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April 23, 2017

Credit: Ken Catania A quarter-century of research on the star-nosed mole has unearthed startling insights into the evolution of animal behavior and the limits of...

Testing urine for particular proteins could be key to preventing kidney transplant failure

Vienna, Austria: Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant patients could reveal whether the transplant is failing and why, according to research...

Scientists and engineers push the envelope for better heart health

Credit: Virtual Augmentation and Simulation for Surgery and Therapy, Western University Recent months have brought striking new advances in the fight against heart disease. The...

Cancer research advances: 5 leads for better diagnosis and treatment

Cancer therapies are becoming ever more sophisticated and personalized, yet cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States. Researchers will present significant...

New therapy has potential to advance the treatment of pediatric cholestatic liver diseases

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results presented today from a study of a novel ileal bile acid transport inhibitor, A4250, demonstrated that it reduced...

SIRT is better tolerated than sorafenib, but doesn’t increase overall survival in HCC

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results of the SARAH trial presented today demonstrate that SIRT resulted in median overall survival (OS) of 8.0 months...

Trial of fibrate therapy in primary biliary cholangitis shows treatment is well tolerated

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The results of the BEZURSO study, presented today, found that bezafibrate in combination with UDCA normalised prognostic markers of...

Long-term treatment of decompensated cirrhosis with human albumin improves survival

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results from the ANSWER study presented today showed that long-term administration of human albumin improves the survival rate of...

Study of bacteria’s DNA fingerprint suggests it could be spreading via food distribution

Foods should be investigated as a potential source of spread of Clostridium difficile, according to research presented at the 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology...

LSUHealthNO research shows fish oil component helps damaged brain and retina cells survive

Credit: LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of...

Princeton course inspires textbook on matrix structural analysis and finite element methods

Credit: World Scientific Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis...

Ethereum — foundations of cryptocurrency and blockchain programming

Credit: apress Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, and blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm. Ethereum is an open-source public blockchain featuring smart contracts...

Wonder material? Novel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics

Credit: University of Illinois Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have...

Research sheds new light on forces that threaten sensitive coastlines

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Wind-driven expansion of marsh ponds on the Mississippi River Delta is a significant factor in the loss of crucial...

Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now…