A new approach towards developing a vaccine against vivax malaria
Credit: del Portillo et al. A novel study indicates promising avenues in an innovative approach for developing a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the most prevalent...
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Researchers look to immune cell shapes to predict how well body will fight lung cancers
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered how to quickly and accurately predict which lung cancer patients will benefit...
Smartphone, M.D.
In a potential game changer for the health care industry, a new cell phone app and lab kit now allow a smartphone to identify bacteria...
Study at Johns Hopkins hospital leads to changes in reporting patient safety concerns
In a case study published online last week in Academic Medicine, an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins...
Analysis of sea squirt embryo reveals key molecules in dopaminergic neuron differentiation
Tsukuba, Japan - The human brain is exceedingly complex, consisting of various regions with particular functions and approximately 100 billion neurons. This complexity has presented...
New hub to drive vaccine discovery, development and manufacturing revolution
Vax-Hub, a new Future Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub, will bring together academia, industry and policy makers to affect radical change in the development and manufacturing...
A behavioral intervention for cancer patients that works
COLUMBUS, Ohio - This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone from scientific discovery, through development and testing,...
Mediterranean-style diet may lower women’s stroke risk
Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce stroke risk in women over 40 but not in men - according to new research led by the University...
Test could detect patients at risk from lethal fungal spores
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a genetic mutation in humans linked to a 17-fold increase in the amount of dangerous fungal spores...
Crunched for time? High-intensity exercise = same cell benefits in fewer minutes
Rockville, Md. (September 20, 2018)--A few minutes of high-intensity interval or sprinting exercise may be as effective as much longer exercise sessions in spurring beneficial...
Is the end of the recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) a good thing?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2018-- Recently, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration...
Super cheap earth element to advance new battery tech to the industry
Credit: Purdue University Marketing and Media photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Most of today's batteries are made up of rare lithium mined from the mountains...
Simulations of every woman’s breast tissue address delay on enhanced MRI cancer detection
Credit: Purdue University image/Xin Li WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them...
Inexpensive testing spurs cancer patients’ relatives to assess own disease risk
An online initiative offering low-cost genetic testing to relatives of people with genetic mutations that increase their risk of cancer encourages the "cascade" testing that...
Nanoparticle therapeutic restores function of tumor suppressor in prostate cancer
Boston, MA -- Think of it as a cancer therapy zag instead of a zig. While many groups are developing cancer therapies to target proteins...
