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‘Innovator’ award for new leukemia immunotherapies
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Marie Bleakley, a pediatric oncology physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
Night owls have larger social networks than early birds
Credit: Jari Saramäki, Talayeh Aledavood / Aalto University Using anonymous mobile phone data, Aalto University doctoral researcher Talayeh Aledavood has...
Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of...
Study finds convergent evolution of gene regulation in humans and mice
Credit: Bronwyn Lucas Organisms that aren't closely related may evolve similar traits as they adapt to similar challenges. It's called...
A protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease may also be implicated…
Credit: University of Bergen, Norway University of Bergen, Norway, August 2, 2017 – Rare mutations in the amyloid precursor protein...
Coarse particulate matter may increase asthma risk
Credit: ATS Dec. 12, 2017–Children exposed to coarse particulate matter may be more likely to develop asthma and to be...
Kill them with cuteness: The adorable thing bats do to catch prey
Credit: Melville J. Wohlgemuth A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the...
Lipid helps keep algae and brain fluid moving
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The same lipid that helps algae swim toward the light also appears to enable one type of...
UT Southwestern scientists find potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia
DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2016 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified synthetic RNA and DNA that reverses...
Cardiologist Stavros Drakos, MD, named on Forbes’…
Credit: University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah — Dec. 6, 2017 — University of Utah Health cardiologist Stavros...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to…
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell...
Los Alamos research fundamental to first efficacy study for mosaic HIV-1 preventive…
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 30, 2017 — Just in time for World AIDS Day (Dec....
New insights into the release of molecules involved in inflammatory…
Credit: Pedro Faísca, IGC. In a recent study published in Cell Reports, a research team led by Colin Adrain, from...
CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center advances combination immunotherapy clinical trial
IMAGE: This is Dr. Glen Weiss, Director of Clinical Research and Medical Oncologist, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at...
Blood sample new way of detecting cancer
A new RNA test of blood platelets can be used to detect, classify and pinpoint the location of cancer by...
Higher manganese levels in children correlate with lower IQ scores, UC…
CINCINNATI–A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in...
Scale-eating fish adopt clever parasitic methods to survive
Credit: University of Washington Think of them as extra-large parasites. A small group of fishes — possibly the world's cleverest...
Scientist models Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in adult stem cells
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Studies performed by a Sanford Research scientist using an innovative stem-cell model for a fatal developmental...
Cancer survivors less likely to receive callbacks from potential…
Job applicants who are cancer survivors are less likely to receive callbacks from potential retail employers than those who did...
Diagnostic biomarkers in saliva show promise in recognizing early…
Credit: Beaumont Your spit may hold a clue to future brain health. Investigators at the Beaumont Research Institute, part of...
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