With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, found more than 1,000 genetic translocations in...
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Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
Credit: NASA Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification...
Study: Biomarkers as predictive of sepsis as lengthy patient monitoring
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sepsis is a deadly and quick-moving medical condition, but its presence can be betrayed early on...
Tulane researchers find other layers of immunity in TB/HIV…
Credit: Gena Chattin Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV have a second line of...
Medicaid coverage brings more silence to the hearing impaired
Credit: Health Affairs TAMPA, FL (Aug. 7, 2017)- Medicaid does not cover hearing aids in 22 states. Coverage varies greatly in the remaining 28 states...
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf…
Credit: Harvard Medical School Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital have managed to restore...
CHLA awarded $1.3 million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded...
Successful cardiogenic shock treatment using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
Credit: Osaka University The Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University succeeded in minimally invasive treatment of a patient with acute heart failure due to medical...
Mice with frequent flier miles advance the Alzheimer’s cause
Credit: University of Kentucky Office of Public Relations and Marketing LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 4, 2018) — Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients, who are...
Biomarker predicts poor prognosis in African-Americans with…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Having high levels of a certain biomarker is linked to poor prognosis in African-American patients with triple-negative breast cancer, while the...
Test results after stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma can…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2017) – It's a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an array of antibodies that protect...
Study: Preschoolers need more outdoor time at child care centers
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds child care centers play a pivotal role when it comes to the physical...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age, Salk researchers have discovered that...
Link found between estrogens and changes in heart physiology
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and cardiovascular systems. Xenoestrogens are environmental...
Parental diet affects offspring immunity: Meta-analysis
Credit: Sourced from University of Sydney A review of studies about parents' diet and the immunity of animal offspring has found a close relationship exists,...
