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Mayo Clinic researchers take a step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study...
Listening to gut noises could improve diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome
Credit: Digestive Disease Week(R) Washington, DC (June 5, 2018) -- Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic...
Many US women don’t realize they’re seeking reproductive care at Catholic hospitals
More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren't aware they're seeking obstetrical and...
Money or altruism: What motivates people to donate their poop to medicine?
Credit: Digestive Disease Week Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2018) -- Appealing to a concern for others is the best way...
New tool enables big-scale analysis of single cells
Credit: CNAG-CRG New research led by Holger Heyn at the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico of the Centre for Genomic...
Mandatory bundled-payment Medicare programs should stay, Penn study suggests
PHILADELPHIA-- Hospitals that receive bundled payments for joint replacements either voluntarily or through Medicare's mandatory programs, vary by size and...
It’s all in your head: Brain protein targeted for alcoholism cure
Credit: University of Houston A protein in the brain that binds to alcohol could be the key to curing alcoholism,...
Family blood mystery solved
Credit: NTNU It's the late 1970s, and a man with an unexplained high hemoglobin level (Hb) is referred to Namsos...
Common diabetes drug found safe for most diabetics with kidney disease
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Results of a large-scale study suggest that the oral diabetes drug metformin is safe for most...
Researchers discover how colon cancer mutates to escape the immune system
A UCLA-led study has found how colon cancer alters its genes during development in order to avoid detection by the...
Sleep disturbances more common for immigrants than non-immigrants
Preliminary data from a recent study show high levels of emotional distress could be causing immigrants to have more sleep...
Decades of type 1 diabetes linked to mild drop in cognition
BOSTON - (June 5, 2018) - People who live with type 1 diabetes for very long duration show signs of...
The Human Brain Project has entered its third phase
"This is a major step and the result of a lot of hard and excellent work by our members and...
Maternal fatty acid balance affects offspring obesity thorough gut microbial population
The balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the tissues of female mammals, which previous research has suggested can...
Blood formation: Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue
Credit: University of Basel Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a...
Personalized cancer vaccine may increase long-term survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
An international Phase III study led by researchers at UCLA and at Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. has found that a personalized...
New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer
Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet...
Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies...
Checkpoint inhibitor shrinks advanced squamous cell skin cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Clinical trials show that an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrinks the tumors of nearly...
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human
Credit: Eve Smeltzer They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same...