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Annual pap test a ‘thing of the past?’
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released new recommendations on screening for cervical...
Research informs new national cervical cancer screening recommendation
Credit: UC Davis Health A comprehensive analysis of eight clinical trials and four cohort studies on cervical cancer screening by...
USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for cervical cancer
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendations regarding screening for cervical cancer, with the...
Simple test could identify bladder cancer patients who won’t respond to immunotherapy
Credit: Pic courtesy of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Patients who are unlikely to benefit from a commonly used immunotherapy...
Bigger proteins, stronger threads: Synthetic spider silk
Credit: Christopher Bowen Spider silk is among the strongest and toughest materials in the natural world, as strong as some...
In the eastern US, adult trees adapt and acclimate to local climate
Credit: Gerad Dean (Millbrook, NY) Trees growing in temperate forests in the eastern US show strong adaptation or acclimation to...
Reliability, learnability and efficiency of two tools for cement crowns retrieval
This research work aims to help other researchers in the field to set up an experimental bench to assess the...
CasPER — a new method for diversification of enzymes
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU A new study published in the Metabolic Engineering Journal describes a...
Southern California coast emerges as a toxic algae hot spot
A new, comprehensive survey led by USC scientists shows the Southern California coast harbors some of the world's highest concentrations...
How do muscles know what time it is?
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) How do muscle cells prepare for the particular metabolic challenges...
Switching DNA and RNA on and off
DNA and RNA are naturally polarised molecules containing electric dipole moments due to the presence of a significant number of...
Window into the brain
In collaboration with scientists from the Ioffe Institute, HSE University researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive atomic magnetometric scheme with a...
$120 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to CU Anschutz
Credit: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. AURORA, Colo. (August 21, 2018) - The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus...
Simple leg exercises could reduce impact of sedentary lifestyle on heart and blood vessels
Credit: Vranish et. al. A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of the transport of blood around the body, which...
New ESMO tumor DNA scale helps match patients with cancer to optimal targeted medicines
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland- 21 August 2018 - A new scale for tumour DNA mutations which...
ESC Congress 2018 — Tips on what not to miss
Munich, 21 August 2018: Journalists are invited to follow the ESC Congress 2018 press programme for tips on the hottest...
Red or yellow? A simple paper test detects false or substandard antibiotics
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Antibiotics - medicines that treat bacterial infections - have saved millions of lives worldwide since...
Antipsychotic use in older adults after heart surgery
Delirium is the medical term for an abrupt, rapid change in mental function that goes well beyond the typical forgetfulness...
AMP addresses clinical relevance of DNA variants in chronic myeloid neoplasms
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global molecular diagnostics professional society,...
Untreated genital warts may increase risk of HIV transmission
(Boston)-- A new study has shown that genital warts may promote HIV sexual transmission and, in turn, their treatment and...
