Study shows a new approach to treating patients with stage IV Wilms tumor
A new study showing significantly improved survival rates for patients with stage IV Wilms tumors with lung metastases was recently ...
Inducing labor at 39 weeks reduces risks of C-section and other complications
Credit: Sandra Roa TAMPA, Fla. (April 25, 2018) - It's better to induce than to watch and wait. That's the ...
When do problems with memory and decision-making affect older adults’ ability to drive?
For older adults, driving can mean living a more independent, satisfying life. Therefore, it's no surprise that about 86 percent ...
Study: Drug-filled, 3-D printed dentures could fight off infections
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. denture-wearing population suffer frequent fungal infections ...
UNC researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination
CHAPEL HILL - Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger ...
Researchers 3-D print electronics and cells directly on skin
Credit: McAlpine group, University of Minnesota In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, ...
ASHG announces 2018 winners of international DNA Day Essay Contest
Credit: Stephanie Peborde BETHESDA, MD - As part of its celebration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human ...
SCAI releases consensus guidelines for PVD device selection
SAN DIEGO - The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released new guidelines to address the selection of ...
Novel technique achieves 32-fold increase in nanometric bactericide’s activity
In recent decades, various research groups in the field of materials science have invested time and resources to answer the ...
Brain folding provides researchers with an accurate marker to predict psychosis
By using images of the brain to look at how its outer surface is folded on itself, researchers can predict ...
Researchers develop new tools in the fight against diabetic blindness
Credit: Credit: Shyam Chaurasia. Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal microvascular disease that often causes blindness in adults who have had ...
SCAI updates consensus on length of stay for percutaneous coronary intervention
SAN DIEGO - Revised guidelines incorporating new data on discharge criteria for patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will ...
New UA research study aims to predict and prevent deadly disease in premature infants
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences A new $1.9 million grant at the University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center ...
JFK was not shot from the grassy knoll, suggests new research
London, April 25, 2018 The long-held conspiracy theory that John F. Kennedy was shot by a second gunman on the ...
CU Anschutz Medical Campus wins $46.5 million NIH grant to accelerate research discoveries
AURORA, Colo. (April 25, 2018) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $46.5 million to the University of ...
BU: Obese patients underrepresented in cancer clinical trials
Obesity is a risk factor for a number of cancer types and can influence cancer treatment outcomes. In 2014, cancer ...
E. coli — are we measuring the wrong thing?
A sepsis awareness and management programme has demonstrated overall success in terms of improved sepsis detection, but has led to ...
Rabies trick could help treat Parkinson’s Disease
The rabies virus wreaks havoc on the brain, triggering psychosis and death. To get where it needs to go, the ...
Generic drug manufacturers see new opportunities ahead
Declining prices and a saturated market could spell doom-and-gloom for the generic pharmaceutical industry, but some in the business are ...
Research identifies easier way to predict how chemical compounds will interact
New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programmes could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by ...
