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Credit: Image courtesy of Christopher Maffeo CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new synthetic enzyme, crafted from DNA rather than protein, flips ...

ASH to collaborate on clinical practice guidelines of von Willebrand Disease

(WASHINGTON - June 21, 2018) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will collaborate with the International Society on Thrombosis and ...

Researchers uncover new target to stop cancer growth

Credit: Messenger et al., 2018 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer ...

Opening up a drug delivery route — Discovery of a new vehicle peptide

Credit: Department of Medicinal Chemistry,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) study identifies promising lead compound for delivery of therapeutically ...

Fright and flight: Deciding when to escape

Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre How does your brain decide what to do in a threatening situation? A new paper published ...

Majority of US adults prescribed epinephrine report not using it in an emergency

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JUNE 21, 2018) - The most effective, life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) is ...

Human immune ‘trigger’ map paves way for better treatments

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A discovery about how human cells are 'triggered' to undergo an ...

Nightingale Health & UK Biobank announce major initiative to analyze 500,000 blood samples

(Nightingale Health) Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker technology for studying chronic diseases, will analyze ...

Device may detect heart dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors treated with chemo

Bottom Line: A wireless device designed for detection of heart dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracycline chemotherapy was ...

New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment

Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings published ...

When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script

Credit: Eleanor Caves, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators -- ...

Researchers identify method to diagnose cancer in patients with early onset diabetes

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can develop elevated blood sugar levels up to three years before their ...

The seed that could bring clean water to millions

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed ...

Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees

Credit: Jeff Kerby, National Geographic An international team of researchers has discovered evidence of 27 previously unknown viruses in bees. ...

Neonics are being ingested by free-ranging animals, U of G study finds

Credit: University of Guelph Health impacts of neonicotinoids may go well beyond bees, according to a new University of Guelph ...

Established medications combat lung cancer tumor growth

Credit: biolution GmbH 2018 Two research groups have discovered that the growth of an intractable type of lung cancer in ...

Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Patients with pancreatic cancer usually experience significant weight loss, which can begin very early in the disease. ...

Heated dilemmas

As hurricane season commences on the East Coast and the West Coast heads into fire season, there's no time like ...

Cooler computing through statistical physics?

In the space inside a computer chip, where electricity becomes information, there's a scientific frontier. The same frontier can be ...

Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails