IBM’s Watson can improve cancer treatment through better gene targeting
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 7, 2017) – IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping this icon of artificial intelligence...
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Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients
Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 – Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami...
MUSC leads research on potential research treatment
Credit: Sarah Pack Though rheumatologist and lupus expert Gary Gilkeson, M.D., was concerned and disappointed to hear that singer Selena Gomez's lupus condition required a...
What role does the gut play in type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2017–In the destructive cycle that leads to and perpetuates type 2 diabetes, driven by...
New method to detect ultrasound with light
Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors...
Depression among young teens linked to cannabis use at 18
Credit: UW School of Medicine A study looking at the cumulative effects of depression in youth, found that young people with chronic or severe forms...
Stem cell-rich cord blood donations could increase by ‘nudging’ parents, study…
Credit: Rotman School Toronto – It contains potentially lifesaving stem cells that can treat a host of blood-based cancers and other diseases. Yet the blood...
Ketofol an alternative deep sedative for emergency departments
Credit: The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Australian emergency medicine researchers have successfully trialled an alternative deep sedative for patients in the emergency department. In...
Daily reminders to increase calcium intake are effective
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have demonstrated that simple, cost-effective email messages can help improve the health habits of Canadians. Mary Jung, an assistant professor of...
Genetic factors control regenerative properties of blood-forming stem…
Credit: UCLA/Nature Medicine FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine...
Research revises our knowledge of how the brain learns to fear
Credit: Li Lab CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Our brains wire themselves up during development according to a series of remarkable genetic programs that...
Catheter ablation better than traditional drug therapies for treating atrial fibrillation
Credit: University of Utah Health Every year millions of people around the world are diagnosed with heart failure, a chronic, progressive condition where the heart...
Increased funding for geriatrics education essential, study
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Without a substantial increase in federal funding for geriatrics education and research we risk further decimating a workforce that...
HIV stigma influenced by perceptions of masculinity, study reveals
BINGHAMTON, NY – Whether an HIV-positive man has met cultural expectations of masculinity might impact how much stigma he experiences, according to a new study...
FDA-approved drug helps treat rare immunologic disease, study finds
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Adding the injectable drug mepolizumab to standard treatment for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a rare immunologic disease, significantly improved clinica..
