Scientists learn more about how motors maneuver our cells’ roadways
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2016) - Much like motors power our cars, they also ensure that proteins get to the right place...
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Risk for misuse of opioids and stimulants: What does employment status have to do with it?
December 6, 2016 -- Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that employment status is a factor in nonmedical use of prescription...
Do cannabis users think package warnings are needed?
is the only peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to the scientific, medical, and psychosocial exploration of clinical cannabis, cannabinoids, and the biochemical mechanisms of... view...
How should patients be monitored for prostate cancer after a negative biopsy?
New York, NY, December 6, 2016 -- If, when, and how men with negative biopsies for prostate cancer should continue to be monitored are questions...
Ban on triclosan shows need for new chemicals to demonstrate efficacy and safety
BOSTON (Dec, 6, 2016)--A new commentary from Patrick McNamara and Stuart Levy cautions that the Food and Drug Administration's ban on triclosan and 18 other...
Improving the resolution of lithography
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2016 - Flow-lithography is a lithographic method for continuously generating polymer microstructures for various applications such as bioassays, drug-delivery, cell carri..
Unlocking a liver receptor puzzle
Credit: ASBMB Imagine a key that opens a pin tumbler lock. A very similar key can also fit into the lock, but upside down in...
Research providing promising new treatments for melanoma
New Orleans, LA - In a paper published online November 30, 2016, in Melanoma Management, Adam Riker, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chief of Surgical...
GeroScope — a computer method to beat aging
Credit: MIPT's Press Office Russian scientists from MIPT, in collaboration with Insilico Medicine Inc., were commissioned by the Center for Biogerontology and Regenerative Medicine to...
Critical genes unravelled to understand human diseases and support drug discovery
Credit: Earlham Institute Throughout evolutionary history, there have been genetic elements that have duplicated - giving rise to genes with different functions. These are called...
Medical glue is the clue to reducing IV drip failure
Credit: Caboolture Hospital Aussie researchers have found a new way to make one of the most common medical procedures in the world - placing drips...
First multicenter trial; CAR T-cell immunotherapy effective for lymphoma
(San Diego, December 6, 2016) - A late-breaking abstract being presented today during the 58th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in...
IKZF1 gene mutations found to increase hereditary risk for ALL in children
(San Diego, December 6, 2016) - A late-breaking abstract being presented today during the 58th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in...
Cancer drug ibrutinib found helpful in treating graft versus host disease after transplant
(San Diego, December 6, 2016) - A late-breaking abstract being presented today during the 58th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in...
New data shed light on potential advantages of pacritinib for patients with myelofibrosis
(San Diego, December 6, 2016) - Compared with standard therapy, pacritinib significantly reduces spleen size among people with myelofibrosis who have very low levels of...
