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September 7, 2018 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved a new policy...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A molecule produced during fasting or calorie restriction has anti-aging effects on the vascular system, which...

FINDINGS UCLA researchers have found that the extracellular matrix, the dense network of proteins and carbohydrates that surround a cell,...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Sept. 6, 2018 -- As a veterinarian, Dr. Carolyn Duregger is familiar with the telltale signs of...

Credit: Dr. Michele Ardolino and Dr. Brian Weist Immune checkpoint inhibitors are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer, but new research...

Imagine a major storm hits your neighborhood and the government offers to purchase homes with "a history of flood damage."...

Immunotherapies harness a patient's own immune system to target and destroy cancer cells. One type of immunotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors,...

Credit: Suddher BhimiReddy and Kiran Bhaganagar It was morning in Khan Sheikhoun, a small rural town in the north of...

Credit: Photo by Kevin Patrick Robbins/McMaster University. Hamilton, ON (September 10, 2018) - McMaster University researchers have provided evidence of...

Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource...

Among adolescents and young adults with cancer, social support was the most decisive factor associated with life satisfaction. Published early...

A recent Finnish study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä showed that adolescents with better aerobic fitness have more compliant...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown how...

C. David Allis and Michael Grunstein for discoveries elucidating how gene expression is influenced by chemical modification of histones--the proteins...

UC San Francisco researchers have discovered how a mutation in a gene regulator called the TERT promoter -- the third...

A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and vasculitis as well as to prevent organ rejection in transplant...

Paris, France, 10 September 2018 - Individualised therapies that target the specific genetic features of tumours have the potential to...

Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which...

Credit: Cat Allison/Nevada Momentum. E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular as a smoke-free alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, but the health...