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New study finds that lymph node removal isn’t necessary for all melanoma patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there,...
Loss of cells in brain’s memory center linked to schizophrenia
IMAGE: This is an image of the mouse hippocampus, with CA2 inhibitory neurons stained in light blue. In the researchers'...
COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop...
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes…
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC – In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...
IU study finds slight shift in attitudes toward bisexuals, from negative to neutral
Credit: Indiana University Bloomington While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study...
Thousands on one chip: New method to study proteins
Since the completion of the human genome an important goal has been to elucidate the function of the now known...
Cystic fibrosis bacterial burden begins during first years of life
Credit: Wolfgang Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – Cystic fibrosis (CF) shortens life by making the lungs...
Discovery of new Hepatitis C Virus mechanism
Researchers at Osaka University, Japan uncovered the mechanisms that suppress the propagation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the...
Investigators may unlock mystery of how staph cells dodge the…
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017) — For years, medical investigators have...
Mutations in key cancer protein suggest new route to treatments
For years, scientists have struggled to find a way to block a protein known to play an important role in...
Opioid crisis impacts ICUs with more admissions, deaths
Credit: ATS Aug. 8, 2017 — The opioid crisis in the United States is resulting in increased admissions to hospital...
Organism responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning may affect…
The toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense, is a photosynthetic plankton–a microscopic organism floating in the ocean, unable to swim against a...
‘Yin and yang’ switch lies at the heart of animal stem cells
Credit: © Manuel Irimia, CRG. A molecular switch that flips between different versions of genes could be crucial for maintaining...
Same switches program taste and smell in fruit flies
IMAGE: Concentric rings in a fruit fly larva's antenna result from a set of genetic control "switches " that interact...
Chicago Radiological Society gives highest honor to Loyola radiation…
Credit: Loyola Medicine Loyola Medicine radiation oncologist Edward Melian, MD, has received the Chicago Radiological Society's 2017 Distinguished Service Award,...
Simple procedure could improve treatment for common eye disease
Credit: Kevin Jiang for the University of Chicago Medicine A new, minimally invasive procedure appears to be effective for many...
Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China’s native…
Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study...
Large, crystalline lipid scaffolds bring new possibilities to protein,…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization...
Understanding your bacteria
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria that live all around and inside of us. Most E. coli are harmless, but...
PET detects neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis
San Diego, Calif. – The triggers of autoimmune inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have eluded scientists for many years, but...
