Blood biopsy reveals unique, targetable genetic alterations in…
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using fragments of circulating tumor DNA in blood, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers were able to...
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Post-concussion brain changes persist even after pre-teen hockey players return to play
Credits: Western University Young hockey players who have suffered concussions may still show changes in the white matter of the brain months after being cleared...
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies…
A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center,...
Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to…
Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017–The court-ordered publication of "corrective statements" by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve as a reminder that tobacco...
Queen’s-led European research project makes huge steps in tackling global health…
Credit: Queen's University Belfast Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global health issue, killing hundreds of thousands annually, a figure expected to rise to over 10...
Deciphering an embryo-protecting protein
Credit: Kuroki K. et al., The Journal of Immunology, March 27, 2017 Revelations about a protein expressed in fetal cells could provide novel insights into...
Living too far from advanced cardiac care decreases your odds of survival
Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology Philadelphia, January 31, 2018 – A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology determined that patients with acute...
NIH launches large study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika…
The National Institutes of Health and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, have begun a...
A ‘CRISPR’ view of Sturge-Weber syndrome is coming into focus
Credit: Bischoff lab/Boston Children's Hospital Three-dimensional modeling and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology are giving scientists a new view into Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare congenital ..
Worried about holiday weight gain? your scale isn’t giving you the whole picture
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel…November 27 – A new, long-term diet study published in the high impact American Heart Association journal, Circulation, used MRI imaging...
Aorta more rigid in African-Americans, may explain rates of…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Nov. 9, 2016 – African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to effective new therapies
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell death in Huntington's disease that...
“Lost” memories can be found
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Folding of the cerebral cortex — identification of important…
Credit: Kanazawa University The human brain is highly developed with higher functions compared to other animals, thanks to which humans are believed to have acquired...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise of cancer immunotherapy in gray...
