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New insights into complex processes
Credit: Photo: team Gessler The blood-brain barrier is a crucial protection mechanism: It is a highly selective physical barrier that...
Promising therapy for fatal genetic diseases in children nears human trials
Credit: UMMS WORCESTER, MA - Researchers at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine are...
New test distinguishes Zika from similar viral infections
A new test is the best-to-date in differentiating Zika virus infections from infections caused by similar viruses. The antibody-based assay,...
What are the best ways to diagnose and manage asthma?
GALVESTON, Texas - What are the best ways to diagnose and manage asthma in adults? This can be tricky because...
Pre-pregnancy obesity increases risk for neurocognitive problems in premature babies
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2017 - A new study has found that children born extremely premature to women who...
Parasitic worms may lead to agricultural stem cell breakthrough
Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa The plant parasitic nematode is an agricultural pest that has no fundamental countermeasures and requires the...
CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia leads to remissions in clinical trial
SEATTLE -- July 17, 2017 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed about 70 percent of patients with...
Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies
Credit: Jimmy Day/MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers have devised a way to image...
T-cells lacking HDAC11 enzyme perform more effectively in destroying cancer cells
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center have discovered a new role for...
New device detects tumor cells in blood
Credit: © URV Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, led by the ICREA researcher, Ramon Álvarez...
Teens may be missing vaccines because parents aren’t aware they need one
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Parents...
New test paves way for potential treatments to target Alzheimer’s and other conditions
A simple methodology for capturing proteins implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions has been developed by...
Improving care of patients with traumatic brain injury in low- and middle-income countries
A new research group focused on improving the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in low- and middle-income countries...
Tracking the mechanisms of artery formation
Credit: MPI f. Molecular Biomedicine/ M.E. Pitulescu Arteriogenesis is a critical event - not only during development but also in...
Media registration open for TCT 2017
WHAT: Media registration is open online for TCT 2017 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research...
Combining genomics with farmers’ traditional knowledge to improve wheat production
The key to produce better crops to meet the needs of the growing world's population may lie in combining the...
O2 and hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in drowned toddler
New Orleans, LA - Dr. Paul Harch, Clinical Professor and Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School...
Team-based model reduces prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent
BOSTON-- A new, team-based, primary care model is decreasing prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent,...
Immune system found to control eye tissue renewal in zebrafish
Credit: David White, Mumm Lab, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report evidence that zebrafishes'...
New Fanconi anemia-causing gene identified
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers from the group led by UAB Chair Professor Dr. Jordi Surrallés at the Hospital de...
