How vampire bats are supporting virus research
A new research project underway at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is investigating how, and under what conditions, viruses can persist inside the body and remain...
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Breast cancer drug could be used to treat life-threatening leukaemia
A recently-approved breast cancer drug could be used to target and treat a life-threatening leukaemia, new research has revealed. Experts at Newcastle University, UK, have...
Charting genetic differences in breast can improve care for underserved populations
A study comparing DNA and RNA data from Nigerian breast cancer patients to patients in a United States database found that certain aggressive molecular features...
NUS researchers uncover new role of TIP60 protein in controlling tumor formation
Scientists from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a new molecular pathway that controls...
Statins show little promise for conditions other than heart disease
Medicines commonly prescribed to reduce people's risk of heart attack may have limited use for treating other diseases, research suggests. Previous studies had suggested the...
Immunotherapy effective against hereditary melanoma
Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type of immunotherapy that was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in...
Targeted drugs for advanced cancer move from specialist units to community setting
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano-Munich, 9 October 2018 - Nearly 1 in 4 patients with advanced cancer, treated at Comprehensive Cancer Care...
Faith-based intervention successful at managing hypertension in black communities, new study finds
Lifestyle intervention delivered in churches by community-based health workers led to a significant reduction in blood pressure among African Americans compared to health education alone,...
Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
Sustainable intensification is an approach that aims to increase crop yields on existing agricultural land while minimizing the negative environmental pressures and impacts of agricultural...
Inflammation in the womb may explain why some babies are more prone to sepsis after birth
Credit: American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, October 9, 2018 - Each year 15 million infants are born preterm and face high risks of short-...
Too much vitamin A may increase risk of bone fractures
Consuming too much vitamin A may decrease bone thickness, leading to weak and fracture prone bones, according to a study published in the Journal of...
Chewing gum may be effective for delivering vitamins
Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users, so Penn State researchers studied whether two vitamin-supplemented products...
Trust in non-conventional therapies by cancer patients not matching awareness about risks
Credit: @European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano-Munich, 10 October 2018 - Sarcoma patients show great openness to the use of complementary alternative medicines (CAMs) for...
GlycoNet awards grants worth $90,000 to three Alberta startup companies
EDMONTON (October 9, 2018) - The Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) awarded $90,000 in grants to three Alberta-based startup companies: 48Hour Discovery Inc., GlyCa BioSciences Inc....
Award winners named for the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), an SABCS co-sponsor, will honor three renowned researchers for their...
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