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Immune-engineered device targets chemo-resistant lymphoma
ITHACA, N.Y. - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that is diagnosed in the U.S. more than 70,000 times annually, arises from...
Tiny probe can see and take body temperatures
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have invented a world-first tiny fibre-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature...
Look! Down in the petri dish! It’s a superplatelet!
Credit: Michael Smith Laboratories Blood platelets have one main job: Stop bleeding by forming clots. Sometimes, however, these tiny cell...
Why alcohol, sugar lead to thirst
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - April 12, 2018 - Why does drinking alcohol or consuming sugar make us thirsty? An...
The fight for clean emissions continues
Credit: Empa The saga of the diesel particle filter all began with a failure in California - and a success...
Certain iron supplements may influence the development of colon cancer
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Two common iron compounds increase the formation of a known biomarker for cancer, according...
The severity of neurocognitive impairment
Neurocognitive impairment is frequently encountered in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients affecting between 40-65% of these individuals, irrespective of disease duration,...
Understanding barriers to mental health care for urban black men who experience trauma
Credit: Penn Nursing Despite the prevalence and impact of psychological symptoms, United States trauma systems do not routinely integrate psychological...
Dietary lipids play diverse roles in disease
This month's issue of the Journal of Lipid Research features studies examining how fats in the diet affect health, including...
Microscopic oxygen bubbles could help improve cancer therapeutics, speed wound healing
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-patented technology shows promise in using microscopic bubbles filled with oxygen to help with...
Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Credit: Song-Mei Liu Philadelphia, April 12, 2018 - Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma...
Italy: Ongoing hepatitis A virus outbreak among men who have sex with men is linked to current outbreaks in Europe
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Hepatitis A viruses (HAVs) circulating in an ongoing outbreak among men who have sex with...
Overestimated mutation rate
Scientific evidence at the start of the last major Ebola epidemic in West Africa that suggested the virus would change...
Lung stem cells repair airways after injury
Credit: Cell Stem Cell The human airway is a system of branching tubes that connects the nose and mouth with...
An unexpected discovery in a central line
About a year and a half ago, a 6-year-old boy arrived at Children's Emergency Department after accidently removing his own...
New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate
Credit: DNDi PARIS, 12 April 2018 - An affordable hepatitis C combination treatment including the new drug candidate ravidasvir has...
Statins associated with reduced morbidity and mortality in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitischolangi
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large register-based study conducted in Sweden has found that statins are associated with a...
New bacteria-resistant materials get go-ahead for trials on humans
A medical device coated with new bacteria resistant materials, discovered by a team at the University of Nottingham, has been...
Signs of early aging more likely among adolescent & young adult cancer survivors
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 12, 2018 -- Researchers have reported a higher prevalence of...
Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner
First study to show 'owls' have higher risk of mortality Switch to daylight savings time is much harder for them...
