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Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Credit: Center for the Study of Itch Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop...
New studies illustrate need for rigorous review of infection preventionist staffing models across healthcare systems
Arlington, Va., June 26, 2018 - Severe gaps in staffing and outdated coverage benchmarks point to the critical need for...
Center for BrainHealth® joins Neuroscape Alliance
(Center for BrainHealth ) The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas has recently joined the Neuroscape...
Poliovirus therapy for recurrent glioblastoma has three year survival rate of 21 percent
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved...
Spine surgery patients less likely to be opioid dependent after surgery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Spine surgeons and researchers at the University of Louisville, concerned about potential opioid misuse resulting from pain...
New insight into how Autism might develop in human brain
In a study published in Stem Cell Reports, a McGill team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at...
Women know what they want; men get pickier with age
Credit: QUT Women under 40 seeking a partner online are more particular than men, especially when it comes to education,...
Fluciclovine PET/CT locates recurrent prostate cancer and advises management
Credit: Barry A. Siegel MD, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center,...
A Fox code for the face
Credit: Image by Pengfei Xu/Crump Lab/USC Stem Cell In the developing face, how do stem cells know whether to become...
Scientists take a journey into the lungs of mice infected with influenza
MADISON - In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become...
UCR team among scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth
Credit: NASA/DSCVR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- If you're looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you're in...
Commonly used HIV drug worldwide not associated with increased risk for suicide in Uganda
Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next...
Researchers find prostate cancer drug byproduct can fuel cancer cells
Credit: Cleveland Clinic June 25, 2018, Cleveland: A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response...
Control of quantum state of optical phonon in diamond induced by ultrashort light pulses
Credit: Kazutaka.G.Nakamura Ultrashort Light-pulse-induced vibrations of atoms in a lattice, called optical coherent phonons, have been controlled in various materials....
Efficient, eco-friendly production of fine chemicals
The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too....
Aimee Shen of Tufts Medical School granted PATH award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
BOSTON (June 25, 2018)--Aimee Shen, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine is...
Nanomaterials could mean more algae outbreaks for wetlands, waterways
Credit: Photo by Steven Anderson, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- The last 10 years have seen a surge in the...
Eye-in-the-sky to save olive trees
Credit: Juan A. Navas-Cortes A new airborne remote-imaging method that scans entire orchards can identify olive trees infected by a...
UTA physicist Benjamin Jones awarded $750,000 from DOE early career research program
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UTA assistant professor of physics Benjamin Jones $750,000 to develop a sensor for...
In melanoma, radiosurgery may combine well with immunotherapy, especially PD-1 inhibitors
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Doctors often treat melanoma with drugs that unblind the immune system to cancer. And...
