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Teenagers can thank their parents’ positive attitude for avoiding obesity
Teenagers are less likely to be overweight if their mum or dad had a positive attitude during pregnancy, a new...
Altitude sickness drug appears to slow progression of glioblastoma
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine A drug used to treat altitude sickness -- as well as glaucoma, epilepsy, heart...
Scientist earns third concurrent National Cancer Institute grant to study breast cancer
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Deb Kelly, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was awarded...
Parents who had severe trauma, stresses in childhood more likely to have kids with behavioral health problems
A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents' lives are linked to higher rates of...
Haemophilia A/sialorrhoea: Comparator therapies not implemented, added benefit not proven
Two of the four dossier assessments that were published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care...
New patch boosts brightness in medical diagnostic tests
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Fluorescence-based biosensing and bioimaging technologies are widely used in research and clinical settings to...
New pediatric asthma yardstick has treatment guidance for children of every age
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (July 9, 2018) - Although about 10 percent of school-aged children in the United States have asthma,...
Simple test to predict rare cancers’ likely spread
Credit: Credit: QUT, Arutha Kulasinghe New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to...
Preventative HIV vaccine candidate triggers desired immune responses in humans and monkeys, and protects monkeys from infection
BOSTON - More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
Scientists identify a protein complex that shapes the destiny of T cells
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like a mentor helping medical students choose between specialties, a protein complex helps shape...
Savory foods may promote healthy eating through effects on the brain
Researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami--or savory taste--can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote...
Melting bacteria to decipher antibiotic resistance
Credit: Aleksandra Krolik / EMBL With antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide, there is a strong need for new technologies to study...
New model for predicting neuroblastoma outcomes incorporates early developmental signals
Credit: Kulesa Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, is particularly deadly...
Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory
(University of Cambridge) Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by groundbreaking analysis of...
Listeria monocytogenes multi-country outbreak: 47 cases including 9 deaths
Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables produced in a company in Hungary are the likely source of an outbreak...
UVA develops way to create medicines without side effects
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the...
Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells
Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in...
WSU researchers map DNA damage links to onset of skin cancer, melanoma
PULLMAN, Wash. A critical link in mapping recurrent mutations of melanoma -- the most serious form of skin cancer in...
Photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research group presented photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators using microfluidic technology. The capsule's diameter is...
