October 28, 2016 - Charitable organizations perform more than 80 percent of cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries in Vietnam--reflecting the complex and persistent barriers...
Credit: Georgetown University WASHINGTON -- A new probe into why colorectal surgery patients end up back in the hospital after surgery suggests that it has...
Credit: Masanori Aikawa, Brigham and Women's Hospital Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have found two new potential drug targets for treating arterial diseases such...
Credit: ATS With five simple questions and an inexpensive peak expiratory flow (PEF) meter, primary care clinicians may be able to diagnose many more patients...
Credit: Plymouth University Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has received backing from children's charity Action...
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted to assess the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) in combination...
In a study of cancer patients considering whether they should participate in phase I clinical trials, a high percentage were willing to participate after discussions...
Credit: C. Creighton/Baylor College of Medicine; Oncogene Personalized therapies can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer, but how to best design such...
Credit: K. Boztug and E. Salzer; CeMM/Wolfgang Däuble A multi-institutional, international team of scientists has discovered the genetic cause and biological mechanisms linked to a...
http://scienmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3d.mp4 Credit: Johan Lind (Disease Biophysics Lab), Alex Valentine, Lori K. Sanders (Lewis Lab)/Harvard University Harvard University researchers have m..
Credit: Kvon et al./Cell 2016 Snakes lost their limbs over 100 million years ago, but scientists have struggled to identify the genetic changes involved. A...
Credit: Quach et al./Cell 2016 It's long been clear that people from different parts of the world differ in their susceptibility to developing infections as...
Boston, MA – Women may only need cervical cancer screening every 5-10 years–instead of every three years, as currently recommended–and may be able to start...
Genetically engineered T cells, or CAR T cells, represent a promising approach to treat multiple types of cancer. These therapies can eliminate tumors by targeting...
A staggering 1.7 million persons in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016, with 600,000 cases ending in death. University of Oklahoma...
