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Release of the 7th edition of the International Standards on Hematopoietic Cell Therapy
Credit: © EBMT Today the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) is announcing the release of the 7th...
Antibiotics may impact cancer treatment efficacy
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 5, 2018) - Antibiotic use is known to have a...
Deeper look at biopsy exposes mutation ready to ambush drug combination
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A powerful resistance mutation that appeared to emerge in melanoma after a patient...
New wearable tech from Western may hold big benefits for people with Parkinson’s
Credit: Paul Mayne A new prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves has a team of Western University researchers believing real...
Early psychosis programs significantly reduce patient mortality, study finds
Credit: The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) LONDON, ON - In a new study, researchers at Lawson Health Research...
New method identifies splicing biomarkers for liver cancer
Credit: Krainer Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Because liver cancer is particularly diverse, genetically, and prone to relapse,...
Student-led depression awareness program boosts teens’ understanding and help-seeking
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - High school students can make a major impact on their schoolmates' understanding...
Palmer amaranth resistance research earns first place finish for plant sciences student
Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - Drake Copeland, a graduate student studying at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture,...
St. Michael’s Hospital cardiology team reports a world first
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, March 2, 2018--Interventional cardiologist Dr. Neil Fam of St. Michael's Hospital has performed a world-first...
JHU scientists discover how extremophiles flourish in stressful environments
Thousands of molecules of ribonucleic acid make salt-loving microbes known as "extremophiles" highly resistant to the phenomenon oxidative stress -...
Capturing the balance of nature
Credit: Kyoto University / Reiji Masuda Kyoto, Japan -- In a study spanning twelve years, researchers from Kyoto University, and...
2018 Woman in Science Award goes to UIC women’s mental health expert
Credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Dr. Pauline Maki, professor of psychology and psychiatry in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of...
Multiphoton Microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Credit: De Gruyter This monograph focuses on modern femtosecond laser microscopes for two photon imaging and nanoprocessing, on laser tweezers...
Here’s how viruses inactivate the immune system, causing cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It's no new news that viruses cause cancer. For example, human papillomavirus (HPV) causes...
Geology in the Natural State
Boulder, Colo., USA: On 11-13 March, geoscientists from the south-central U.S. and beyond will convene in Little Rock, Arkansas, to...
Discovery shows wine grapes gasping for breath
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have discovered how grapes "breathe", and that shortage of oxygen leads to...
Fred Hutch announces 2018 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipients
SEATTLE -- March 1, 2018 -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has announced the 2018 recipients of the annual Harold...
UTMB researchers find how Ebola disables the immune system
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas – A new study at The University of Texas...
Genome technology boosts malaria control efforts
While most malaria research has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is common in Africa, another parasite, Plasmodium vivax...
The impact of Hurricane Harvey on pregnant moms
Credit: University of Houston Johanna Bick, assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston, is launching a study...