Cure for fission yeast genes could have bigger things ahead
Credit: OIST Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have taken one step closer towards potential cures for several human...
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Grad student wins design contest for health App for those considering elective mastectomy
HFES congratulates Marisa Grayson, a master's student in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at Ohio State University, on taking first place in the 2018 "Mobile...
Foodborne disease outbreaks
Is it possible to prepare for a food crisis? How should the severity of the health risk be estimated? When and how should communication be...
First real-world studies report glecaprevir/pibrentasvir to be effective and well tolerated in chronic HCV infection
12 April 2018, Paris, France: The results of the first real-world studies assessing the effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) in patients with chronic hepatitis...
Novel combination therapy effective for NRAS mutant and therapy resistant melanoma
PHILADELPHIA - (April 12, 2018) - Wistar researchers have identified a novel therapeutic vulnerability in NRAS mutant melanoma and an effective strategy to address it,...
Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner
First study to show 'owls' have higher risk of mortality Switch to daylight savings time is much harder for them They suffer from more diseases...
New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate
Credit: DNDi PARIS, 12 April 2018 - An affordable hepatitis C combination treatment including the new drug candidate ravidasvir has been shown to be safe...
Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Credit: Song-Mei Liu Philadelphia, April 12, 2018 - Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A study published in...
Certain iron supplements may influence the development of colon cancer
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Two common iron compounds increase the formation of a known biomarker for cancer, according to a new study of...
It’s not your fitness tracker — it’s you
Credit: Mike Glier/USC Dornsife College An American, a Brit and a Dutch guy go for a walk. That may sound like the beginning of a...
Enzyme LSD1 found to regulate muscle fiber type differentiation
Credit: Prof. Mitsuyoshi Nakao Our bodies convert food into energy for all life activities. These metabolic processes allow the cells that make up our bodies...
International Conference on Learning & Memory to feature world’s leading brain scientists
Huntington Beach, Calif. -- On April 18-22, 2018, the UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory will host 800 of the world's foremost...
BGRF Chief Science Officer to present at cutting-edge technology conference.
BGRF is excited to report that its chief science officer, professor Alexander Zhavoronkov -- also the CEO of Insilico Medicine, an AI company in Baltimore...
EPA’s IRIS program has made substantial progress, says new report
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program has made "substantial progress" in implementing recommendations outlined in past re..
Research brief: Vaccines to treat opioid abuse and prevent fatal overdoses
Heroin and prescription opioid abuse and fatal overdoses are a public health emergency in the United States. Vaccines offer a potential new strategy to treat...
