liverpool is...
Timothy Ray Brown, cured of HIV, rallies public to support research funding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 17, 2018–In the 10th anniversary year since a bone marrow...
New therapeutic approaches for uveitis featured in special festschrift issue
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 15, 2017- Novel therapeutic approaches and advances in the treatment...
University of Louisville lab helps discover new disease that causes kidney failure
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville were part of a group that discovered...
Parent-supplied photos allow pediatric dermatology diagnoses with no…
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Using smartphone cameras, parents can reliably take high-quality photographs of their child's skin condition to...
Popular heartburn drugs linked to gradual yet ‘silent’…
Credit: Michael Worful/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Taking popular heartburn drugs for prolonged periods has been linked...
Researchers reveal new links between heart hormones, obesity, and diabetes
Lake Nona, Fl., Feb. 17, 2016 – A new research study has revealed an important relationship between proteins secreted by...
Discovery of drug combination: Overcoming resistance to targeted drugs…
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team presented a novel method for improving medication treatment for liver cancer using Systems Biology,...
NIH study finds donor corneas can be safely preserved for longer period
Credit: Credit George Rosenwasser, M.D. Results from a large, national clinical trial show that corneal donor tissue can be safely...