Discovery of unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug…
Credit: Kathryn Faith Blood vessels are the supply lines of the human body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to cells and ...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner ...
HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it’s given
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 29, 2017) – A decade of data on hundreds of ...
‘Simple, but powerful’ model reveals mechanisms behind…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. – Dec. 18, 2017 – All things must come to an end. This ...
Breast cancer patients largely find radiation therapy experience better than expected
Credit: Narek Shaverdian, M.D. SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 — A new survey finds breast cancer patients' actual radiation therapy ...
Conservation not an effective tool for reducing infectious disease in people, study finds
Credit: Dan Salkeld Conservation projects that protect forests and encourage a diversity of plants and animals can provide many benefits ...
Tailored sexual health messages urgently needed for young female…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer With both tourism and casual "hookup" sex on the rise among college-age adults, there's ...
Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017–Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of ...
State Medicaid expansions led to more prenatal care for low-income mothers
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS The Medicaid expansions for low-income parents that took place in 34 states between 1996 and 2011 ...
Both accelerator and brake are required for normal movement
Credit: Angela Cenci Nilsson In order to drive a car, you need a good balance between accelerator and brake. The ...
Team receives nearly $11 million COBRE grant to establish neuroscience…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — The National Institutes of Health is awarding a Kansas State University-led team of ...
UC San Diego health researchers join pancreatic cancer ‘dream…
In an effort to advance research on one of the deadliest forms of cancer, University of California, San Diego School ...
New medication significantly decreases involuntary movement
Credit: University of South Florida Tampa, FL (April 7, 2017) Antipsychotic treatment can cause involuntary movements such as lip smacking, ...
New book on Cell-Cell Junctions published by CSHLPress
Credit: Image provided by Matthias Rübsam and Carien M. Niessen, University of Cologne. Cold Spring Harbor, NY– Cold Spring Harbor ...
Size matters when it comes to keeping blood sugar levels in check
Credit: Sabrina Diano, Yale University Keeping blood sugar levels within a safe range is key to managing both type 1 ...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June, MD, to receive ASCO’s Highest Scientific Honor
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – The American Society of Clinical Oncology has named University of Pennsylvania cancer and HIV gene ...
Cardiac stem cells from young hearts could rejuvenate old hearts, new study shows
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUG. 14, 2017, AT 10 A.M. EDT ) – Cardiac stem cell infusions could ...
Study shows GMU’s Lyme disease early-detection test is effective
After three years and 300 patients, George Mason University researchers have proof that their early-detection urine test for Lyme disease ...
Parkinson’s disease involves degeneration of the olfactory…
Credit: Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics The first symptom of Parkinson's disease is often an impaired sense of smell. ...
Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis
Credit: University of Portsmouth A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of early ...
