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Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC - In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have shown that blood glucose testing...

Mass. General study finds potential mechanism for BCG vaccine reversal of type 1 diabetes

Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes are being presented at the...

Three-year study says new contact lens therapy slows myopia progression in children by 59 percent

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 10 June 2017 -- A pioneering contact lens therapy has considerable potential to impact the rising prevalence of myopia (nearsightedness) in children, according...

Worldwide consensus on the terminology that supports research into sedentary behavior

OTTAWA, ON - June 10, 2017 - A worldwide network of scientists examining the links between sedentary lifestyles and health problems such as obesity and...

Flaws in a tumor’s genetic mending kit drive treatment response to immunotherapy

Credit: Photo courtesy of Robbie B. Mailliard, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health In an expanded, three-year clinical trial of 86 patients...

New blood test uses nanotechnology to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately

Credit: University of Alberta A new diagnostic developed by Alberta scientists will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to test for aggressive prostate cancer. The...

Male farmers at highest risk of contracting ‘monkey malaria’ in Malaysia

Adult male farmers in Malaysia are more than twice as likely to contract Plasmodium knowlesi malaria - an infection usually found only in monkeys -...

Hawai’i researchers receive funds to forecast coral disease across Pacific Ocean

Credit: Chris Wall Researchers at University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) were recently awarded a $1.026 million grant from NASA...

Kathy Albain, MD, receives endowed chair to fund oncology research

Credit: Loyola University Chicago MAYWOOD, IL - Grateful for the life-saving care they received at Loyola Medicine, Peter and Heidi Huizenga have made a generous...

Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central control

Credit: CCO public domain Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant synchronously, while others plant at...

NASA mission tests ketogenic diet undersea, simulating life on Mars

Credit: Tina Meketa TAMPA, Fla. (June 9, 2017) - University of South Florida associate professor Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, is one of four crew members selected...

NIH funds NYC center for AIDS research

Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine June 8, 2017--(BRONX, NY)--The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Rockefeller...

Clemson graduate uncovers link between toxicants and lipid metabolism

Credit: Photo courtesy of Dhaval Parmar CLEMSON, South Carolina -- While working for an environmental nonprofit organization in India, Namrata Sengupta investigated how poor waste...

Distance patients must travel illustrates growing inaccessibility of abortion

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Abortion fund recipients who have to travel out of state for an abortion travel roughly 10 times farther for their procedures than...

New cancer drug tested in mice may benefit certain leukemia patients