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Investigating the enigmatic link between periodontal inflammation and retinal degeneration
Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction...
Searching for long-term success in weight management? Forget dieting and eat regularly
Early adulthood is particularly critical for putting on weight. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Helsinki,...
Higher-dose RT lowers risk of recurrence but does not improve survival for men with prostate cancer
Results of a recent NRG Oncology study, NRG Oncology/RTOG 0126, show that high-dose radiotherapy did not improve survival for men...
Bacteria may promote pancreatic cancer by suppressing the immune system
Bottom Line: Bacterial load was significantly higher in pancreatic tumor samples from patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with pancreatic...
Plants really do feed their friends
Credit: Heejung Cho Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have discovered...
Does genome sequencing increase downstream costs?
As genome sequencing enters the clinic, fears have arisen about its potential to motivate follow-up testing and ongoing screening that...
NIH scientists say advanced vaccines could limit future outbreaks
WHAT: Novel vaccine technologies are critical to improving the public health response to infectious disease threats that continually emerge and...
In a severe childhood neurodegeneration, novel mechanism found
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Neurology researchers investigating a rare but devastating neurological regression in infants have discovered the cause:...
The bassoon causing new brain disorder
Credit: Yabe I. et al., Scientific Reports, Jan. 16, 2018 Newly discovered gene mutations may help explain the cause of...
Antibiotics often inappropriately prescribed for hospitalized kids, global study suggests
Nearly a third of all antibiotics prescribed for hospitalized children globally were intended to prevent potential infections rather than to...
Salivaomics: Saliva extracellular RNA (exRNA) and saliva proteome Wiki
Alexandria, VA, USA - The 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with...
Physical disability boosts parenting effort, beetles study shows
Credit: Per Smiseth Animals that carry a physical impediment can work harder to rear their young as a result, a...
Military surgeons report ‘alarming frequency’ of bench press injuries
MAYWOOD, IL - While deployed in combat zones, U.S. armed forces prepare for the rigors of combat and stay in...
Jaguars and well-managed logging concessions can coexist, say conservationists
Credit: San Diego Zoo Global NEW YORK (March 22, 2018) -- Logging activities in biodiverse forests can have a huge...