Cellular trash cans reveal the roles of proteins in disease
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science If we really want to know how our body's cells work - or don't work, ...
Revealing the molecular mystery of human liver cells
Toronto, ON (Monday, October 22, 2018) - A map of the cells in the human liver has been created by ...
Electron microscope provided look inside the organic chemical reaction
Credit: Ananikov V. P Scientists from Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow managed to ...
New drug combination destroys chemo-resistant blood cancer
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have developed a promising targeted strategy ...
Immunotherapy effective as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy on its own is better than aggressive chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer, according ...
Participation in group prenatal care may improve birth outcomes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 22, 2018--A recent retrospective matched cohort study of more than ...
Achaogen provides data to SPARK, Pew’s platform for antibiotic discovery research
WASHINGTON--Biopharmaceutical company Achaogen and The Pew Charitable Trusts announced a groundbreaking agreement today to share data from Achaogen's discontinued LpxC ...
Developing an automated virtual health coach
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the National Science ...
Study: Dad’s exercise before conception impacts child’s lifelong health
Credit: John Soares Recent studies have linked development of type 2 diabetes and impaired metabolic health individuals to their parents' ...
Database funded to help researchers understand bipolar disorder throughout adult lifespan
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Not much is known about how bipolar disorder (BD) affects people throughout ...
Short-term ADT with RT improves survival over RT alone up to 10 years
The long-term follow up of the NRG Oncology trial RTOG 9408, studying the addition of short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to ...
More than just anatomy: sex differences in the lower urinary tract
The biological differences between women and men go beyond basic anatomy. Researchers must consider sex differences down to the cellular ...
Immunotherapy improves survival in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients ...
Patients with HPV-positive oropharynx cancer should receive chemoradiation
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Patients with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive throat ...
Low-income obesity patients lose weight in new study
DURHAM, N.C. -- With the help of a free phone app, low-income obese patients with signs of cardiovascular risk lost ...
New technique reveals limb control in flies — and maybe robots
Credit: Pavan Ramdya, EPFL One of the major goals of biology, medicine, and robotics is to understand how limbs are ...
Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest When it comes to preventing blood clots after a knee replacement, good old aspirin may be just ...
Yale-NUS researchers discover drug cocktail that increases lifespan
Credit: Image provided by Dr Jan Gruber. A team of researchers led by Principal Investigator Dr Jan Gruber from Yale-NUS ...
Journalism study evaluates emotions on the job
Credit: QUT Media A QUT journalism academic says the current freelancer-heavy market for media professionals could be preventing photographers and ...
A topical gel to protect farmers from lethal effects of pesticides
Credit: PK Vemula lab Farmers are exposed to toxic pesticides, through skin contact and inhalation, during the spraying of pesticides. ...
