Health
An AI oncologist to help cancer patients worldwide
Credit: Carlos E. Cardenas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Before performing radiation therapy, radiation oncologists first carefully review medical images of...
Facebook app offers opportunity to help unpaid Alzheimer’s caregivers via friendsourcing
Credit: IU School of Social Work INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at IUPUI have developed a Facebook app that, a study shows,...
X-ray laser opens new view on Alzheimer’s proteins
A new experimental method permits the X-ray analysis of amyloids, a class of large, filamentous biomolecules which are an important...
Axial reports findings of elevated 4-EPS in children with ASD
BOSTON and Pasadena, Calif., May 9, 2018 - Axial Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company building a unique class of microbial-inspired therapeutics...
Two Penn clinicians among this tear’s Melanoma Research Foundation honorees
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is honoring two Penn clinicians for their tireless work in...
Global Health Center at Georgetown announces new program focused on biosafety, biosecurity
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON (May 9, 2018) -- The Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at...
Major enhancement to in vitro testing of human liver-stage malaria
Credit: John Adams, PhD, University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (May 9, 2018) A newly developed technique allows researchers to...
New CAR T case study shows promise in acute myeloid leukemia
TAMPA, Fla. - Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy, also known as CAR T therapy, was named the biggest research breakthrough...
For how long will the USA remain the Nobel Prize leader?
Credit: Claudius Gros, Goethe University FRANKFURT. Since first being awarded in 1901, most Nobel Prizes for science have gone to...
Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment
May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead...
TGen develops quality-control test for detecting cancer in blood
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 9, 2018 -- Imagine how much patients could benefit if you could discover the presence of...
Human MAIT cells sense the metabolic state of enteric bacteria
Credit: Department of Biomedicine, Tobias Rutishauser A little-explored group of immune cells plays an important role in the regulation of...
Getting health data sharing off the ground
Personalised medicine has the potential to improve the treatment and care of patients. This promising approach has already borne fruit,...
Lesbian, bisexual women may be more likely to develop diabetes due to stress
In a newly published study involving 94,250 women across the United States, researchers found that lesbian and bisexual (LB) women...
Gene disruption signals cerebral palsy and autism link
University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered a genetic signal common to both cerebral palsy and autism. The finding comes from...
Oxford University Press to publish Antibody Therapeutics
Oxford University Press and the Chinese Antibody Society are pleased to announce their new partnership to launch the journal Antibody...
New gene therapy sparks healthy heart beats
ITHACA, N.Y. - The most common and potentially lethal complication following a heart attack is the heart's inability to do...
Nutmeg’s hidden power: Helping the liver
Smelling nutmeg evokes images of fall, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. But the spice has been used for years...
Gene study spots clues to heart risk for statin patients
A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving...
UTA study finds art therapy helps veterans cope with trauma
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found that 98 percent of veterans participating in the...
