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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...

Cancer survivors get a taste for kefir after exercise

Philadelphia, PA, July 12, 2017 - Kefir may be a beneficial post-exercise beverage for cancer survivors. It means that cancer survivors can enjoy the nutritional...

Mathematical modeling could help with personalized cancer care

A new study from the University of Southern California could pave the way for improving personalised lung cancer care and treatment. The research used mathematical...

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s researchers discover indicator of lung transplant rejection

PHOENIX, Ariz. July 12, 2017 -- Research by scientists at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Norton Thoracic Institute was published in the...

Registry identifies early onset of heart failure and lack of defibrillators in Asia