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Antioxidants against sepsis
During sepsis, cells are swamped with reactive oxygen species generated in an aberrant response of the immune system to a...
QUT develops golden bananas high in pro-vitamin A
Credit: Patria Janides, QUT The decade-long research, led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, involved extensive laboratory tests at QUT as...
Bringing precision to Medicare cancer care
Medicare policies governing cancer patients' end-of-life care are based on generalized statistics -- such as average survival time and treatment...
Watch cancer spread in a mouse
Credit: Hiroki R. Ueda et al. Researchers in Japan have developed a method to image cancer at the single-cell level...
Bowel cancer diagnosis delayed by other illness
The researchers from the University of Exeter analysed clinical data from over 4,500 patients across the UK who were later...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.1M to top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 3, 2017) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical...
Gaze direction affects sensitivity to sounds
Listening to something while looking in a different direction can slow down reaction times while the brain works harder to...
Kenan Charitable Trust awards $1.5 million to UNC Health Affairs schools
Credit: UNC School of Nursing Chapel Hill, N.C. -- July 5, 2017 -- The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust...
Vegetable colouring agent may suppress inflammation
(Linköping University) Lutein, a nutrient found in several highly coloured vegetables and fruits, can suppress inflammation, according to a new...
Intervention for caregivers of dementia patients can lead to substantial Medicaid savings
A new study published in The Gerontologist finds that states could save tens of millions of dollars -- and help...
Recognition and mechanisms of chemical and environmental sensitivities in ecopsychology
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 5, 2017--A comprehensive look at the under-recognized problem of environmental...
Combo immunotherapy may herald new standard of care for kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 05, 2017 - Combination therapy with two immunotherapy drugs produces an unprecedented doubling of...
Early-life pain may lead to obesity risk, especially in females, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Inflammatory pain at birth changes how the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated...
Researchers make significant progress in engineering digestive system tissues
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer...
CNIC scientists discover an essential mechanism in the immune response
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered that the transcriptional regulator CTCF...
The costs of coal storage and its impact on disadvantaged communities
While the negative health and environmental effects of mining and burning coal are well documented, simply transporting and storing coal...
Scientists take a deeper dive into cellular trash
La Jolla, Calif., July 5, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have undertaken the first...
Introducing ‘Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes’
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic is pleased to announce the launch of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
Small-molecule therapeutic boosts spatial memory and motor function in Rett syndrome mice
New research into Rett syndrome therapeutics suggests that a small molecule already reported to improve respiratory problems associated with the...
