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Proof-of-concept study demonstrates potential therapy for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors Involves injecting nanoparticles into tumors to shut down the cells...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a unique population of immune cells plays a key role in the development of...

A research team led by scientists at UC San Francisco has developed a computational method to systematically probe massive amounts...

What's on the menu tonight? How about some roast beef with strawberry-, beer- and garlic sauce? Or perhaps something lighter...

Credit: Elizar Mercado, University of Washington School of Public Health Only about three in five U.S. firearm owners have received...

(American Society of Human Genetics) The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Kári Stefánsson, M.D., founder of deCODE...

Credit: Photo: Elin Lindstrom Claessen/University of Gothenburg There is effective protection against hip fracture for the many elderly people whose...

For the first time this year a late breaking clinical trials session will be held at the Asian Pacific Society...

Credit: Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS - A visit by a home health worker, such as a nurse or physical therapist, within...

Credit: Osaka University The human body consists of trillions of cells, and within each are billions of DNA molecules. Strict...

Doctors often prescribe preventative drugs to women who are to receive spinal blocks while giving birth via a Caesarean section....

PHILADELPHIA -- At least 28 million prescriptions for blood thinners are filled by pharmacists yearly for the irregular heartbeat of...

Credit: Dr Jo Durgan, Babraham Institute Cell cannibalism in tumour samples has been observed for over a century, yet this...

Credit: University of Plymouth People with long term conditions, multiple long term conditions and those at the end of life...

Credit: Watanabe M., et al. eLIFE, July 11, 2017. Type XVII collagen (COL17) is found to regulate the proliferation of...

Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...

Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...

Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical...