ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations for medical insurance coverage regarding...
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How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life (video)
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in the journal ACS Nano, could...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning to egg freezing to promote...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and regulates a number of important...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild mountain gorillas that is very...
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats and their supposed role in...
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of infected or abnormal cells also...
Study links maternal obesity during pregnancy to behavioral problems in boys
Ann Arbor, MI, July 13, 2017 - Maternal obesity and child neurodevelopmental problems have both increased in the U.S. and scientists have suggested a possible...
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine A major 20-year study provides further evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers negligible benefits to many men with early-stage...
FDA advisory committee recommends first-ever CAR-T gene therapy treatment for cancer
Credit: Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Today the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, an independent panel of experts, voted unanimously to recommend to the FDA...
New approach to leukemia can help improve successful treatment
New University of Liverpool research, presented at an international conference, confirms that a novel approach to the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) can safely...
Blood test for early detection of pancreatic cancer headed to clinic
Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A newly identified biomarker panel could pave the way to...
Discovery of brain-like activity in immune system promises better disease treatments
The Australian National University (ANU) has led the discovery of brain-like activity in the immune system that promises better treatments for lymphoma, autoimmune diseases and...
UTA-linked startup TissueGen wins ‘Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough’ award
Credit: Kevin Nelson Biotech startup TissueGen, Inc. was awarded the "Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough" award by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top...
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow and spread
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed to reduce the effects of...
