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April 1, 2026

Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...

Do anti-wrinkle creams work? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 -- Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm...

Scientists discover more effective, and potentially safer, crystallized form of DDT

A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the...

Making art activates brain’s reward pathway — Drexel study

Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University Your brain's reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a new...

Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function

Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before...

Body contouring is only for the rich and insured

Only a small percentage of obese patients who have undergone bariatric surgery to help them control their weight follow up...

Altered virus may expand patient recruitment in human gene therapy trials

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn't an option because their immune system recognizes...

Fighting fire blight and detecting Salmonella

The plant disease fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is dreaded by fruit growers. It affects apple and...

Concussion effects detailed on microscopic level

COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research has uncovered details about subcellular-level changes in the brain after concussion that could one day...

Opioid epidemic hits nearly all age groups in both rural and urban US areas

Credit: FAIR Health In rural areas around the country, in the period 2007 to 2016, private insurance claim lines with...

International study identifies new genetic risk factors for testicular cancer

TAMPA, Fla. (June 13, 2017) - Testicular cancer is relatively rare with only 8,850 cases expected this year in the...

Risky bingeing: Women in Appalachian Ohio report higher rates of alcohol misuse

Credit: Michigan Medicine Appalachia -- stretching from the southern tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia...

RTI International addressing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RTI International is responding...

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...

New cancer drug makes commonly prescribed chemo drug more effective when given together

GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers have found a way to increase the effectiveness of a widely used cancer drug while decreasing...

Targeted radionuclide treatment for neuroendocrine tumors improves quality of life

DENVER, Colo. - Malignant neuroendocrine tumors, commonly called NETs, are easy to miss and associated with discouraging survival rates and...

Personalized PRRT improves radiation delivery to neuroendocrine tumors

Credit: Michela Del Prete and colleagues, CHU de Québec - Université Laval Denver, Colo. - Neuroendocrine cancer is exceedingly difficult...

Researchers find cellular sweet spot in skin-cancer battle

A team of researchers has pinpointed a sugar modification in cells that spurs the spread of skin cancer. Its findings,...

How bile duct cancer develops and how it can be prevented

Two different types of cancer can develop in the liver. The more common malignant tumors are hepatocellular carcinomas, which arise...

Mysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapy