Health
American Association of Anatomists presents its 2018 Award Recipients
The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) is honored to announce its 2018 award winners. All awards will be presented during...
Lack of sleep leads to obesity in children and adolescents
Children who get less than the recommended amount of sleep for their age are at a higher risk of developing...
Two is better than one to improve brain function in Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Credit: J. Exp. Med./ Dr. J. Jankowsky Using two complementary approaches to reduce the deposits of amyloid-beta in the brain...
Mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction
Malaria causes the bodies of its human hosts to emit specific odours from the skin that make the hosts even...
ASIP Gold-Headed Cane awarded to Janardan K. Reddy, MD
Credit: ASIP Dr. Janardan K. Reddy, Professor Emeritus of Pathology at Northwestern University, is this year's recipient of the American...
Articles provide updated guidance to authors submitting to the British Journal of Pharmacology
New editorials published in the British Journal of Pharmacology provide guidance for authors of papers submitted to the journal, with...
Pancreatitis in minorities linked to triglycerides, gallstones, alcohol abuse
MAYWOOD, IL - Pancreatitis in ethnic minorities is linked to very severe levels of triglycerides and the risk is further...
Regional health system growth and implications for stroke care
New research shows that stroke patients are increasingly being transferred out of smaller community and rural hospitals and sent to...
New liquid biopsy-based cancer model reveals data on deadly lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 14 percent of all lung cancers and is...
Stand Up To Cancer takes new approach to multiple myeloma focusing on precursor conditions
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer CHICAGO - April 15, 2018 -- Stand Up To Cancer announced a $10 million award...
Announcing the Pancreatic Cancer Collective
Chicago (April 15, 2018) -- The Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) announced today at the Annual Meeting...
First-in-human clinical trial of new targeted therapy drug reports promising responses for multiple
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A phase I, first-in-human study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...
Australia to join global health and climate change initiative
The Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change was published in October 2017 by The Lancet and will be...
Painkillers in pregnancy may affect baby’s future fertility
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the fertility of the unborn child in later life, research suggests. The study identifies...
Innate immune adaptor TRIF confers neuroprotection in ALS
Credit: Koji Yamanaka Nagoya, Japan - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease damaging motor neurons in brain and...
2018 AACR Annual Meeting presentations highlight the clinical utility of Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR technology for discovering epigenetic biomarkers and measuring immunotherapy response
HERCULES, Calif. -- April 14, 2018 -- New research showcasing the importance of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology in...
Fecal microbiota transplantation produces sustained improvements in cognitive and clinical outcomes
14 April 2018, Paris, France: A single treatment using an optimized, targeted form of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) produces sustained...
Updates on new therapies in development for rare liver diseases
14 April 2018, Paris, France: Promising results for three drugs for the treatment of three rare liver diseases were presented...
To starve pancreatic tumors, researchers seek to block ‘self-eating,’ other fuel sources
CHAPEL HILL -- To get the extra energy they need to fuel their uncontrolled growth, cancer cells break down some...
Brief exposure to tiny air pollution particles triggers childhood lung infections
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution-causing particles that are about 3...
