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SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Results of the AVIATOR 2 international registry are being presented as late-breaking clinical science...

More cases of cancer can be discovered early at a health center

Credit: Photo: Karin Allander Considerably more cases of suspected cancer can today be identified early within primary care. Partly based...

Hollings Cancer Center immunologist joins Association of American Physicians

Credit: Julia Lynn Physician scientist and Hollings Cancer Center immunologist Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D., was inducted into the Association of...

Bristol researchers use gene editing to improve red blood cell transfusion compatibility

Credit: Dr Ashley Toye, University of Bristol The provision of blood for patients who require repeated blood transfusions, as well...

Public/private partnership fuels development of new research park in North Chicago

Credit: Rosalind Franklin University The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity recently approved the expansion of a state enterprise...

Helmholtz researchers get to grips with a herpesvirus

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Human herpesvirus 6 infects most people all over the world....

Size matters when fighting cancer, groundbreaking UTHealth study finds

HOUSTON - (April 26, 2018) - Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat...

Study reveals how bacteria communicate in groups to avoid antibiotics

In a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), researchers from the University of Notre Dame and...

Hearing screening for public safety professionals — New method for ‘fitness for duty’ assessments

April 27, 2018 - Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals...

New imaging system makes back surgery safer, faster and less expensive

Credit: Dartmouth College Hanover, N.H. - Researchers at Dartmouth College have found a way to make back surgery safer, faster...

Kids exposed to general anaesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores

The new finding published today in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New...

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Molecule may help tame virulent bacteria and prevent infection

Credit: UW Medicine According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three humans carries Staphylococcus...

$15 million gift will create unique powerhouse initiative to fight infections and immunity

Credit: McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, A $15-million gift from the visionary Montreal-based Doggone Foundation will launch the...

Hidden costs of skin cancer caused by workplace sun exposure revealed

Skin cancer cases attributable to work-related sun exposure could be costing millions of dollars, and must be better addressed by...

Study could spawn better ways to combat crop-killing fungus

Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became...

VA delivers higher quality care than other health providers, study finds

The VA health care system performs similar to or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient...

NEw study shows life-saving outcomes using 3-D printing models for heart valve disease