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Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cancer metastasis – the spread of disease from the original site to a distant organ ...

Breathing molecule discovered: Vital to treating respiratory conditions

Credit: University of Warwick Vital molecule which regulates breathing discovered by University of Warwick researchers Connexin26 detects CO2 levels in ...

Dr. Chiaravalloti of Kessler Foundation to study effect of cognitive intervention in aging

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 17, 2018 – Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research ...

Bioengineered soft microfibers improve T-cell production

Credit: Lance Kam/Columbia Engineering New York, NY–January 18, 2018–T cells play a key role in the body's immune response against ...

A centuries-old math equation used to solve a modern-day genetics challenge

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers developed a new mathematical tool to validate and improve methods used ...

Warming Arctic climate constrains life in cold-adapted mammals

Credit: Joel Berger/ Colorado State University Despite the growth in knowledge about the effects of a warming Arctic on its ...

Blasting dental plaque with microbubbles

Credit: Hitoshi Soyama Whether through an accident or a disease, teeth loss can cause many inconveniences. Dental implants such as ...

Cellular mechanism for severe viral hepatitis identified

Credit: KAIST KAIST medical scientists identified a cellular mechanism causing inflammatory changes in regulatory T cells that can lead to ...

NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical ...

New biosensor stimulates sweat even when patient is resting and cool

Credit: Dottie Stover/UC Creative Services One downside to medical sensors that test human sweat: you have to sweat. Sweating from ...

AGS honors expert & emerging geriatrics leaders at 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting

New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than aspirin

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital An international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is ...

Mammogram rates increase after ACA eliminates co-payments

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost sharing for screening mammograms, their rate of use rose ...

New drug combination helps kickstart the immune system to fight back against cancer

Scientists from King's College London have found a way to boost the immune system to help it fight back against ...

New drug combination helps kickstart the immune system to fight back against cancer

Scientists from King's College London have found a way to boost the immune system to help it fight back against ...

Scientists zoom in to watch DNA code being read

Extraordinary images show one of fundamental processes of life Mechanism goes into overdrive in cancer - and could be target ...

Researchers develop swallowable test to detect pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable ...

Researchers develop swallowable test to detect pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable ...

Presurgical targeted therapy delays relapse of high-risk stage 3 melanoma

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A pair of targeted therapies given before and after surgery for melanoma produced ...

Presurgical targeted therapy delays relapse of high-risk stage 3 melanoma