Disparities found in lung cancer care, survival in US versus England
New Haven, Conn. -- Despite steady declines in death rates in recent years, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in wealthy countries....
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Can stress testing and biomarker studies predict cardiovascular event risk in older women?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2018--Mayo Clinic researchers, reporting results of the SMART study, have shown that abnormal results...
PCORI Board approves research to promote partnerships between PCORnet, other organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2018) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors yesterday approved more than $20 million for studies that will...
Stem cells show long-term success in treating severe peripheral arterial disease
Durham, NC - A long-term study of patients who received stem cells to treat angiitis-induced critical limb ischemia (AICLI) shows the cells to be both...
Real-time coverage of inside of the brain made possible
Credit: Kei Zaitsu Nagoya, Japan - Real-time monitoring of the dynamics of endogenous molecules in organisms is an important aspect in the study of diseases....
Back to (nucleic) bases
Credit: NASA What do astronauts, microbes, and plants all have in common? Each relies on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - essentially a computer code for living...
$3.6 million boost in search for new malaria drugs
Credit: WEHI-TV, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australia A $US3.6 million grant from global charity the Wellcome Trust will accelerate the search for much-needed new...
Lymphatic endothelial cells promote melanoma to spread
Credit: Päivi Ojala Lab/University of Helsinki Despite the declining death rates for many individual cancer types, mortality for a few cancers has stabilized or even...
Distress in men following prostate cancer can be reduced
A new web-based support programme will help reduce the psychological stress that impacts men who are recovering from prostate cancer. The new programme, which has...
Researchers call for tougher standards for studies on obesity policies
> When a new park is built, a tax is instituted on fast food or a ban put in place against soft drinks in a...
Organ-chips model and predict thrombotic side effect caused by anti-CD154 antibody hu5c8
BOSTON, Mass., April 10, 2018 - Emulate, Inc. announced today a published study that demonstrates that its Blood Vessel-Chip accurately modeled and predicted thrombosis, or...
Ultra-safe cells resistant to natural viruses announced as first GP-write major project
NEW YORK, May 1, 2018 - The Center for Excellence in Engineering Biology and the leadership of Genome Project-write (GP-write) today announced its first grand-scale...
Patients get faster life-saving treatment in states with policies allowing direct transport to specialized heart attack care hospitals
DALLAS, May 1, 2018 -- People having a heart attack get faster life-saving treatment to restore blood flow to the heart if they live in...
Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A great deal of evidence suggests that it is more difficult to learn a new language as an adult than as a...
EEG signals accurately predict autism as early as 3 months of age
Credit: Credit: William Bosl, Ph.D. Autism is challenging to diagnose, especially early in life. A new study in the journal Scientific Reports shows that inexpensive...
