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Toward a ‘smart’ patch that automatically delivers insulin when needed
Credit: American Chemical Society Treatment for certain diabetes cases involves constant monitoring of blood-glucose levels and daily insulin shots. But...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation awarded major American Heart…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a three-year award...
Think chicken — think intelligent, caring and complex
Credit: Farm Sanctuary Chickens are not as clueless or "bird-brained" as people believe them to be. They have distinct personalities...
Identifies investment opportunity across extractive industry’s cycle
Extractive industry finance recognizes that major changes in the international mining and petroleum industries over the last decade have significantly...
TSRI scientists find potential treatment for ‘painful…
LA JOLLA, CA – August 17, 2016 – The eye's lacrimal gland is small but mighty. This gland produces moisture...
Science self-corrects: Cancer gene does not pass reproducibility test
Credit: Sheltzer Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY — About 10 years ago, several labs discovered that a gene called...
Smart bomb virus shows promise as brain tumor immunotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A common cold virus engineered to attack the most common and deadly of brain tumors...
U of U Health and Janssen Research & Development investigate genetics of suicide
Credit: CDC Data and Statistics Fatal Injury Report 2015 and University of Utah Health Even today, suicide is a taboo...
Slow motion waves of jumping genes in the human genome
Credit: Kathryn Faith. Nature is full of parasites–organisms that flourish and proliferate at the expense of another species. Surprisingly, these...
What do piranhas and goldfish have in common?
Credit: Prosanta Chakrabarty, LSU The common goldfish, the tiny minnows, the fish tank favorite tetra, the famous Electric Eel, the...
New guide for finding genes linked with behavior
Credit: Kathleen Bengston Scientists interested in finding specific genes that influence the behavior of humans and animals have a new...
Under the weather? A blood test can tell if antibiotics are needed
DURHAM, N.C. — Researchers at Duke Health are fine-tuning a test that can determine whether a respiratory illness is caused...
Matchmaking for cancer care
Credit: Illustration by Jeffrey Chase/University of Delaware A team of computer scientists from the University of Delaware and Georgetown University...
Genes associated with progression of melanoma are identified
When researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil treated human melanoma cell lines with a synthetic compound...
Adjuvant nivolumab superior to ipilimumab in surgically resected stage…
Credit: Courtesy of NYU Langone Medical Center. Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 – Adjuvant nivolumab is...
BGRF and SILS scientists analyze viability of shRNA therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Credit: Translational Neuroscience Friday, November 31, 2017, London, UK: Researchers from the Biogerontology Research Foundation , Department of Molecular Neuroscience...
Study: Risk of undetected cancer in gynecologic surgery higher than previously thought
BOSTON–Minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries have advantages for patients, including shorter hospital stays, quicker recoveries, and less pain. However, power morcellation,...
Researchers compose guidelines for handling CAR T cell side effects
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — Immune-cell based therapies opening a new frontier for cancer treatment carry unique, potentially...
Is childhood obesity a psychological disorder?
Credit: Bradley Peterson, M.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles A team of researchers, including senior investigator, Bradley Peterson, MD, director of...
