The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation
Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other infectious disease Tuberculosis can be...
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Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer
Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove the tumour along with the...
New treatment of acute myeloid leukemia achieves remarkable results in a disease formerly with little hope
The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve remission and for those that don't the option is largely...
UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer
FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug inhibitors at once to treat...
UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders
Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain Irvine, Calif., March 20, 2019 - Here's something to chew on: One...
Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center
Study co-authored by UCLA astronomer provides close look at what might be happening in other, more energetic galaxiesCredit: Gabriele Ponti/MPE/INAF and Mark Morris/UCLA The center...
Sustainable fisheries and conservation policy
Five-point plan to integrate 220 million recreational fishersCredit: Florian Moellers There are roughly five times as many recreational fishers as commercial fishers throughout the world....
NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaching Australia’s Cape York Peninsula
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor appeared to have a cloud-filled eye in visible imagery from...
UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria
Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning of every gene -- known...
New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury
Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year, approximately 265,000 Americans have a...
As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations
LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 20, 2019 --...
Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds
Patients shed more weight when doctors give specific tips, study findsCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to losing weight, doctors' messages to...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica develop off western Australia’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System NASA's Aqua satellite provided a view of Tropical Cyclone Veronica after it developed off...
Stroke risk drops in both black and white older adults
March 20, 2019 - Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare beneficiaries, reports a study in...
Older immigrants living in US more satisfied with life than native-born counterparts
Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Most people who immigrated to the United States for a chance to live the "American Dream" are more satisfied with their...
