Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients,…
Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, lead author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based ...
Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s…
With the report from Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday that 14 people in the state have been infected with ...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence ...
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three ...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which ...
With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, found more ...
Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
Credit: NASA Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them ...
Study: Biomarkers as predictive of sepsis as lengthy patient monitoring
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sepsis is a deadly and quick-moving medical condition, but its presence ...
Tulane researchers find other layers of immunity in TB/HIV…
Credit: Gena Chattin Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV ...
Medicaid coverage brings more silence to the hearing impaired
Credit: Health Affairs TAMPA, FL (Aug. 7, 2017)- Medicaid does not cover hearing aids in 22 states. Coverage varies greatly ...
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf…
Credit: Harvard Medical School Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General ...
CHLA awarded $1.3 million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital ...
Successful cardiogenic shock treatment using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
Credit: Osaka University The Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University succeeded in minimally invasive treatment of a patient with acute ...
Mice with frequent flier miles advance the Alzheimer’s cause
Credit: University of Kentucky Office of Public Relations and Marketing LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 4, 2018) — Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional ...
Biomarker predicts poor prognosis in African-Americans with…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Having high levels of a certain biomarker is linked to poor prognosis in African-American patients with ...
Test results after stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma can…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2017) – It's a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an ...
Study: Preschoolers need more outdoor time at child care centers
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds child care centers play a pivotal role when ...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age, ...
Link found between estrogens and changes in heart physiology
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and ...
Parental diet affects offspring immunity: Meta-analysis
Credit: Sourced from University of Sydney A review of studies about parents' diet and the immunity of animal offspring has ...
