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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects are referred to as “chemobrain,”...

WASHINGTON — Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the eye to replace cloudy lenses...

TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2016) – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men and women. It is also one of the...

Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a strategic director for cancer occurrence at the American Cancer Society.Incidence rates of early prostate cancer have continued to drop...

Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophy, are characterized by damage to the protective myelin sheath that surrounds the axons of neurons. This demyelination...

Credit: Source: FUW Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, using the liquid crystal elastomer technology, originally developed in the LENS...

In a study from Uppsala University, published in the American journal JAMA Cardiology, the fatty acid linoleic acid (Omega 6) in subcutaneous adipose tissue was...

A new study led by Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), ICREA researcher...

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus. Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNew Haven, Conn.– In a new study, Yale researchers demonstrate Zika...

Dr Paul Huang leads the Protein Networks team in the Cancer Biology division at the ICRTesting for the activity of two genes could pick out...

An immunofluorescence image shows regenerated dermal tissue (in pink) in wounds treated with Ameer’s bandage.At some point in their lives, 15 percent of people with...

New Rochelle, NY, August 17, 2016–People may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the more one’s “Facebook self” differs...

GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) is an uncommon type of sarcoma found in the tissues supporting the digestive system (stomach and intestines). Approximately one percent of...

Credit: TulaneKim O’Connor, a professor in Tulane University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a three-year $599,638 grant from the National Science Foundation to...

CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine’s Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment for the estimated 1.5 million...