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COPD — changes in the lungs, changes in the microbiome
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result in structural changes...
Loyola and Gottlieb named 2017 Most Wired hospitals
For the 14th time, Loyola University Medical Center has been named one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals. Gottlieb Memorial...
Wiley and International AIDS Society confirm new publishing partnership
Hoboken, NJ --July 13, 2017 -- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), is pleased to announce a new partnership...
AMP to recognize Andrew P. Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H. with 2017 Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
BETHESDA, Md. July 14, 2017 The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit organization serving molecular diagnostic professionals,...
New gene therapy treatment routes for motor neurone disease uncovered in new study
Scientists investigating the genetic causes and altered functioning of nerve cells in motor neurone disease (MND) have discovered a new...
Dementia prevention hopes raised by £1.9m boost to scan study
(University of Edinburgh) Dementia researchers are to receive a £1.9 million investment to identify the earliest brain changes associated with...
Immunosuppression underlies resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a novel mechanism behind resistance to angiogenesis inhibitors - drugs that...
Bacterium actively drives colorectal cancer tumor cell growth
Credit: Kumar R, et al. (2017) A subspecies of the bacterium Streptococcus gallolyticus appears to actively promote the development of...
Antibody against carcinogenic substance deciphered
Summertime is barbecue time. However, when fat reacts with glowing coal, a substance chemists call benzopyrene is created. It is...
New study sheds light on disease-busting ‘recycling bins’ in our cells
Credit: Sharon Tooze Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a...
ASHG honors John Mulvihill with Mentorship Award
Credit: OUHSC BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named John J. Mulvihill, MD, Children's Hospital...
Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs
A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated,...
Tall men and obese men at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according...
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of...
New data network for Huntington’s disease research
Huntington's disease is an hereditary disorder of the nervous system caused by a faulty gene on chromosome four. The faulty...
Chillier winters, smaller beaks
Credit: Charles Davies; Flickr Although Charles Darwin lived and worked in the 19th century, modern evolutionary biologists are far from...
Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor...
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats...
Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection....
New imaging technique able to watch molecular dynamics of neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Sophie Brasselet, Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a fast and practical molecular-scale imaging...
