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April 2, 2026

27 Phase III and 8 Phase II Alzheimer’s drugs on track to launch in next 5 years

Credit: ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's LONDON, July 18, 2017 - Twenty-seven Alzheimer's drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs in Phase...

Heavy drinking during adolescence: Dire effects on the brain

What would a celebration be without alcohol, whether we are talking about a private or professional event? Drinking alcohol, is...

UC3M heads cooperation project to promote renewable energies in Cuba and Haiti

Credit: UC3M The project, carried out within the framework of Objective 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030...

Testosterone prescribing in VA varies by provider’s age, experience, specialty and region

WASHINGTON -- Providers in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) system vary in their testosterone prescribing practices, according to a study...

Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?

For three years, Tara Djokic, a Ph.D. student at the University of New South Wales Sydney, scoured the forbidding landscape...

Study reveals ways in which cells feel their surroundings

Credit: Image courtesy of Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Cells push out tiny feelers to probe their physical surroundings, but how...

Revealing particle separation

Traces of biomolecules such as DNA can be detected with a new "dynamic" technique based on the observation of association...

Improving the ‘wait and see’ approach in MDS blood cancer treatment

Researchers are closer to helping the 50 per cent of people with a group of blood disorders that can transform...

Partnering cells turn off immune attack on pancreatic tumors

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may...

New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms

Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases....

CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia leads to remissions in clinical trial

SEATTLE -- July 17, 2017 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed about 70 percent of patients with...

Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies

Credit: Jimmy Day/MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers have devised a way to image...

T-cells lacking HDAC11 enzyme perform more effectively in destroying cancer cells

WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center have discovered a new role for...

New device detects tumor cells in blood

Credit: © URV Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, led by the ICREA researcher, Ramon Álvarez...

New study finds that lymph node removal isn’t necessary for all melanoma patients

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there,...

Climatic stability resulted in the evolution of more bird species

Credit: Lars Edenius More species of birds have accumulated in genera inhabiting climatically stable areas. This is shown by a...

Bean to receive GSA’s 2017 Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...

DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts research

Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 17, 2017 -- The Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers...

Review article discusses potential role, benefits of non-rhizobia bacteria in root nodules of legume

Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--For many years, it was believed that the only nitrogen-fixing organisms...

UNIST reveals the whole genome sequences of rare red bat