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Trial compares laparoscopic and open surgeries for pancreatic cancer
Credit: GEM Hospital A randomized clinical trial has compared key-hole (laparoscopic) surgery and open surgery in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing...
Surgeons have major influence on breast cancer treatment
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A woman's choice of surgeon plays a significant role in whether she's likely...
Study shows influence of surgeons on likelihood of removal of healthy breast after breast cancer dia
Attending surgeons can have a strong influence on whether a patient undergoes contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after a diagnosis of breast...
Test strips for cancer detection get upgraded with nanoparticle bling
Credit: Xiaohu Xia/Michigan Tech The most common test strip people might think of for diagnosis is a home pregnancy test....
Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients, genetic study suggests
Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based on the genetic changes in their tumours, researchers at the Wellcome...
Preventing childhood deafness following chemotherapy treatment
Charity Action on Hearing Loss is supporting the biotechnology firm Otomagnetics, which today announces an important breakthrough towards preventing hearing...
A hair-trigger for cells fighting infection
Credit: Dr Manuel DÃaz-Muñoz To fight infections cells in the immune system play a dangerous game with their own genes....
Toward unbreakable encrypted messages
Chinese researchers recently announced a landmark advancement: They used a satellite orbiting Earth to beam pairs of quantum-entangled photons to...
Gonorrhoea strains across Europe becoming more susceptible to main treatment options
Credit: ECDC According to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main...
Systems analysis points to links between Toxoplasma infection and common brain diseases
More than 2 billion people - nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people...
How well electron transport works in furfural biogas
Furfural is a promising candidate in the quest for alternative biofuels. The combustion industries are very interested in what could...
Asthma drug from the garden center
Credit: © Photo: Raphael Reher/Daniela Wenzel/Uni Bonn The coralberry could offer new hope for asthmatics: researchers at the University of...
As ‘flesh-eating’Â Leishmania come closer, a vaccine against them does, too
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / press and educational handout Parasites that ulcerate the skin, can disfigure the...
Tough stuff: Spider silk enhanced with graphene-based materials
Credit: F. Tomasinelli Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have demonstrated that graphene-based materials can be used to boost the properties...
Paper-based tuberculosis test could boost diagnoses in developing countries
Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from...
An important process fueling harmful algal blooms investigated in Canadian water bodies
For many Canadians, summer time means time at the lake, swimming, fishing, boating, and relaxing. Nothing can spoil this experience...
Song experiments reveal 21 possible new tropical bird species
Credit: B. Freeman Birds often choose their mates based on song, making it a key factor in separating species. However,...
Unintentional drug use continues among molly users in EDM party scene
Electronic dance music (EDM) parties have historically been high-risk scenes for use of a variety of psychoactive substances. Studies over...
South Africa’s long-legged bees adapted to pollinate snapdragon flowers
Credit: Anton Pauw New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa shows that, in an extraordinary case of adaptation,...
Artificial ‘skin’ gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics...
