3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread
Credit: (Purdue University image/Luis Solorio) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue researcher Luis Solorio has helped create a lifelike cancer environment out of polymer to better...
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Do racial and gender disparities exist in newer glaucoma treatments?
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Glaucoma Society today announced that it has awarded a grant to Mildred MG Olivier, MD, to study how often minimally...
Fred Hutch announces 2018 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipients
SEATTLE -- March 1, 2018 -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has announced the 2018 recipients of the annual Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award,...
Discovery shows wine grapes gasping for breath
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have discovered how grapes "breathe", and that shortage of oxygen leads to cell death in the grape....
Geology in the Natural State
Boulder, Colo., USA: On 11-13 March, geoscientists from the south-central U.S. and beyond will convene in Little Rock, Arkansas, to discuss new science, expand on...
Here’s how viruses inactivate the immune system, causing cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It's no new news that viruses cause cancer. For example, human papillomavirus (HPV) causes almost all of the more...
Genome technology boosts malaria control efforts
While most malaria research has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is common in Africa, another parasite, Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax) is responsible for the...
UTMB researchers find how Ebola disables the immune system
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas – A new study at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston sheds...
The impact of Hurricane Harvey on pregnant moms
Credit: University of Houston Johanna Bick, assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston, is launching a study of women who were pregnant...
Understanding a fly’s body temperature may help people sleep better
Credit: Cincinnati Children's Confocal Imaging Core CINCINNATI – In findings that one day may help people sleep better, scientists have uncovered the first molecular evidence...
Is cupping therapy effective among athletes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2018–Swimmer Michael Phelps's continued dominance at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics was accompanied...
Antibody-coated drug-eluting stents for coronary heart disease: No hint of benefit
In patients with coronary heart disease requiring a stent implantation, the benefit of treatment with antibody-coated drug-eluting stents (ABC-DES) versus drug-eluting stents without antibody coating...
Standard blood pressure target is sufficient for treating some strokes
An international stroke study found that standard and intensive blood pressure treatments were equally effective in the emergency treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage, a type...
TSRI scientists find simple copper complex shuts down botulinum neurotoxin poisoning
Credit: Image courtesy CDC LA JOLLA, CA – May 24, 2017 – Botulinum neurotoxin is probably best known to Americans as BOTOX, a cosmetic medicine,...
Suffering warthogs seek out nit-picking mongooses for relief
Credit: A. Plumptre Warthogs living in Uganda have learned to rid themselves of annoying ticks by seeking out the grooming services of some accommodating neighbors:...
