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Drug safety for penguins
Credit: Thinkstock Researchers from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have determined the most effective drug dose to help penguins...
How do birds get their colors?
Credit: Ismael Galvan Birds' feathers, or plumage, are some of the most strikingly variable animal characteristics that can be observed...
Cell aging in lung epithelial cells
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Pulmonary fibrosis can possibly be attributed to a kind of...
New biosensor stimulates sweat even when patient is resting and cool
Credit: Dottie Stover/UC Creative Services One downside to medical sensors that test human sweat: you have to sweat. Sweating from...
Materials governed by light
Credit: Rebeca Sola. UPV/EHU Hybrid materials are those that combine components of differing origins (organic and inorganic) in order to...
Desert tortoises can’t take the heat of roadside fencing
Credit: J. Mark Peaden/UC Davis Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help...
Aggressive breast cancers may contribute to racial survival disparities
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A higher proportion of aggressive breast cancer subtypes are seen in black women, University of North...
August GIE studies show promising results for patients with endoscopic treatments
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Aug. 3, 2017 - The August issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal...
New statistical models key yield powerful insight from health care databases
BALTIMORE, Md. (Aug. 3, 2017) -Recognizing that administrative health care databases can be a valuable, yet challenging, tool in the...
New research shows the power of radiomics to improve precision medicine
TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2017) - Precision medicine has become the leading innovation of cancer treatment. Patients are routinely treated...
NCI study shows feasibility of cancer screening protocol for Li-Fraumeni syndrome patients
In a new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, researchers found a...
Hereditary cancer syndromes focus of JAMA Oncology collection
JAMA Oncology published a collection of articles on hereditary cancer syndromes, including Li-Fraumeni and Lynch syndromes. The online publication includes...
Physicians evaluate new device to test for cervical cancer
Credit: J. Diedrich, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - When a woman has an abnormal pap smear she usually undergoes colposcopy,...
Breakthrough by scientists finds arthritis drug could treat blood cancer patients
Credit: University of Sheffield University of Sheffield scientists discover drug used for arthritis could be used to treat blood cancer...
Scientists deliver knockout blow to multiple cancers
Targeting healthy cells that have been hijacked by cancer cells could help treat many different types of the disease, according...
Targeted radiotherapy limits side effects of breast cancer treatment
Breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy targeted at the original tumour site experience fewer side effects five years after treatment...
CAREFOR calls on EU to safeguard independent academic research
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano/Brussels, Aug. 3, 2017. Three leading European organisations in the fight against cancer have...
DNA provides new insights on the control of invasive Russian knapweed
Credit: Jeffrey L. Littlefield. A recent study featured in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management sheds new light on...
University of Maryland School of Medicine receives grant to develop vaccine
BALTIMORE, MD. - The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has been awarded a three-year, $2.47 million grant...
Could mutations and inherited genes play a role in cerebral palsy?
Hemiplegic cerebral palsy hampers movement in one side of a person's body. In the first genetic study of its kind...
