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April 17, 2018 -- A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the traditional model of education versus an increasingly popular...

Credit: Kelleher Research Group, Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- When a RAS gene operates normally, it acts as an on/off switch for cell signaling to...

Credit: University of Virginia School of Medicine WHAT'S NOTABLE: A naturally occurring version of the gene KLF14 affects some women's body fat distribution and puts...

Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - A simple, one-page form given to patients ahead of their doctor visit can significantly improve satisfaction with the care...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - April. 17, 2018 - The standard of care for kidney cancer patients continues to improve. The U.S. Food and Drug...

A new mathematical model can predict the effectiveness of microbiome therapies that manipulate the immune system through live bacteria and could help doctors choose the...

PHILADELPHIA - In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a widely used cholesterol-lowering...

Researchers have provided new insight into how a gene associated with autoimmunity contributes to disease in humans. Their findings, published in the journal eLife, could...

The annual Plymouth International Dementia Conference takes place at Plymouth Guildhall, UK on 4 May this year with a full programme covering everything from scams...

Credit: Sophie Mader/TUM Practically all biochemical processes involve enzymes that accelerate chemical reactions. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now...

PRINCETON, N.J.--Improving job prospects for people in economically depressed parts of the United States is unlikely to help curb the opioid epidemic, according to a...

Listeria costaricensis is the official name given to the new bacterial species described by investigators from the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) and the...

Credit: Tom Langdon Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or...

After being discharged from the hospital, an older person often is admitted directly to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). SNFs specialize in the skilled care...

Personalized Medicine contributes to one of the most up-and-coming areas in modern medicine: how genetic and 'omic information can effectively be used in the clinic....