What’s in your DNA? Poll of older adults shows high interest, with a dose of skepticism
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Only a small percentage of people in their 50s and early 60s have had their DNA tested...
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Yo-yoing weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar readings may raise heart attack and stroke risk
DALLAS, Oct. 1, 2018 -- Fluctuations in weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and/or blood sugar levels in otherwise healthy people may be associated with a higher...
Specific protein identified as regulator of glioblastoma tumor migration
A specific protein called TEAD1 is an important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, and deactivating this protein...
Can chiropractic care disrupt vision?
For those in the habit of getting their neck adjusted by a chiropractor, the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center has interesting information to know...
New study confirms Mediterranean diet prevents a leading cause of blindness
SAN FRANCISCO - Sept. 30, 2018 - Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration...
Global three-day conference on emerging arboviruses and insecticide resistance opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE, 1 October 2018 - The resistance of mosquito borne arboviruses such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are now a major threat to...
Eye discovery to pave way for more successful corneal transplants
A team of eye specialists at The University of Nottingham has made another novel discovery that could help to improve the success of corneal transplants...
EU countries unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
The health care systems in some European countries lack the capacity to rapidly move a disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's disease from approval into widespread clinical...
Patient-partnered genomics study IDs immunotherapy as potential treatment for rare cancer
NEW YORK -- Angiosarcoma Project, a patient-partnered genomics study, identified immune checkpoint inhibition as a potential treatment option for patients with angiosarcomas of the head,...
New cancer vaccine shows early promise for patients with HER2-positive cancers
NEW YORK -- Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic HER2-positive cancers who had not previously been...
Bacterial therapy tolerable, shows early promise in patients with advanced solid tumors
NEW YORK -- A phase I clinical trial investigating the use of bacterial Clostridium novyi-NT spores as an injectable monotherapy had manageable toxicities and showed...
Cancer Immunotherapy Conference features latest research on response, resistance, treatment
NEW YORK -- The Fourth CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference: Translating Science into Survival, to be held in New York, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, will feature...
Scientists use AI to develop better predictions of why children struggle at school
Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning...
China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research over the past two decades
Credit: ©Science China Press In the period of 1995 to 2015, China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research, according to a study recently published...
Video of zebrafish neural development wins top prize in Nikon Small World competition
Credit: Video created by Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden International PhD Program in Germany,...
