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No one can deny that men and women have different genes, biology and anatomical features. However, only a minority of medical studies take this into...

Global brain initiatives generate tsunami of neuroscience data

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Three years ago the White House launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to accelerate the development and application..

Bridging the advances in AI and quantum computing for drug discovery and longevity research

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc Tuesday, 22nd of November, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc announced today...

New antiretroviral drugs decrease chances of HIV sexual transmission

Credit: IDIBELL More than 2 million people got infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2015, being sexual transmission the main channel of infection. Researchers...

Researchers capture first glimpse of important, abundant ocean microbe

Credit: Patrick Keeling A rare microbe that was once thought to be insignificant has turned out to be one of the most abundant single-celled hunters...

Prevalence of Ph-like ALL in adults underscores need for genetic testing, clinical trials

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Seth Dixon A high-risk subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) first identified in children is highly prevalent in...

Targeted therapy drugs could radically increase the costs of leukemia treatment

Adoption of novel oral targeted therapies for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) could raise the treatment costs for the blood-system cancer in the U.S....

New topical immunotherapy effective against early skin cancer

Credit: Robert Boston A combination of two topical drugs that have been in use for years triggers a robust immune response against precancerous skin lesions,...

Diabetes drug metformin corrects mitochondrial metabolism in familial cancer disorder

Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are at an increased risk for a number of cancers, including breast and bone cancer. Li-Fraumeni syndrome is an inherited cancer...

Research reveals insight into how lung cancer spreads

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A cellular component known as the Golgi apparatus may play a role in how lung cancer metastasizes, according to researchers...

NSU optometry professor receives national award

Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) recently announced Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Optometry Professor Rachel..

Study reveals genetic explanation for cancer’s higher incidence in males than females

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- In a new study, a group of Boston scientists, including researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, offer a genetic explanation...

Scientists reconstruct formation of the southern Appalachians

Credit: Fischer Lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Around 300 million years ago, the landmass that is now North America collided with Gondwana, a supercontinent comprised...

Schools remain a potential hotspot for measles transmission, even in the vaccine era

Credit: Image courtesy of Alexander Becker, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, can spread more quickly in...

Tufts University computer scientist elected AAAS Fellow