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Could aggressive blood pressure treatments lead to kidney damage?
Credit: Sanjay Suchak | University of Virginia Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the...
Rising to the top
Here's a challenge: Build a pump that can deliver a drug to you automatically when you're sick. Now make it...
CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia leads to remissions in clinical trial
SEATTLE -- July 17, 2017 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed about 70 percent of patients with...
Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies
Credit: Jimmy Day/MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers have devised a way to image...
T-cells lacking HDAC11 enzyme perform more effectively in destroying cancer cells
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center have discovered a new role for...
New device detects tumor cells in blood
Credit: © URV Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, led by the ICREA researcher, Ramon Álvarez...
Canada should continue with separate medical stream after cannabis is legalized for recreational use
After cannabis is legalized, Canada should continue with a separate medical cannabis stream to keep patients safe, argues a commentary...
Computers helping emergency doctors make better choices
Clinical decision support (CDS) embedded directly into the patient's electronic medical record is associated with decreased overall utilization of high...
Krause earns GSA’s 2017 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts research
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 17, 2017 -- The Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers...
Review article discusses potential role, benefits of non-rhizobia bacteria in root nodules of legume
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--For many years, it was believed that the only nitrogen-fixing organisms...
Daily crosswords linked to sharper brain in later life
Credit: University of Exeter The more regularly people report doing word puzzles such as crosswords, the better their brain function...
FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formation
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Hairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also...
Radiation prior to surgery reduces risk of secondary tumors in early-stage breast cancer
TAMPA, Fla. (July 17, 2017) - Moffitt Cancer Center researchers launched a first of its kind study comparing the long-term...
Tinetti earns GSA’s 2017 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
A heart attack in a petri dish
In petri dishes in her campus laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Alice Lee is developing colonies of cardiac...
Amphibians can become tolerant to pesticides, but at a cost
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Amphibians can develop tolerance to pesticides, but this tolerance...
A new ligand extends the half-life of peptide drugs from minutes to days
Credit: C. Heinis/EPFL Peptides are biological molecules, made up of short sequences of amino acids. Because they are easy to...
Mow before you spray, and other tips for protecting pollinators in grassy landscapes
Annapolis, MD; July 17, 2017--With the right combination of methods, landscape managers can strike an effective balance between pest management...
A better approach to disease prediction through big data analytics
Big data holds great promise to change health care for the better. However, much of the technology that will someday...
