New technology transforming blood & stem cell collection
A new cord blood processing technology, Toticyte, developed by the UK's leading blood cord bank, Cells4life, has been launched to midwives and healthcare professionals. TotiCyte...
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Youth need different approach to type 2 diabetes treatment
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado A major study has found that medicines used to treat diabetes in adults are not effective on youth. The researchers say...
Researchers discover a new type of lung cancer
Credit: Vakoc Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Researchers have discovered a new kind of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The discovery paves the way...
Salk Institute scientist Eiman Azim wins prestigious McKnight Scholar Award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 25, 2018) Eiman Azim, an assistant professor in Salk's Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, has received a McKnight Scholar Award from the...
Proteins found in semen increase the spread of Ebola virus infection
Credit: NIAID PHILADELPHIA - Protein fragments, called amyloid fibrils, in human semen significantly increase Ebola virus infection and protect the virus against harsh environmental conditions...
Cost, coverage and more drive hearing aid inequality
Hearing loss seems like one of the great equalizers of old age, striking people of all kinds as their ears gradually lose the ability to...
‘Smart’ prosthetic ankle takes fear out of rough terrain, stairs
It's virtually impossible to know Mike Sasser's left leg is a prosthetic one - after a decade of practice, he moves surely and swiftly through...
Long-lasting radionuclide therapy for advanced neuroendocrine tumors proves effective
Credit: J Zhang et al., Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; X Chen et al., Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, NIBIB/NIH, Bethesda, MD...
New nuclear medicine technique could help tackle brain disease
Credit: T Haywood et al., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. PHILADELPHIA - A new molecular imaging method can monitor the success of gene...
SBP researchers awarded 2018 Padres Pedal the Cause grants
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute SBP is pleased to announce that it has been awarded four Padres Pedal the Cause (PPTC) collaborative grants...
True nature of cells blamed in Alzheimer’s revealed
Credit: Josh Barney | University of Virginia Health System Immune cells commonly blamed in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases are actually precision cleaning machines protecting...
New theranostic strategy developed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy
Credit: D. Ni and W. Cai et al., Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisc. PHILADELPHIA - A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise...
Maximal running shoes may increase injury risk to some runners
BEND, Ore. - Lower leg pain and injuries have long been a problem for runners, but research at Oregon State University-Cascades has shown that one...
Researchers decode molecule that gives living tissues their flexibility
The stretchiness that allows living tissues to expand, contract, stretch, and bend throughout a lifetime is the result of a protein molecule called tropoelastin. Remarkably,...
Scientists found means to inhibit capillary leakage in sepsis
Credit: Laura Hakanpaa / Saharinen Lab. Increased capillary permeability and subsequent leakage from the capillaries is associated with numerous difficult-to-cure diseases, including acute respirat..
