Health
Nanocarriers may carry new hope for brain cancer therapy
Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as "octopus tumors" because of the manner in which the cancer...
Oddly shaped immune cells cause fibrosis
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of...
Malaria parasite evades rapid test detection in children
Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the highest rates...
Children’s National and Inova announce $2.8 million research and…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Children's National Health System and Inova this week announced a new three-year, $2.8...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using...
UTHealth study finds that male virgins can still acquire HPV
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 13, 2017) – Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk...
Mature results favor pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for…
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 – Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress...
Life in the fast lane: How plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays....
Depressed children respond differently to rewards than other kids
Credit: Robert Boston For many children, December often is linked to presents and excitement, but when a young child doesn't...
Funding of millions for TU Graz-lead projects from university owned funds
Credit: © TU Graz Since 2015, TU Graz has awarded special funding for multidisciplinary lead projects. By supporting such basic...
Mystery of memory cells answered through mouse study
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 13, 2017) — When an infection attacks the body for the first time, T...
CNIC coordinates an EU project to foster partnership between researchers in academia and industry
Credit: CNIC The 4DHeart project (4D Analysis of Heart Development and Regeneration Using Advanced Light Microscopy) was launched on January...
Researchers develop novel wound-healing technology
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash – A WSU research team has successfully used a mild electric current to take...
Hospitals can rapidly identify life-threatening bacteria
Credit: IPC PAS Soon in virtually every hospital it will be possible to identify the bacterial species responsible for an...
New medicine curriculum offers health care providers ‘universal’ genomics…
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – The Universal Genomics Instructor Handbook and Toolkit – a new, free educational...
Birds reveal the importance of good neighbors for health and aging
Credit: Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds who live next door to family members or to other birds they know well are...
New edition of book showcases the best in southern California medical education
RIVERSIDE, Calif.– Looking forward into the future of medicine and navigating the rapidly changing landscape of patient care and the...
Parents with bipolar benefit from self-help tool
Credit: Lancaster University Online self-management support for parents with Bipolar Disorder leads to improvements in parenting and child behaviour. That...
New application of existing drug offers personalized therapy for lung cancer
Credit: James Hall/Oxford University A subset of lung tumours is exquisitely sensitive to a class of recently approved anti-cancer drugs....
UMass Amherst neuroscientists receive $2.36 million grant to improve brain research tools
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Cognitive neuroscientists Rosie Cowell and David Huber at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently...
