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Gut bacteria determine speed of tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes...
Health check can spot psychologically vulnerable persons
If mental health was made part of a health check, then it would be possible to detect vulnerable people who...
Gut bacteria can mean life or death for birds
In her upcoming thesis at Lund University in Sweden, biologist Elin Videvall shows that the composition of gut bacteria in...
Bacteria eats greenhouse gas with a side of protein
Credit: Amy Rosenzweig Lab, Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- With the ability to leech heavy metals from the environment and...
Waterbirds affected by low water, high salt levels in lakes
MISSOULA - A recent study from researchers at the University of Montana, National Audubon Society, Oregon State University and East...
LifeTime — A visionary proposal for an EU Flagship
Credit: Spencer Philiip, EMBL-EBI Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2001, scientists and the media described the...
Gene-based test for urine detects, monitors bladder cancer
Credit: eLife Sciences Publication Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test for urine, gathered during...
North and south cooperation to combat tuberculosis
Credit: UZH Tuberculosis can be cured and could be eradicated. For this to happen, however, patients have to receive the...
High-throughput sequencing: DFG establishes four competence centres
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved the establishment of four new competence centres. This was decided by...
Home genetic tests should be interpreted by experts
Results from at-home genetic tests are not always accurate. A new study in the journal Genetics in Medicine, published by...
Men should be included in trials to find better treatments for breast cancer
Barcelona, Spain: Professor Robert Mansel, Chair of the 11th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-11) and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at...
Ships in the English Channel have highest rate of sulphur violations in northern Europe
Credit: Niklas Berg and Johan Mellqvist Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have shown that between 87 and 98 percent...
Pap test fluids used in gene-based screening test for two gyn cancers
Credit: Johns Hopkins University Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening...
Indian rural women late in seeking breast cancer care
Credit: Bharat Patil Women in rural India are waiting long before seeking medical care for breast cancer. Most of the...
DFG to fund two new research units and one new humanities centre for advanced studies
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved the establishment of two new Research Units and one new Humanities...
Obesity surgery linked to positive outcomes in very obese teens with diabetes
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (March 22, 2018) - While it's not news that weight loss and medication control type...
Three-in-one molecule shows promise in helping certain breast cancer patients
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Mar. 19, 2018) - A newly designed three-part molecule could be...
Researchers identify compound to prevent breast cancer cells from activating in brain
Credit: Houston Methodist Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients...
Obesity surgery prevents severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure
Credit: Malin Arnesson Patients that underwent weight-loss surgery ran a significantly lower risk of developing severe chronic kidney disease and...
University of Maryland School of Medicine experts lead trial on avian flu vaccine
Vaccine experts at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have begun multiple clinical trials of vaccines designed to...
