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DOD grant to fund potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center A team of Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer...
Living organisms find a critical balance
Credit: ASU Biologists know a lot about how life works, but they are still figuring out the big questions of...
Could bacteria fuel the future?
A group of bacteria best known for causing stomach trouble could also be a source of sustainable energy. The U.S....
Nanoplatform developed with three molecular imaging modalities for tumor diagnosis
Credit: Marco Filice Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have developed a hybrid nanoplatform that locates tumours using...
GA4GH announces new interoperability standards for genomic data sharing
BASEL (October 4, 2018) -- The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) today announced the release of three new...
How the brain learns during sleep
Credit: RUB, Kramer Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Bonn have investigated which activity patterns occur in the...
Nanopore technology with DNA computing easily detects microRNA patterns of lung cancer
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (14), pp 8531-8537. Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society Small...
Protein dynamics: Molecular machines at work
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a special fluorescence-based imaging technique to track the shape changes that occur...
New details of HIV life cycle
Credit: Evan Krape Research by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details...
New method measures single molecules from nanoliter of blood in real time
Credit: Giovanni Maglia, University of Groningen University of Groningen scientists, led by Associate Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia, have...
Digital marketing exposure increases energy drink usage among young adults
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, October 5, 2018 - Energy drinks represent a new category of nonalcoholic...
Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
Credit: Levchenko Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities...
ACMG awarded five-year, $13 million contract renewal to continue newborn screening efforts
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for...
Cancer death disparities linked to poverty, lifestyle factors nationwide
New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across...
New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting
Following a review of the latest evidence --including a range of recent trials of drug and lifestyle interventions -- the...
Health insurer policies may discourage use of non-opioid alternatives for lower back pain
Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy,...
The urban training intervention increases physical activity in COPD patients
Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy...
Cleaning procedure prevents therapy dogs from spreading MRSA to children with cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA),...
How has children’s body image changed over time?
Results from a Chinese nationwide survey indicate that the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity nearly tripled from 6.5% to 16.8% from...
Could treating psoriasis in the future be as easy as going online?
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - For approximately 8 million Americans, visiting a doctor regularly is the key to...
