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Detecting melanoma early, without a biopsy
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that becomes dangerous when it spreads, but is treatable...
Brain cell death in Alzheimer’s linked to structural flaw
BETHESDA, MD – Researchers have identified a new biological pathway involved in Alzheimer’s disease. In experiments using fruit flies, blocking...
Common additive may be why you have food allergies
A Michigan State University researcher has found that a common food additive may be linked to a rise in food...
Study sheds light on true risk for pancreatic cancer in patients with cysts
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. – July 11, 2016– A look back at more than half a million patient records has established...
Warmer body temp puts the heat on the common cold
WavebreakmediaMicro – stock.adobe.com via Yale University New Haven, Conn. — A new Yale study reveals how body temperature affects the...
Milestone study on pomegranate anti-aging mechanism reported by Amazentis SA and EPFL
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 11, 2016 — Amazentis SA, an innovative life sciences company applying scientific breakthroughs in nutrition to manage...
New clue to how lithium works in the brain
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Since the 1970s, U.S. doctors have prescribed lithium to treat patients with bipolar disorder. While the drug...
Effect of cholesterol medicine on inflammatory diseases mapped
The cholesterol medicine simvastatin, which is one of the most commonly used pharmaceuticals in the world, also has a beneficial...
Genetic testing can help deliver precision medicine to men with advanced prostate cancer
Genetic testing in men with advanced prostate cancer could pick up a significant proportion whose disease may be caused by...
A step towards palliative care policy in Africa
ecancer’s latest Special Issue provides an update on rapidly evolving developments in palliative cancer care in Africa. This is the...
Early antiretroviral therapy reduces gut inflammation in HIV+ individuals
Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) suppresses HIV replication and significantly slows the progression of disease, enabling HIV+ individuals to effectively manage...
Influenza-neutralizing antibodies generated in human subjects given experimental vaccine
Influenza A viruses are responsible for seasonal disease outbreaks in humans. Influenza A also circulates among bird and some mammal...
GW researchers create conceptual model for acute, unscheduled care
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2016) — Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) created a conceptual model for episodes of acute,...
Biofilm formation may complicate some necrotizing soft tissue infections
Group A streptococcus (GAS) can cause a life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis, which spreads rapidly and destroys soft tissue. Treatment of these...
Vanderbilt researchers to study breast cancer in African American women
A cancer research consortium headed by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and two other institutions, today received $12 million...
Researchers and farmers collaborate to prevent E. coli
Credit: Photo by Rebekah Mosci, a co-author of the study. EAST LANSING, Mich. — A collaborative Michigan State University study...
Researchers begin promising malaria vaccine trial in Burkina Faso
Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases: it infects hundreds of millions of people every year, and kills about...
BU researcher awarded grant to better understand breast cancer
(Boston)– Why do African-American women die at a higher rate and experience more aggressive breast tumors than white women? Researchers...
Army researchers team with Sanofi Pasteur to co-develop a Zika virus vaccine
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) announces a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for...
Study sheds light on role of mutations in metastasized cancer
Approximately 95 percent of cancer mortality is caused by metastasis. This fact is what motivates many cancer researchers to focus...