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Punjab, India: Mass treatment of a population with chronic hepatitis C infection produces high rates of cure
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large-scale study evaluating the feasibility of decentralized care and the provision of free direct-acting...
Duel of the inflammatory master regulators: Insights for drug discovery
Credit: from Hudson et al Nature Communications 2018 Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the...
A simple tool for doubling down on disease control
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON -- It's a simple idea: Pair the control of a neglected tropical disease with...
The fewer the deadlier
Credit: Kyoto University / Jun-ichirou Yasunaga Japan -- A study appearing in the in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Personalized T cell therapy shows signs of clinical effectiveness against HBV-related HCC
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Multiple adoptive transfers of T cells engineered to carry hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific T cell...
Russian-born Research Results in Pharmacology moves to high-tech journal platform ARPHA
Credit: Research Results in Pharmacology and ARPHA Since 2015, Belgorod National Research University's forward-thinking open-access and peer-reviewed scholarly journal Research...
UW’s Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award for studies of children’s social development
Credit: Dennis Wise, University of Washington The National Science Foundation today named Kristina Olson, University of Washington associate professor of...
For fewer cast-related ailments in dogs, researchers find taller casts a better fit
Credit: Dr. Felix Duerr, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Dogs fitted with longer casts for hind-leg injuries or ailments...
St. Jude Cloud launches for researchers worldwide
Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today launched St. Jude Cloud, an...
Mediterranean-style diet improves gut microbial diversity and reduces hospitalization
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: A diet that is Mediterranean style, and rich in vegetables and fermented milk products such...
Imagining an object can change how we hear sounds later
Seeing an object at the same time that you hear sound coming from somewhere else can lead to the "ventriloquist...
Peptide-based biogenic dental product may cure cavities
Credit: University of Washington Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins...
‘Molecular microscope’ system safer, more effective in heart and lung transplant biopsies
Credit: University of Alberta A transplant biopsy system that uses gene chips to read molecules is far safer and more...
Having one eye better than the other may explain ants’ left bias
Credit: Edmund Hunt Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don't have any difficulty turning left. New research from the University of Bristol...
Swansea scientists discover greener way of making plastics
Credit: European Regional Development Fund Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University have found a way...
One thing leads to another: Causal chains link health, development, and conservation
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The linkages between environmental health and...
Ludwig scientists share new cancer research findings at 2018 AACR Annual Meeting
APRIL 11, 2018, NEW YORK - Ludwig Cancer Research released today the full scope of findings to be presented by...
Baby fish led astray by high CO2 in oceans
Baby fish will find it harder to reach secure shelters in future acidified oceans -- putting fish populations at risk,...
Most primitive kangaroo ancestor rediscovered after 30 years in obscurity
Credit: Richard Tedford A handful of tiny teeth have led scientists to identify the most distant ancestor of today's kangaroos....
BU medical student receives Fulbright Award to India
(Boston)--Nina Gummadi, a third-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to...
