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A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a potential strategy for improving the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs...

Credit: GEM Hospital A randomized clinical trial has compared key-hole (laparoscopic) surgery and open surgery in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing...

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A woman's choice of surgeon plays a significant role in whether she's likely...

Attending surgeons can have a strong influence on whether a patient undergoes contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after a diagnosis of breast...

Credit: Xiaohu Xia/Michigan Tech The most common test strip people might think of for diagnosis is a home pregnancy test....

Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based on the genetic changes in their tumours, researchers at the Wellcome...

Charity Action on Hearing Loss is supporting the biotechnology firm Otomagnetics, which today announces an important breakthrough towards preventing hearing...

Credit: Video created by Sunhae Sul. When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers' ability to consider the intentions...

Credit: UBC Okanagan A new bio-ink that may support a more efficient and inexpensive fabrication of human tissues and organs...

The cat is the most popular companion animal, and people are increasingly interested in its wellbeing. One of the topics...

Credit: University of Washington Climate change will force many amphibians, mammals and birds to move to cooler areas outside their...

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2017 - In an innovative approach to colorectal cancer (CRC)...

Credit: Lijing Cheng Humans have released carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and the result is an accumulation of heat...

Credit: Youngjun Cho, University College London WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed new software that makes it possible to use low-cost,...

Credit: Florida Institute of Technology MELBOURNE, Fla.. -- Though it may look haphazard, the network of intertwining plant roots snaking...

Credit: Dr Manuel Díaz-Muñoz To fight infections cells in the immune system play a dangerous game with their own genes....

Credit: B. Freeman Birds often choose their mates based on song, making it a key factor in separating species. However,...

Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain...

(BOSTON) -- The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to...

More than 2 billion people - nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people...