Not enough YAP means too much deadly inflammation inside the brain
IMAGE: This is Dr. Wen-Cheng Xiong. Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – Inside the brain, a protein called YAP, best known...
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Regenstrief, IU study: Seniors with dementia make more emergency department visits
INDIANAPOLIS — Older adults with dementia are more frequent visitors to emergency departments, returning at higher rates and incurring greater costs than older adults without...
Recruitment begins for world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine…
Credit: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau. UConn Health is beginning to recruit patients for the world's first personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine clinical trial. The goal: to...
Is MRI needed in children with a sports-related concussion?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 23, 2017–A new study reviewed more than 5 years of records of pediatric patients treated...
$3.2 million NIH award to Wayne State to improve asthma care/outcomes in African-American…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine and public health sciences in...
Researchers discover way to inhibit major cancer gene
Credit: John P. O'Bryan, et al. Published in Nature Chemical Biology. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a new way to...
Teen tobacco dependence should be treated with ‘same urgency as…
Athens, Ga. – Substance abuse treatments that target main issues such as serious drug and alcohol addiction are not frequently being used to also wean...
Morbid obesity: Gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are comparable
Credit: USZ, Visceral Surgery In Switzerland, 5,500 operations to combat morbid obesity are conducted every year. Gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy operations perform similarly: patients...
Tooth cavities can be fought ‘naturally’
A new discovery may one day lead to natural anticavity products, researchers report. The scientists from West China School of Stomatology and Academic Centre for...
Mortality of surgery vs. targeted radiation in early lung cancer patients
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology explores mortality in the...
Nasoalveolar molding use for cleft lip and palate reduces number of…
IMAGE: Parit Patel, MD, is a plastic and reconstruction surgeon who specializes in craniofacial surgery and cleft conditions at Loyola University Health System. Credit: Loyola...
Blood vessels are not designed to fight infection
Credit: Osaka University Most infections enter the body through organs that are in constant contact with the outside environment, such as the lungs and intestines....
Fighting world hunger: Researchers use nuclear methods to study pest-resistance in corn
Credit: Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey. COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to estimates, the current global population is more than 7.4 billion people and is...
RUDN chemists: A new compound will be used against tumors and Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Alexey Festa Researchers from RUDN University conducted an effective three-component reaction, obtaining unusual organic compounds. The latter are structurally similar to a number of...
Hedgehog signaling proteins keep cancer stem cells alive
Credit: Dr. Joseph Regan / Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and fourth most common cause of death worldwide....
