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Massey scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The gene p53 functions normally as a cancer suppressor, but mutated versions of the gene...
Boston Medical Center, Head Start partner to prevent maternal depression
BOSTON - Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program, has helped...
Reckless behavior fuels ongoing stress for some with PTSD
Credit: Mitch Mirkin Researchers with the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that engaging in...
Influenza virus can overcome potentially crippling mutations
LA JOLLA, CA - June 14, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown that for the...
Rules of the neural roads: Traffic control in your synapses
Credit: OIST While the mechanism of transmission of information at the contact point between two neurons -- the famous synapse...
New tools help early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
State medical licensing boards’ practices may hurt physician mental health
Credit: Michigan Medicine Sharing a history of mental health issues with an employer is difficult for anyone. It's that much...
Marijuana use among college students on rise following Oregon legalization, study finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. - College students attending an Oregon university are using more marijuana now that the drug is legal for...
Distant fish relatives share looks
James Cook University scientists have found evidence that even distantly related Australian fish species have evolved to look and act...
Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs
Credit: Portrait: Cecilia Hedström A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy,...
New imaging technique may help identify joint inflammation in children earlier
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
Why we get diarrhea
Credit: Image courtesy of the Turner laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Researchers want to know: does diarrhea serve a...
SLU researchers find key to muscle regeneration
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Saint Louis University researchers report in Molecular Metabolism new findings that the nuclear...
A new mutation in kidney disease
Credit: Yamamoto et al., Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2017), doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfx083 Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) is a rare...
UK’s voluntary pledge to provide calorie content information for alcoholic drinks fails to make significant progress
Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2017 - Alcoholic beverage producers and retailers in the UK are failing to provide consumers with...
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is effective for military
Cognitive behavioral therapy, which traditionally includes regular, and often weekly, visits to a clinician, is recommended by the American College...
Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3-D vision
Haute couture can be credited for enhancing more than catwalks and red carpets. New research from the University of California,...
Creighton physicist’s work unveils new ability of immune cells
Credit: Andrew Ekpenyong, PhD Omaha, Neb., (June 14, 2017) -- A major discovery about a set of immune cells, published...
Cloudy with a chance of radiation: NASA studies simulated radiation
Credit: NASA In each life a little rain must fall, but in space, one of the biggest risks to astronauts'...
Topical drug darkens human skin in a dish without UV
Credit: Nisma Mujahid and David E. Fisher Researchers in Boston have developed a class of small molecules that successfully penetrates...
