Stem cells show long-term success in treating severe peripheral arterial disease
Durham, NC - A long-term study of patients who received stem cells to treat angiitis-induced critical limb ischemia (AICLI) shows ...
Real-time coverage of inside of the brain made possible
Credit: Kei Zaitsu Nagoya, Japan - Real-time monitoring of the dynamics of endogenous molecules in organisms is an important aspect ...
Back to (nucleic) bases
Credit: NASA What do astronauts, microbes, and plants all have in common? Each relies on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - essentially ...
$3.6 million boost in search for new malaria drugs
Credit: WEHI-TV, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australia A $US3.6 million grant from global charity the Wellcome Trust will accelerate ...
Lymphatic endothelial cells promote melanoma to spread
Credit: Päivi Ojala Lab/University of Helsinki Despite the declining death rates for many individual cancer types, mortality for a few ...
Distress in men following prostate cancer can be reduced
A new web-based support programme will help reduce the psychological stress that impacts men who are recovering from prostate cancer. ...
Researchers call for tougher standards for studies on obesity policies
> When a new park is built, a tax is instituted on fast food or a ban put in place ...
Organ-chips model and predict thrombotic side effect caused by anti-CD154 antibody hu5c8
BOSTON, Mass., April 10, 2018 - Emulate, Inc. announced today a published study that demonstrates that its Blood Vessel-Chip accurately ...
Ultra-safe cells resistant to natural viruses announced as first GP-write major project
NEW YORK, May 1, 2018 - The Center for Excellence in Engineering Biology and the leadership of Genome Project-write (GP-write) ...
Patients get faster life-saving treatment in states with policies allowing direct transport to specialized heart attack care hospitals
DALLAS, May 1, 2018 -- People having a heart attack get faster life-saving treatment to restore blood flow to the ...
Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A great deal of evidence suggests that it is more difficult to learn a new language as ...
EEG signals accurately predict autism as early as 3 months of age
Credit: Credit: William Bosl, Ph.D. Autism is challenging to diagnose, especially early in life. A new study in the journal ...
Marmosets as the canary in the coal mine for Zika
Credit: Clem Spalding/TX Biomed New research shows small, New World monkeys called marmosets may be an important animal model for ...
New insights into the origins of mutations in cancer
Credit: Arturo Agostino Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the University of Dundee and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have ...
New lab study reveals how breast cancer drug can accelerate cancer cell growth
Credit: Phospho Biomedical Animation The breast cancer drug lapatinib which is designed to shrink tumours can sometimes cause them to ...
Survey: Medical marijuana could reduce opioid use in older adults
A questionnaire of older men and women suffering from chronic pain who were given medical marijuana found that the drug ...
Cancer patients set to benefit from world’s largest surgery study
Improved care for patients undergoing cancer surgery is the focus of a pioneering worldwide study. Doctors say the initiative - ...
Novel cancer vaccine strategy blocks death of tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2018) - New research published in Cancer Immunology Research ...
Breakthrough for SF State kinesiologists studying metabolic protein
Credit: Andy Galpin, CSU Fullerton San Francisco State University researchers have discovered a new method for testing levels of a ...
UC Davis researchers discover how antiepileptic drugs induce birth defects
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A common drug for treating epileptic seizures can lead to birth defects if used during pregnancy by ...
