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Cetuximab+RT found to be inferior to standard treatment in HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer
Credit: National Cancer Institute An interim analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial of patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive...
Stress hormone is key factor in failure of immune system to prevent leukemia
The human stress hormone cortisol has been identified by scientists at the University of Kent as a key factor when...
Effectively expressing empathy to improve ICU care
Credit: Children's National Health System In nearly every intensive care unit (ICU) at every pediatric hospital across the country, physicians...
Research identifies potential guidance for gastric cancer treatment
ROCKVILLE, MD - Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (TMUCIH) have...
Cancer-fighting drugs also help plants fight disease
Credit: WSU Cancer-fighting drugs used on humans can help plants fight disease as well. That discovery, by two Washington State...
Clinical trial suggests new direction for heavy-smoking head and neck cancer patients
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Patients with a greater than 10 pack/year history of smoking tend to develop an...
Byproducts of ‘junk DNA’ implicated in cancer spread
Credit: UC San Diego The more scientists explore so-called "junk" DNA, the less the label seems to fit. Only an...
Media registration: Cancer Immunotherapy Conference in New York
The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT), the European Academy of Tumor Immunology (EATI), and the...
Male tobacco smokers have brain-wide reduction of CB1 receptors
Philadelphia, August 15, 2018 Chronic, frequent tobacco smokers have a decreased number of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, the "pot receptor", when...
New HIV therapy reduces virus, boosts immunity in drug-resistant patients
New Haven, Conn.-- In a study, a new HIV drug reduced viral replication and increased immune cells in individuals with...
Key factor may be missing from models that predict disease outbreaks from climate change
Credit: Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New research from Indiana University suggests that computer models used to...
A review of prevalent methods for automatic skin lesion diagnosis
The three prevalent skin cancers, according to the literature are melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is...
Neonatal pig hearts can heal from heart attack
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - While pigs still cannot fly, researchers have discovered that the hearts of newborn piglets do...
How many American cities protect the rights of employed breastfeeding mothers?
Of the 151 largest cities across the United States, only Philadelphia and New York City have legislation that protects a...
BioOne Complete welcomes back popular titles for 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - August 15, 2018 : BioOne (about.BioOne.org) proudly announces the return of three popular journals and the addition...
A trained eye
We humans are pros at category learning -- the process by which we classify things, whether objects, concepts or events,...
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD...
How ugly marital spats might open the door to disease
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center COLUMBUS, Ohio - Married people who fight nastily are more likely to...
Emergency hospital visits more common among most deprived bowel cancer patients
Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas have up to 13% higher proportions of emergency hospital admissions before...
UMN Medical School research shows it’s possible to reverse damage caused by aging cells
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- August 15, 2018 - What's the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered...
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