Made to measure sugar-like molecule could improve cancer-fighting antibodies
Credit: B. Poitras, GlycoNet Dr. Robert Britton firmly believes every molecule is important. This chemist doesn't want any molecule sitting ...
Vast majority of heavy smokers not screened for lung cancer despite USPSTF recommendations
ASCO Perspective "This study makes a strong case that our country needs an effective public service campaign about encouraging lung ...
Shorter trastuzumab treatment for HER2+ breast cancer can be as effective, with fewer cardiac side-effects
ASCO Perspective "The use of trastuzumab has been a major advance for women with HER2-positive breast cancer by increasing the ...
St. Jude trial identifies a medulloblastoma subset that requires less aggressive therapy
Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The youngest patients with the brain tumor medulloblastoma are among the ...
Blocking two enzymes could make cancer cells mortal
Before cell division, the long strings of the cell's DNA are wrapped tightly into the structures we know as chromosomes. ...
Cannabidiol significantly reduces seizures in patients with severe form of epilepsy
Credit: NYU Langone Health Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a "high" and ...
Elevated homocysteine identified as metabolic risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - The amino acid homocysteine occurs naturally in the ...
SF State study examines how stereotypes affect memory in older Chinese immigrants
Credit: Stephane Tougard, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ... Ever have a "senior moment" and worry about what other people ...
Hyaluronan combined with exercise versus exercise alone to relieve knee arthritis
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) aims to determine if a hyaluronic acid ...
Remote camera network tracks Antarctic species at low cost
Credit: Jefferson Hinke/NOAA Fisheries An international research team has developed a simple method for using a network of autonomous time-lapse ...
Comprehensive care physician model improves care, lowers hospitalization
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine Patients who need frequent hospitalization account for a disproportionate amount of health care spending ...
Brazilians with less education more likely to report being in poor health, study finds
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Brazilians with less education are more likely to self-report ...
Our brains are obsessed with being social
Our brains are obsessed with being social even when we are not in social situations. A Dartmouth-led study finds that ...
Researchers identify gene that helps prevent brain disease
Credit: Ackerman Lab/UC San Diego Scientists know that faulty proteins can cause harmful deposits or "aggregates" in neurological disorders such ...
Understanding drug-resistant gonorrhea
Can whole genome sequencing illustrate changes in drug susceptibility of gonorrhoea to antimicrobials used for treatment and so help to ...
Fellowships offer reporters valuable insight as America ages
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalists in Aging Fellows Program has received renewed grant support to welcome its ninth ...
FutureNeuro and GreenLight Medicines partner to develop treatments for epilepsy
Dublin, 16 May 2018 - A new partnership between FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological diseases ...
Intimacy in later life does not slow memory loss
Older people who enjoy a sexually active and emotionally close relationship with their partner tend to perform better at memory ...
Researchers find clues to treating psychoses in mental health patients
Credit: John Kerns Psychotic disorders often are severe and involve extreme symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations in which people ...
Colon cancer cells use mysterious RNA strands to avoid cell death
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long strands of RNA help colon cancer ...
