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Treating Lyme disease: When do symptoms resolve in children?
Credit: Children's National Health System For many Americans, the warmer weather of summer means more time spent outside: More gardening...
Bird’s eye perspective
Humans belong to a select club of species that enjoy crisp color vision in daylight, thanks to a small spot...
Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the...
Rheumatology leaders applaud re-introduction of Patients’ Access to Treatment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today applauded the leadership of Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Rep....
NIST/CU team launches ‘comb and copter’ system to map atmospheric gases
Credit: Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder...
Targeted drug shows promise in rare advanced kidney cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer institute BOSTON -- Some patients with a form of advanced kidney cancer that carries a poor prognosis...
Don’t leave baby boomers behind when designing wearable technology
Wearable devices have been heralded as one of the next great technological frontiers. They can provide all users, including older...
Dune ecosystem modelling
Credit: Photo: Christine Hellmann Acacia longifolia, which is native to Australia, is a species which was cultivated in Portugal primarily...
Immunotherapy kinder than chemotherapy for patients with head and neck cancer
The immunotherapy nivolumab is kinder than chemotherapy for people with advanced head and neck cancer - easing many of the...
Scientists uncover potential mechanism for HPV-induced skin cancer
Credit: Marthaler AM, et al. (2017) Scientists have identified a molecular pathway by which some types of human papilloma virus...
Localized signaling islands in cells: New targets for precision drug design
Credit: Megan Clark and Randy Carnell/UW Medicine Research results reported this week in the journal Science overturn long-held views on...
New biomarker assay detects neuroblastoma with greater sensitivity
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have developed and tested a new biomarker assay for...
Researchers find way to better use current drugs to target cancer
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 22, 2017) -- A team of researchers at McMaster University has identified a unique...
Georgia State hosts first International Triple Negative Breast Cancer Conference
ATLANTA -- Georgia State University will host the First International Triple Negative Breast Cancer Conference from Sept. 18 to 20....
Custom built molecule shows promise as anti-cancer therapy
Scientists at the University of Bath funded by Cancer Research UK have custom-built a molecule which stops breast cancer cells...
NRL issued patent for solar microbial fuel cell
Credit: (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, has...
Alzheimer’s disease study links brain health and physical activity
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. - People at risk for Alzheimer's disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but...
How pythons regenerate their organs and other secrets of the snake genome
Credit: Todd Castoe Evolution takes eons, but it leaves marks on the genomes of organisms that can be detected with...
Geology rocks the Pacific Northwest: GSA Meeting returns to Seattle
Boulder, CO, USA: Registration is open for The Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting & Exposition, to be held 22-25...
Don’t lose sleep over sharing your bed with your pet or kids
About half of all pet owners share their beds or bedrooms with their pets at night. Although this has been...
