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Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection....
New imaging technique able to watch molecular dynamics of neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Sophie Brasselet, Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a fast and practical molecular-scale imaging...
Mountaintop coal mining causes appalachian rivers to run ‘consistently saltier’
Credit: Fabian Nippgen Mountaintop-removal coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry...
Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and...
50-year-old flu virus model revamped, revealing pandemic prediction possibilities
Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to...
Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities by race/ethnicity?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine A major 20-year study provides further evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers negligible benefits...
FDA advisory committee recommends first-ever CAR-T gene therapy treatment for cancer
Credit: Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Today the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, an independent panel of experts, voted unanimously...
New approach to leukemia can help improve successful treatment
New University of Liverpool research, presented at an international conference, confirms that a novel approach to the treatment of chronic...
Blood test for early detection of pancreatic cancer headed to clinic
Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A newly identified biomarker panel...
Discovery of brain-like activity in immune system promises better disease treatments
The Australian National University (ANU) has led the discovery of brain-like activity in the immune system that promises better treatments...
UTA-linked startup TissueGen wins ‘Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough’ award
Credit: Kevin Nelson Biotech startup TissueGen, Inc. was awarded the "Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough" award by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent...
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow and spread
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed...
Cancer survivors get a taste for kefir after exercise
Philadelphia, PA, July 12, 2017 - Kefir may be a beneficial post-exercise beverage for cancer survivors. It means that cancer...
Mathematical modeling could help with personalized cancer care
A new study from the University of Southern California could pave the way for improving personalised lung cancer care and...
