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McMaster Engineering grads receive James Dyson Award for cancer…
Credit: Provided What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved...
C. diff study provides insight into antibiotic resistance and risks for infection
IMAGE: Stuart Johnson, M.D., of Loyola University Health System has participated in more than 350 C. diff research studies. Credit:...
Antibodies may provide ‘silver bullet’ for Ebola viruses
IMAGE: James Crowe, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, watches graduate student Andrew Flyak plate antibody-producing B cells from...
NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
Credit: NCATS Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) recently identified compounds that potentially can be used...
Research behind global switch to new polio vaccine strategy released…
A groundbreaking study released today shows that a single injectable dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) along with bivalent oral...
Two differing medications used during heart procedure are both safe…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Two differing blood clot prevention medications are just as safe and effective for patients...
Successful implantation of heart pump with power cable behind the ear, a Japan first!
Credit: Osaka University In March 2017, the Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University successfully implanted a left ventricular assist device...
Dietary fat, changes in fat metabolism may promote prostate cancer…
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Prostate tumors tend to be what scientists call "indolent" – so slow-growing...
Boosting Sirt4 gene activity extends healthy lifespan in fruit flies
Credit: Jason Wood, Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new study on the mechanics of aging and longevity finds that...
UMass Amherst research aims to improve health care for those with mental illness
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Diagnostic errors are very common in medicine and often come from failures of "clinical...
Preventing and treating acute chest syndrome in children with sickle…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2018–Acute chest syndrome (ACS), a potentially severe lung complication...
DNA in blood can track cancer development and response in real time
Scientists have shown for the first time that tumour DNA shed into the bloodstream can be used to track cancers...
Where cigarette smoking’s damage is done…down to your DNA
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga (UNC Health Care) Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to...
80 percent of Ebola survivors suffer disabilities one year after discharge
Credit: (MG Semple ©) New research, conducted by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, highlights the...