Clinical trial shows experimental drug’s ability to knock down pancreatic cancer’s defense
Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 31, 2017 -- By adding an experimental drug to a standard chemotherapy regimen, a...
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Scientists ID 100 memory genes, open new avenues of brain study
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 31, 2017 - Scientists have identified more than 100 genes linked to memory, opening new avenues of research to...
Storytime a ‘turbocharger’ for a child’s brain
Credit: Cincinnati Children's While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to improve cognitive development in preschoolers....
Mayo Clinic, Baxter launch research and development collaboration
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic and Baxter International Inc. today announced a new research and development collaboration to advance innovation across a spectrum of therapeutic areas...
All heart patients have some liver disease after fontan surgery
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are at risk of developing progressive...
Possible correlation shown between TMI nuclear accident and thyroid cancers
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear...
Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of the United States found persistent,...
How does water get to homes? Hint: It isn’t magic
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to their homes and especially what...
Support for tidal energy is high among Washington residents
Credit: Craig Hill/University of Washington Puget Sound is one of the best places in the United States to capture energy from tides. As water in...
‘Harder, better, faster, stronger’-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running
Loading video... Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt like running 24.9 miles, or...
Mycobacteria use protein to create diverse populations, avoid drugs
Credit: Eric J. Rubin and E. Hesper Rego WHAT: Subgroups of tuberculosis (TB)-causing bacteria can persist even when antibiotics wipe out most of the overall...
Horses masticate similarly to ruminants
Credit: UZH Herbivores digest their food much better if it has been strongly fragmented by intensive mastication. For ruminants such as cows, sheep, goats, deer,...
Visual recognition memory impaired after multiple exposures to anesthesia during infancy
Repeated exposure to a common anesthesia drug early in life results in visual recognition memory impairment, which emerges after the first year of life and...
Case Western Reserve University receives $6 million to study Barrett’s Esophagus
The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $6 million grant to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to...
Scripps Florida scientist wins $2 million grant to study childhood disorder
Credit: Photo by James McEntee JUPITER, FL - May 31, 2017 - Assistant Professor Seth Tomchik of the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute...
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