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Rare pediatric skin conditions often get expensive, inconsistent care
Credit: UIC Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to conduct a large-scale analysis of treatments...
Pancreatic cancer: Mutable cancer cells are more dangerous
Credit: Sylvia Willax Pancreatic cancer often spreads, forming metastases in the liver or lungs. The prognosis is better for patients...
Transmission of NDM bacteria between dogs and humans established
Credit: Thomas Grönthal In 2015, a New Delhi-metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) Escherichia coli bacteria was discovered in two Finnish dogs. An article...
Whooping cough vaccine: The power of first impressions
Credit: Dr. Ricardo Antunes, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA-- The current whooping cough vaccine was...
Medicare Advantage rankings penalize plans serving disadvantaged populations, study finds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New research from Brown University suggests that federal rankings of Medicare Advantage plans may unfairly penalize those...
Simple test to predict rare cancers’ likely spread
Credit: Credit: QUT, Arutha Kulasinghe New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to...
Preventative HIV vaccine candidate triggers desired immune responses in humans and monkeys, and protects monkeys from infection
BOSTON - More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
Scientists identify a protein complex that shapes the destiny of T cells
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like a mentor helping medical students choose between specialties, a protein complex helps shape...
Savory foods may promote healthy eating through effects on the brain
Researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami--or savory taste--can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote...
Melting bacteria to decipher antibiotic resistance
Credit: Aleksandra Krolik / EMBL With antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide, there is a strong need for new technologies to study...
New model for predicting neuroblastoma outcomes incorporates early developmental signals
Credit: Kulesa Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, is particularly deadly...
Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory
(University of Cambridge) Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by groundbreaking analysis of...
Listeria monocytogenes multi-country outbreak: 47 cases including 9 deaths
Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables produced in a company in Hungary are the likely source of an outbreak...
UVA develops way to create medicines without side effects
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the...
Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells
Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in...
WSU researchers map DNA damage links to onset of skin cancer, melanoma
PULLMAN, Wash. A critical link in mapping recurrent mutations of melanoma -- the most serious form of skin cancer in...
Photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research group presented photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators using microfluidic technology. The capsule's diameter is...
Smart bandages designed to monitor and tailor treatment for chronic wounds
Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (July 6, 2018)--A team of engineers led by Tufts University has developed a prototype bandage...
Stripes may be cool — but they don’t cool zebras down
Susanne Ă…kesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool...
