Health
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....
Changes to hospital electronic health records could improve care of patients on warfarin
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 11, 2017) — Warfarin is a commonly prescribed blood thinner used to prevent harmful...
Gallbladder cancer: Pharmacist finds protein that drives tumor growth
Credit: Claudia Ehrlich Patients with gallbladder cancer often show few or no symptoms for long periods of time. As a...
Tumor-targeting system uses cancer’s own mechanisms to betray…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — By hijacking a cancer cell's own metabolism, researchers have found a...
New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat
Credit: Krasnitz lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – The facts about prostate cancer can be confusing. It's the third...
How harmful are nano-copper and anti-fungal combinations in the…
Credit: Kay Ho A recently published article in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, "Effects of Micronized and Nano-Copper Azole on Marine...
Growing number of teens think getting heroin is ‘probably impossible’
Credit: Saint Louis University Despite reports about the increase in heroin use, more teens believed it was "probably impossible" to...
Latest research on blockchain and AI for healthcare was presented at…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, 27th of November, 2017, Baltimore, MD – Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing...
Researchers find immune cells help rebuild damaged nerves
Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help...
Protein once thought exclusive to neurons helps some cancers grow, spread, defy death
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 20, 2017 – How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast...
U-M launches emergency study of severe seizures
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What's the best way to treat someone who's stuck in a prolonged, dangerous seizure? Although emergency...
Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again — just by thinking
Credit: Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center CLEVELAND–Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and...
Researchers develop breakthrough technique to combat cancer drug…
Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs –...
The ‘Star dust’ wasp is a new extinct species named after David Bowie’s alter ego
Credit: Dr. Elijah J. Talamas During her study on fossil insects of the order Hymenoptera at China's Capitol Normal University,...
Sheldon Cohen named American Psychosomatic Society’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Today, we take it for granted that stress and disease are linked and that psychological stress,...
Obesity, other risks play large role in sudden cardiac arrest among the young
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 12, 2018) — Obesity and other common cardiovascular risk factors may play a greater role...
Is a pear — or apple-shape physique best for our brains?
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer at Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2018) – With the new year still ringing,...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation awarded major American Heart…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a three-year award...
Smart bomb virus shows promise as brain tumor immunotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A common cold virus engineered to attack the most common and deadly of brain tumors...
