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Credit: Group Matthias Peter / ETH Zurich Protein aggregates have a bad reputation. A number of human diseases, especially those of the nervous system, such...

Keeping moving — flat worms shed light on role of migrating stem cells in cancer

Credit: Prasad Abnave A new study carried out by the University of Oxford has used flat worms to look at the role of migrating stem...

New method for tissue regeneration, inspired by nature, described by scientists

Credit: University of Birmingham Scientists have found a way of mimicking our body's natural healing process, using cell derived nano-sized particles called vesicles, to repair...

Prehistoric squid was last meal of newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years ago

Credit: Julian Kiely. Scientists from the UK have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and found an additional surprise preserved...

New report gives the lay of the land on grazing livestock’s climate impact

Tuesday October 3, 2017 - Oxford, United Kingdom: An international research collaboration has shed light on the impact that grass-fed animals have on climate change....

Breakthrough cancer treatment brings hope and challenges

The first gene therapy for cancer, approved by the Food Drug Administration in August, will transform the treatment of a particular kind of cancer in...

NJIT device aimed at early detection of deadly diseases wins NJ Health Foundation backing

New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded NJIT engineer Eon Soo Lee a $50,000 Innovation Grant to develop a nanotechnology-enhanced biochip that would give doctors...

Unexpected findings uncover new understanding of gene expression

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that the catalytic activity of the fly enzyme Trr and mammalian MLL3/MLL4 -- members of the COMPASS family of proteins...

UK researchers seek to identify ways to relieve post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2017) -- Of the 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, a significant number experience a serious side effect called...

New system finds and targets vulnerabilities in lung cancer cells

Genetic changes that help lung cancer thrive also make it vulnerable to a promising experimental drug, according to a study led by researchers from Perlmutter...

Genetic test successfully detects some asymptomatic pancreatic cancers

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2017 - A genetic test developed at UPMC proved highly sensitive at determining which pancreatic cysts are most likely to be associated...

Family Medicine and Community Health Journal volume 5, issue number 2 publishes

Beijing, Sept. 21, 2017: The Summer 2017 issue, a special issue entitled "Primary care and cancer", Guest Editor: Li Li, includes an editorial, six original...

World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’

Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 - Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a...

Ben-Gurion U. Developing new sensor with the ram group for earlier disease diagnosis

Ben-Gurion University Announces Collaboration With Ram Group to Develop a New Diagnostic Sensor for Earlier Diagnosis of Diseases BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Oct. 2, 2017 -- BGN,...

Doctors define ‘safe and effective’ margins for ‘one and done’ skin removal around suspicious moles