Oddly shaped immune cells cause fibrosis
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of monocytes they call SatM. Studies...
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Liver tumor growth in mice slowed with new chemo-immunotherapy…
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2017) — Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer, but treatment options are limited...
Man-made reefs: A compelling diving alternative — Ben-Gurion U. study
Credit: AABGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel…September 5, 2017 – Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral formations and can help mitigate...
Mature results favor pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for…
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 – Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid (1) have confirmed...
UTHealth study finds that male virgins can still acquire HPV
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 13, 2017) – Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk for acquiring HPV, according to...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using them on patients to mark...
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine warns that a new street drug combining fentanyl...
MicroRNAs help to predict disease progression in brain tumors
(Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich have developed...
Life in the fast lane: How plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. But gridlocked motorists and students...
How ticks get a proper foothold
Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around in leaf litter and on...
Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara" A. Cola of the Georgia...
Coral may hold cancer insights
Credit: US Department of Defense More than 70 years after the U.S. tested atomic bombs on a ring of sand in the Pacific Ocean called...
Depressed children respond differently to rewards than other kids
Credit: Robert Boston For many children, December often is linked to presents and excitement, but when a young child doesn't seem all that enthused about...
Cranky crabs in broken shells often have the upper claw in fights
Credit: Luis Miguel Burciaga Sheer aggression rather than pure muscle strength often gives hermit crabs living in broken shells the edge during a fight. Broken...
Preventing Alzheimer’s in African-Americans by strengthening the brain
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Mark Gluck A major effort is underway to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia for older...
