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Research on crucial cutting enzyme maps sites of DNA damage in leukemias and other cancers
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers studying a DNA-cutting enzyme with a crucial role in regulating the structure of genes...
Virginia Tech team examines molecular-level problems of heart disease
Credit: Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Science Researchers are one step closer to understanding heart disease at a...
New MRI tech could help doctors detect heart disease with better…
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New Yor BINGHAMTON, NY- Doctors might be able to better detect any disease or...
New Year’s resolutions: Have yours gone up in smoke?
Credit: QUT Communication & Marketing/Anthony Weate It's more than halfway through February and for many those hopeful New Year's resolutions...
SABCS: I-SPY 3-year pCR results are powerful predictor for breast cancer survival
Credit: Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative SAN FRANCISCO, C.A., December 7, 2017 – Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, sponsor and manager of...
Study: Medicare prescription drug benefit reduced elderly mortality by more than 2 percent
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in...
Study: Contact in sports may lead to differences in the brains of…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2017–People who play contact sports show changes to their brain structure...
UT Southwestern finds link between backup immune defense, mutation…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – July 27, 2017 – Genes that regulate a cellular recycling system called autophagy are commonly...
Report of highest incidence of GBS in Africa prompts vaccine study from Wits University
Credit: CDC A global study of GBS, bacteria that cause stillbirth and infant death, shows that Africa has the highest...
New study links opioid epidemic to childhood emotional abuse
Credit: Brian Jenkins A study by researchers at the University of Vermont has revealed a link between adult opioid misuse...
UT Southwestern geneticist receives Breakthrough Prize
DALLAS – Nov. 9, 2015 – UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen H. Hobbs is the 2016 recipient of...
Researchers identify genome-modifying enzyme linked to Rett Syndrome
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Program addresses the unique challenges affecting female same-sex couples
Although the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage was a victory for the gay community, same-sex couples...
New biomedical engineering grants aim at heart failure and resistant high blood pressure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Biomedical engineering researchers will attack two banes of cardiovascular disease — heart failure after heart...
Two gifts totaling $150 million add up to bright future for research…
Credit: Children's Mercy / BSA Lifestructures Kansas City, Mo. – Jan. 11, 2018 – Two of Kansas City's iconic families...
A new role for insulin as a vital factor in maintaining stem cells
Credit: Joshua Brickman New research conducted at the stem cell centre, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen shows that insulin...
Preliminary stages of dementia reduce human face memorization ability
Credit: Toshikazu Kawagoe A Japanese research group has revealed that elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have a particularly...
Genome architecture’s surprising role in cell fate decisions
Credit: Marco Di Stefano, CNAG-CRG. Scientists have long been reading the code of life – the genome -, as a...
Feeding strategies in competing hummingbird species observed in a…
Credit: Lucas Lanna Being the vertebrates with the highest metabolic rate thanks to their rapid wing flaps, the hummingbirds have...
Molecular imaging technique identifies lung nodules for resection in…
Credit: Jarrod Predina, Andrew Newton, Charuhas Deshpande, and Sunil Singhal of The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
