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Gut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 2, 2019 - The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors--which "release the...
Jonas Bergh receives first ESMO Breast Cancer Award
ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 2 April 2019...
Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar
In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity -- but...
Digitalization of electricity grids
FAU scientists working on solutions for future grid operation How can digitalisation help to improve the efficiency of the electricity...
Wearable sensors mimic skin to help with wound healing process
Credit: Matthew Brown BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have developed skin-inspired electronics to...
New research shows 73 percent of allergists prescribe under-the-tongue allergy tablets
Four FDA-approved tablets available for battling allergies ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (APRIL 2, 2019) - Allergy shots (subcutaneous immunotherapy or...
Genetics Society of America Awards 2019 George W. Beadle Award to Michael Snyder
Prize recognizes outstanding service to the community of genetics researchersCredit: Stanford University Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the...
Lehigh University mechanical engineer earns NSF CAREER Award for noise reduction research
Justin W. Jaworski is designing a better model to build quieter aircraft wingsCredit: copyright 2019 John Kish IV If it's...
Israel’s Ocular discovery partners with all India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
The partnership reflects the expanding synergism of Indo-Israel medical collaborationCredit: Ocular Discovery New Delhi, India - April 2, 2019 -...
Despite risk of birth defects, HIV drug should be considered for women in South Africa
Dolutegravir may reduce deaths in women, HIV transmission to children and men Although a woman's use of the HIV drug...
Experts discover historic roots of Medicare for All, public option and free-market proposals
When it comes to health care proposals, 'everything old is new again' As political leaders debate the future of the...
BU finds Medicare Advantage networks are broad and getting broader
Share of Medicare Advantage plans with broad networks increased from 80.1 percent in 2011 to 82.5 percent in 2015, and...
Crop yield in maize influenced by unexpected gene ‘moonlighting’
Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Maize is a staple crop that came from humble beginnings. If you...
Marine protected reserves do more than restore fish
UMass Amherst, Smithsonian, Florida research reports wider ecological benefitsCredit: UMass Amherst/Brian Cheng AMHERST, Mass. - In a new analysis of...
Grant will allow scientists to study how prairie strips on farms affect soil over time
Credit: Lisa Schulte Moore AMES, Iowa - Researchers at Iowa State University will test how the environmental benefits of planting...
Laser technology helps researchers scrutinize cancer cells
Credit: Caltech Devising the best treatment for a patient with cancer requires doctors to know something about the traits of...
LOXO-195 promising against tumors with acquired resistance to first-generation therapeutics
ATLANTA -- The investigational anticancer therapeutic LOXO-195 (now known as BAY 2731954), which targets a family of proteins called TRKs,...
Evidence for link between ‘leaky gut’ and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Microbiome that autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients who have undergone...
UM environmental engineering faculty publishes paper on risk assessment
The paper, 'A general dose-response relationship for chronic chemical and other health stressors and mixtures based on an emergent illness...
Research brief: Largest study of childhood cancer after IVF
University of Minnesota researchers conducted the largest study of childhood cancer after conception by IVF to date In the past...
