Some breast cancer patients on neoadjuvant chemo may avoid axillary lymph node dissection
SAN ANTONIO -- A sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during surgery that showed no signs of cancer was associated with a low risk for breast...
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Optimism may reduce risk of dying prematurely among women
Boston, MA - Having an optimistic outlook on life--a general expectation that good things will happen--may help people live longer, according to a new study...
New study shows targeted therapy needed for breast cancer with brain metastases
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2016 - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) have discovered molecular changes in the...
Mayo Clinic research helps refine role of gene variants in breast cancer risk
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Inherited pathogenic variants in protein coding genes BARD1 and RAD51D increase a woman's likelihood of developing breast cancer, according to research conducted...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Dec. 7 issue
Impaired Sound Processing May Explain Persistent Hearing Deficits in People With Cochlear Implants Cochlear implants have restored hearing in hundreds of thousands of people around...
Sleep apnea can contribute to recurring pulmonary embolism
GLENVIEW, IL, Dec. 7, 2016 - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major risk for patients suffering from venous thromboembolism (VTE) and can often be fatal....
Study proposes new protocol for treatment of thalassemia
Iron accumulation in myocardial cells, potentially resulting in heart failure or fatal arrhythmia, is one of the complications most feared by patients with thalassemia major,...
Decoding cement’s shape promises greener concrete
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 7, 2016) - Bringing order to disorder is key to making stronger and greener cement, the paste...
New book on Cilia from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Image provided by Jeffrey R. Martens, Thomas H. Maren Professor and Chairman of the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology &...
ASHG supports Genetic Privacy Provisions in 21st Century Cures Act
BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) commends Congress for strengthening privacy protections for genetics research participants as part of the 21st...
Research aims to improve In vitro fertilization success rates
Over the past three years, Canadian women desperate to conceive a child endured more than 82,000 attempts to become impregnated using in vitro fertilization (IVF),...
Two UTHealth researchers elected to prestigious scientific association
Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) In recognition of their efforts to develop new treatments for fungal infections and stress-related...
Common insecticides are riskier than thought to predatory insects
Credit: Ian Grettenberger, University of California, Davis Neonicotinoids -- the most widely used class of insecticides -- significantly reduce populations of predatory insects when used...
Personalized cancer vaccine is associated with promising outcomes for patients with AML
BOSTON - A personalized cancer vaccine markedly improved outcomes for patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a potentially lethal blood cancer, in a clinical...
Pitt-developed molecule could be first antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2016 - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC have engineered a protein that reverses carbon monoxide (CO)...
