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Brief cardiac arrest? Tend to the heart, but don’t neglect the brain
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless...
Researchers link dietary supplement DHA to higher fat-free body mass in children
LAWRENCE -- University of Kansas researchers have reported that pregnant women who consumed a supplement of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a...
Targeting telomeres to overcome therapy resistance in advanced melanoma
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 21, 2018) -- A study conducted at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with The University of Texas...
Learning to see
Credit: Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A radiologist's ability to make accurate diagnoses from high-quality...
Evidence for a giant flood in the central Mediterranean Sea
Marine scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the largest floods in Earth's history in the central Mediterranean seafloor. The...
Analysis shows influential US prostate study not representative of real-world patients
Copenhagen: An analysis of 3 US cancer databases has shown that a major US study comparing surgery with observation in...
The problem of jaguars and space in western Paraguay
The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and historically was found from southwestern USA to central Argentina. Today,...
New brain scanner allows patients to move freely for the first time
A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally whilst being...
A potential drug target against a large family of parasites is identified
Credit: Jan Slapeta Apicomplexa form one of the largest and most diverse groups of obligate intracellular parasites, capable of infecting...
Chronic opioids linked to increased complications after spinal fusion surgery
March 21, 2018 - Patients who have been taking opioid pain relievers for several months before spinal fusion surgery are...
New ALS gene points to common role of cytoskeleton in disease
Credit: UMass Medical School WORCESTER, MA - An international team of researchers led by John Landers, PhD, at UMass Medical...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles treats first patient on the west coast using gene therapy
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2018) - Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los...
Researchers observe the switching of ras protein in detail
(Ruhr-University Bochum) Ras proteins are molecular switches that decide if and when cells divide inside our bodies. An impairment of...
Department of Defense grant to test promising treatment for triple-negative breast cancer
A unique cell surface protein found on triple-negative type breast cancer cells called JAG1 is a promising new therapeutic target...
NIH-supported international team confirms new genetic mutation link to ALS
Kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A), a gene previously linked to two rare neurodegenerative disorders, has been definitively connected to amyotrophic...
Parkinson’s gene initiates disease outside of the brain
(PHILADELPHIA) - Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and...
Researchers target immune cells to slow progression of ALS
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research New research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - also known as motor neuron disease...
New genetic research shows extent of cross-breeding between wild wolves and domestic dogs
Credit: Graziano Tortelli Mating between domesticated dogs and wild wolves over hundreds of years has left a genetic mark on...
Long forgotten, 1970s gay health clinics served as front line for AIDS crisis
LAWRENCE -- Most historical accounts of the 1980s AIDS crisis presume the gay community lacked the capacity to respond to...
Machine learning predicts which patients benefit from prostate multiparametric MRI
Leesburg, VA, March 21, 2018 - A newly developed machine learning model can accurately predict which patients are most likely...
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