Zika virus protein could be vaccine target
WHAT: A viral protein known as NS5 is a promising target for vaccines against Zika and related viruses, according to...
Using a genetic signature to overcome chemotherapy-resistant lung…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 23, 2017 – Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often respond to standard...
Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients,…
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Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
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Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
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With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
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Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
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Study: Biomarkers as predictive of sepsis as lengthy patient monitoring
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Tulane researchers find other layers of immunity in TB/HIV…
Credit: Gena Chattin Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV...
Medicaid coverage brings more silence to the hearing impaired
Credit: Health Affairs TAMPA, FL (Aug. 7, 2017)- Medicaid does not cover hearing aids in 22 states. Coverage varies greatly...
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf…
Credit: Harvard Medical School Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General...
CHLA awarded $1.3 million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital...
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