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October 9, 2025

Yale-NUS researchers discover drug cocktail that increases lifespan

Credit: Image provided by Dr Jan Gruber. A team of researchers led by Principal Investigator Dr Jan Gruber from Yale-NUS...

Cellular trash cans reveal the roles of proteins in disease

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science If we really want to know how our body's cells work - or don't work,...

Preliminary evidence for use of board games to improve knowledge in health outcomes

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 22, 2018--Board games can engage patients in play and fantasy,...

CU researchers find common genetic link in lung ailments

AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 22, 2018) - An international research team led by members of the University of Colorado School of...

Protein found in patients with severe asthma can help identify who would benefit from targeted drugs

Credit: CHEST® Glenview, IL, October 22, 2018 - In a novel study, researchers succeeded in identifying patients with a form...

For the brokenhearted, grief can lead to death

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Grief can cause inflammation that can kill, according to new research from Rice University. The study,...

Wishful thinking is rewarded

We make judgements quite rationally or "by the gut". Not only experience and relevant information play an important role, but...

Refugee girls gain from effort to teach life skills

Credit: Lindsay Stark A yearlong program for adolescent girl refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa successfully promoted healthy transitions to adulthood within...

In kids with autism, short questionnaire may detect GI disorders

New York, NY (October 22, 2018)--Anger, aggression, and other troubling behavior problems in kids with autism are often treated as...

Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery

Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest When it comes to preventing blood clots after a knee replacement, good old aspirin may be just...

Patients with HPV-positive oropharynx cancer should receive chemoradiation

Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Patients with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive throat...

More than one in ten heavy cannabis users experience withdrawal after quitting cannabis

NEW YORK -- As the number of Americans who regularly use cannabis has climbed, so too has the number of...

Researchers uncover new target of alcohol in the brain

When alcohol enters the brain, it causes neurons in a specialized region called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA --...

High stroke impact in low- and middle-income countries examined at 11th World Stroke Congress

WHAT: 11th World Stroke Congress brings together leading international stroke experts and an unparalleled scientific program covering epidemiology, prevention, acute...

First immunotherapy success for triple-negative breast cancer

There is new hope for people with an aggressive type of breast cancer, as an immunotherapy trial shows for the...

Bioelectronic medicine treatment effective for lupus, pilot clinical trial shows

CHICAGO, IL -- A bioelectronic medicine device was effective in reducing pain and fatigue in patients with lupus, according to...

Immune therapy generates promising results in hard-to-treat ankylosing spondylitis

Results from a phase 3 clinical trial indicate that patients who have not benefited from standard therapy for ankylosing spondylitis...

Barriers to early clinical trial access for adolescents and young adults still exist

Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - Young cancer patients at the crossroads of childhood and adulthood seem to be stuck...

Scientists identify critical cancer immunity genes using new genetic barcoding technology

October 19, 2018

New York, NY (October 19, 2018) -- Scientists at Mount Sinai have developed a novel technology for simultaneously analyzing the...

MSU pioneers new course: Digital introduction to biology, evolution