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Breast tissue tumor suppressor PTEN: A potential Achilles heel for breast cancer cells
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In an article published July 17, 2018 by Nature Communications, a highly collaborative team...
Rush received six-year, $9 million grant from William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
(CHICAGO)--After a successful, two-year pilot project that helped patients reverse their metabolic syndrome with lifestyle changes, the William G. McGowan...
Tech takes on cigarette smoking
Credit: CWRU CLEVELAND--Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are using wearable sensor technology to develop an automatic alert system to...
Ketamine has potential therapeutic role in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 1, 2018--A new study has shown a significant average decrease...
IADR announces 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Award Winners
Alexandria, Va., USA - IADR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Awards which...
Nowhere to hide: Molecular probe illuminates elusive cancer stem cells in live mice
Credit: Images by Chelsea Anorma CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- After a primary tumor is treated, cancer stem cells may still lurk...
Otago researcher claims new study a step forward in fight to eliminate tuberculosis
Credit: University of Otago The McAuley Professor of International Health at the University of Otago is labelling the findings of...
Single-payer plan in New York could cover all without increasing spending
A single-payer health care plan could expand coverage for all New York State residents, but would require significant new tax...
3D-Printed implants shown to help grow ‘real bone’
Credit: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Chemically coated, ceramic implants successfully guided the regrowth of missing bone in...
Travel times affect neurocritical care unit nurse staffing levels
August 1, 2018 - For specialist nurses on neurocritical care units, accompanying patients for imaging scans and other procedures has...
Drugs for heart failure are still under-prescribed, years after initial study
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study found that many people with heart failure do not receive the medications recommended for them under...
Lung cancer mortality rates among women projected to increase by over 40 percent by 2030
Bottom Line: The global age-standardized lung cancer mortality rate among women is projected to increase by 43 percent from 2015...
Placenta barrier-on-a-chip could lead to better understanding of premature births
More than one in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely, according to the World Health Organization. Now scientists report in...
After 60 years, scientists uncover how thalidomide produced birth defects
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose...
New app helps victims of domestic violence in the privacy of their doctors’ office
Credit: Rochester Institute of Technology Primary care practices in Rochester, N.Y., are pilot testing an app that screens patients for...
Safeguarding fetal brain health in pregnancies complicated by CHD
Yao Wu, a research postdoctoral fellow in the Developing Brain Research Laboratory at Children's National Health System, has received a...
Drexel’s polymer pill proves it can deliver
Credit: Drexel University Selecting the right packaging to get precious cargo from point A to point B can be a...
Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool automates radiation therapy planning
Credit: Brian Tran Beating cancer is a race against time. Developing radiation therapy plans -- individualized maps that help doctors...
Exenatide treatment alleviated symptoms of depression in patients
Amsterdam, NL, August 1, 2018 - Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), such as depression, apathy, cognitive impairment, sleep disorders,...
Yeast grow — but can’t always breed — with their sixteen chromosomes fused into two
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of...
