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Delaying lymph node biopsy after melanoma diagnosis does not affect survival rates
CHICAGO (June 28, 2017): Postponing lymph node biopsy more than 30 days after melanoma diagnosis doesn't adversely impact long-term clinical...
University of Utah Health awarded $4 million for comprehensive look at heart birth defects
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded investigators at University of Utah Health $3.7 million to conduct collaborative research to prevent...
Protein associated with Parkinson’s disease linked to human upper GI tract infections
WASHINGTON -- Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson's disease, say...
Study sheds light on how ovarian cancer spreads
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- With 20,000 diagnoses each year, ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer and...
Mount Sinai, Pfizer renew research collaboration, building on strong foundation
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Pfizer Inc.'s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) recently announced the renewal...
Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals
Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions...
What makes stem cells into perfect allrounders
Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For...
Friend or foe? Manganese concentration in drinking water needs attention, researchers say
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- In the world of heavy metal poisoning, arsenic may have found a sidekick...
Woodrats can’t stomach favorite foods at high temps
Credit: Kevin Kohl You'd think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and...
New photoacoustic technique detects gases at parts-per-quadrillion level
Credit: Gerald Diebold PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to...
Brain’s connectivity network may provide key insights into neurological disorders
A deeper understanding of the brain's connectivity network of neurons and its relationship to the organ's deep tissue could allow...
Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program
New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...
Yoga more risky for causing musculoskeletal pain than you might think
Yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10 per cent of people and exacerbates 21 per cent of existing injuries, University of...
Acupuncture may not be effective in treating infertility
Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic...
What we can learn about global flu evolution from one person’s infection
A new study has found that flu evolution within some individuals can hint at the virus's eventual evolutionary course worldwide....
Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection
Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...
Neuroscientist from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown receives scientific award
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa, principal investigator at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,...
New book on Synthetic Biology from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), and John Glass and J. Craig...
Three giants in the field of radiation oncology named 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists
Credit: Soren M. Bentzen, DSc, PhD/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2017 --The American Society for...
Shi-Jiang Li, PhD, receives 2017 Alzheimer Award
Credit: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Amsterdam, NL, June 27, 2017 - The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to...
