Blood biopsy reveals unique, targetable genetic alterations in…
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using fragments of circulating tumor DNA in blood, University of California San Diego School of...
Post-concussion brain changes persist even after pre-teen hockey players return to play
Credits: Western University Young hockey players who have suffered concussions may still show changes in the white matter of the...
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies…
A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of California,...
Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to…
Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017–The court-ordered publication of "corrective statements" by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve...
Queen’s-led European research project makes huge steps in tackling global health…
Credit: Queen's University Belfast Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global health issue, killing hundreds of thousands annually, a figure expected...
Deciphering an embryo-protecting protein
Credit: Kuroki K. et al., The Journal of Immunology, March 27, 2017 Revelations about a protein expressed in fetal cells...
Living too far from advanced cardiac care decreases your odds of survival
Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology Philadelphia, January 31, 2018 – A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology...
NIH launches large study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika…
The National Institutes of Health and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry...
A ‘CRISPR’ view of Sturge-Weber syndrome is coming into focus
Credit: Bischoff lab/Boston Children's Hospital Three-dimensional modeling and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology are giving scientists a new view into Sturge-Weber...
Worried about holiday weight gain? your scale isn’t giving you the whole picture
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel…November 27 – A new, long-term diet study published in the high impact American Heart Association...
Aorta more rigid in African-Americans, may explain rates of…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Nov. 9, 2016 – African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to effective new therapies
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell...
“Lost” memories can be found
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Folding of the cerebral cortex — identification of important…
Credit: Kanazawa University The human brain is highly developed with higher functions compared to other animals, thanks to which humans...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise...
New test may improve diagnosis and treatment of pancreactic cancers
By collecting samples from the portal vein–which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver–physicians...
Dr. Dobryakova of Kessler Foundation researches effect of feedback on…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 18, 2018 – Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury...
Chemo brain starts during cancer’s progression, not just after chemotherapy
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences The memory and thinking problems experienced by cancer survivors, known as "chemo brain" or...
UTA researcher’s book looks at quality-of-life concerns associated with urban sprawl
Credit: UT Arlington A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other...
Trawl of Red Sea surface waters finds little plastic
Credit: © 2017 Cecilia Martin Researchers are mapping global patterns of marine plastic pollution as alarm grows over floating rubbish....