Under the weather? A blood test can tell if antibiotics are needed
DURHAM, N.C. — Researchers at Duke Health are fine-tuning a test that can determine whether a respiratory illness is caused by infection from a virus...
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Adjuvant nivolumab superior to ipilimumab in surgically resected stage…
Credit: Courtesy of NYU Langone Medical Center. Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 – Adjuvant nivolumab is superior to standard of care...
Genes associated with progression of melanoma are identified
When researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil treated human melanoma cell lines with a synthetic compound similar to curcumin, one of...
Matchmaking for cancer care
Credit: Illustration by Jeffrey Chase/University of Delaware A team of computer scientists from the University of Delaware and Georgetown University has developed a new system...
BGRF and SILS scientists analyze viability of shRNA therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Credit: Translational Neuroscience Friday, November 31, 2017, London, UK: Researchers from the Biogerontology Research Foundation , Department of Molecular Neuroscience at the Swammerdam Institute fo..
Youths with gender dysphoria have higher rates of Asperger syndrome
IMAGE: LGBT Health, published bimonthly online with Open Access options and in print, brings together the LGBT research, health care, and advocacy communities to address...
Is childhood obesity a psychological disorder?
Credit: Bradley Peterson, M.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles A team of researchers, including senior investigator, Bradley Peterson, MD, director of the Institute for the Developing...
Researchers compose guidelines for handling CAR T cell side effects
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — Immune-cell based therapies opening a new frontier for cancer treatment carry unique, potentially lethal side effects that provide...
Study: Risk of undetected cancer in gynecologic surgery higher than previously thought
BOSTON–Minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries have advantages for patients, including shorter hospital stays, quicker recoveries, and less pain. However, power morcellation, a technique which cuts t..
NIH genome sequencing program targets the genomic bases of common, rare disease
IMAGE: The National Human Genome Research Institute and other institutes will fund genome sequencing centers to focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and...
Beewolves have been successfully using the same antibiotics for 68 million years
Credit: Martin Kaltenpoth, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Mainz; Germany The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat...
A new ligand extends the half-life of peptide drugs from minutes to…
Credit: C. Heinis/EPFL Peptides are biological molecules, made up of short sequences of amino acids. Because they are easy to synthesize, show low toxicity and...
A blood test for autism
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute An algorithm based on levels of metabolites found in a blood sample can accurately predict whether a child is on the...
Clemson scientist receives $442,000 grant to study molecular causes of autism and epilepsy
Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University CLEMSON, South Carolina — Clemson University scientist David Feliciano recently received a three-year, $442,000 grant from the National Institutes...
Poaching of old forest elephant matriarchs threatens rainforests
Credit: (c)Thomas Breuer/WCS Scientists working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Stirling, and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants say that the high levels...
