Insurance approval rates for clinical trial participation rose under Affordable Care Act
Bottom Line: Approval rates for privately insured patients seeking to enroll in oncology clinical trials increased after the passage of ...
Loma Linda University researchers finds links between meal frequency and BMI
A study by researchers from Loma Linda University School of Public Health and the Czech Republic has found that timing ...
Combining CAR T cells with existing immunotherapies may overcome resistance in glioblastomas
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Genetically modified "hunter" T cells successfully migrated to and penetrated a deadly type of brain ...
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Many diseases, including cirrhosis and hepatitis, can lead to liver failure. More than 17,000 Americans suffering from ...
Surprising genetic variety in childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma is a malignant tumor of the cerebellum. Medulloblastoma can occur at any age, but it most commonly affects children. ...
Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (July 19, 2017) -- A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer ...
Definitive genomic study reveals alterations driving most medulloblastoma brain tumors
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The most comprehensive analysis yet of medulloblastoma has identified genomic changes responsible for more ...
Dundee-China linkup uncovers secrets of our cellular ‘energy sensor’
A scientific collaboration between researchers in Scotland and China has uncovered a new kind of `energy sensor' in our cells, ...
Grant supports deep dive into microbes
Credit: Shannon Modla/ University of Delaware Even in sediment cores extracted more than a mile beneath the ocean floor, you'll ...
Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment
Credit: Jeff Leinert, NHGRI How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients ...
Team traces masculinization in mice to estrogen receptor in inhibitory neurons
Credit: Tollkuhn Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have opened a black ...
In mice, acting male depends on estrogen receptors
Credit: Tollkuhn Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have opened a black ...
IPM receives multi-year award from UK government to advance technologies for women’s HIV
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 20, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that it has received ...
Imaging of Scar Tissue Formation
Organs respond to injuries with the formation of new fibrous tissue, which can result in scarring. This process called fibrogenesis ...
Harris to receive GSA’s 2017 Joseph T. Freeman Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
New study reveals contrasts in how groups of neurons function during decision making
Credit: Harvey Lab/HMS. By training mice to perform a sound identification task in a virtual reality maze, researchers at Harvard ...
UTA biologist wins NSF CAREER grant to study effects of predators on evolution of Daphnia
Credit: UTA A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington who studies ecology and evolutionary biology is the recipient ...
A common underlying genetic basis for social behavior in dogs and humans
Dogs' ability to communicate and interact with humans is one the most astonishing differences between them and their wild cousins, ...
Penn researchers engineer macrophages to engulf cancer cells in solid tumors
Credit: Discher Lab. One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents ...
Skin vaccination with microneedle patch, influenza fusion protein improves efficacy of flu vaccines
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences ...
