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Microscope can scan tumors during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D
Credit: University of Washington When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue...
Cloning thousands of genes for massive protein libraries
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it....
Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now know...
Study highlights need for education and training to help human trafficking victims
Healthcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking. Nearly 88 percent of them...
Moisture-responsive ‘robots’ crawl with no external power source
Credit: Yong-Lai Zhang of Jilin University WASHINGTON -- Using an off-the-shelf camera flash, researchers turned an ordinary sheet of graphene...
Previously unknown extinction of marine megafauna discovered
The disappearance of a large part of the terrestrial megafauna such as saber-toothed cat and the mammoth during the ice...
The beach time capsule
And to think it was all right there in her garage. A load of boxes pulled from biologist Dale Straughan's...
New tool offers snapshots of neuron activity
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many cognitive processes, such as decision-making, take place within seconds or minutes. Neuroscientists have longed to capture...
Cancer hijacks natural cell process to survive
Cancer tumours manipulate a natural cell process to promote their survival suggesting that controlling this mechanism could stop progress of...
Fluid in the knee holds clues for why osteoarthritis is more common in females
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2017) - Researchers have more evidence that males and females are different, this...
People living at home with dementia at risk of potentially dangerous antipsychotic usage
CHICAGO--June 26, 2017-- Off-label use of antipsychotic medications to treat patients with dementia has reduced dramatically in recent years due...
Characterizing the mouse genome reveals new gene functions and their role in human disease
The first results from a functional genetic catalogue of the laboratory mouse has been shared with the biomedical research community,...
Where are the new therapies for heart disease?
Credit: Center for Integration of Science and Industry Despite dramatic reductions in the death rate from cardiovascular disease, which includes...
New study links hot flashes with depression
CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 26, 2017)--With age comes a greater risk of depression, especially in women. With 15% of the female...
New insights into the toxin behind tetanus
"Our discovery could be used to design new medicines", says Pål Stenmark, Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and...
Amazon basin deforestation could disrupt distant rainforest by remote climate connection
The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the...
Does socioeconomic status affect women’s decisions not to continue breastfeeding?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017--A new study has shown that among women who...
Study reveals how sex ‘blindspot’ could misdirect medical research
The sex of animals frequently has an effect in biomedical research and therefore should be considered in the study of...
Study: Lack of sleep + spat with spouse = potential health problems
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center A lack of sleep doesn't just leave you cranky and spoiling for...
Alzheimer’s disease risk linked to a network of genes associated with myeloid cells
Many genes linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are expressed in myeloid cells and regulated by a single protein, according...
