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Case reports on 13 cancer patients suggest that a small number of cancer patients taking the immunotherapy drugs ipilimumab and...

What if lost limbs could be regrown? Cancers detected early with blood or urine tests, instead of invasive biopsies? Drugs...

The implementation of state prescription drug monitoring programs was associated with the prevention of approximately one opioid-related overdose death every...

Boston, MA – In a large study conducted by at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), researchers found an association between...

HODGKIN lymphoma patients can be spared the serious side effects of chemotherapy thanks to high-tech scans that can predict the...

Credit: Courtesy of Tangible Media Group/MIT Media Lab These days, it may seem as if 3-D printers can spit out...

Bladder cancer is a frequent disease affecting approximately 1,900 persons in Denmark annually. A high number of these patients only...

The body’s defences detect and eliminate not only pathogens but also tumour cells. Natural killer cells (NK-Cells) are specifically activated...

A new procedure developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may revolutionize the culturing of adult stem cells. In their report...

Cholera outbreaks are on the rise. To prevent and control them, three oral cholera vaccines are currently approved by WHO....

HOUSTON – (June 16, 2016) – The absence of one specific species of gut bacteria causes social deficits in mice,...

New research suggests that mothers who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets can predispose multiple generations to metabolic problems, even if their...

Researchers have unlocked secrets of our ancient immune system, a major scientific advance which could help scientists and clinicians in...

Sugar in the form of blood glucose provides essential energy for cells. When its usual dietary source — carbohydrates —...

Dr. Schultz is a Senior Clinician Scientist and Head of the Childhood Cancer & Blood Research (Vancouver, BC – June...

In summer 2011, University of Colorado Cancer Center investigators Joaquín Espinosa, PhD, and Matthew Galbraith, PhD, taught a summer symposium...

Geneticists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that tumour protein TP53 knows exactly where to bind to our DNA to...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 15, 2016) — As men and women grow older, their chances for coronary heart disease also increase....

Naked mole-rats (NMR) are the longest-living rodent species and exhibit ‘extraordinary’ resistance to cancer. Mole-rats live up to 30 years,...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells–including T cells–must respond. Now, Salk...