NUS researchers invent new test kit for quick, accurate and low-cost screening of diseases
Credit: NUS BIGHEART A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a portable, easy-to-use ...
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NSF awards contract to group led by WHOI to continue OOI
Credit: Photo by James Kuo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it has awarded a ...
Understanding epilepsy in pediatric tumors
Credit: KAIST Pediatric brain tumors are characterized by frequent complications due to intractable epilepsy compared to adult brain tumors. However, ...
ESMO 2018 awardees announced
Lugano, Switzerland, 19 September 2018 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading organisation for medical oncology, has ...
CTLA4 targeted therapy plus PD-1 targeted therapy could benefit women with ovarian cancer
An analysis of the NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-GY003 suggests that adding ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the protein ...
Newborn opioid withdrawal requires a ‘cascade of care,’ study suggests
September 19, 2018 - Effective management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) - withdrawal symptoms occurring in infants exposed to opioids ...
Fiber optic sensor measures tiny magnetic fields
WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a light-based technique for measuring very weak magnetic fields, such as those produced when neurons ...
What your cell phone camera tells you about your brain
Credit: Rensselaer Driving down a dark country road at night, you see a shape ahead on the roadside. Is it ...
Flu season forecasts could be more accurate with access to health care companies’ data
Credit: University of Texas at Austin In an era when for-profit companies collect a wealth of data about us, new ...
Anti-cancer drugs may hold key to overcoming antimalarial drug resistance
Credit: Dr Eric Hanssen Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the world's most powerful antimalarial drug ...
New method improves temperature imaging accuracy in fat-containing tissues
Credit: SIAT Magnetic resonance thermometry (MRT) is the only imaging technique that noninvasively provides temperature distribution in vivo. The water ...
The walking dead: Fossils on the move can distort patterns of mass extinctions
Credit: Figure by Nawrot et al. in Proceedings of the Royal Society B GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Using the fossil record ...
An innovative procedure improves the control of liquid intake during haemodyalisis
The research was conducted over a period of six months with a group of 36 patients in the Haemodyalisis Unit ...
Financial incentives for cholesterol control may be cost-effective
Boston, MA - A program that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control low-density lipoproteins (LDL) ...
Growing computers in petri dishes
Credit: Xiaochen Guo/Lehigh University Will the computers of tomorrow be manufactured, or will they be cultivated? This question lies at ...
Case Western Reserve’s Dr. Lan Zhou receives $2M to study colorectal cancer development
Lan Zhou, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a five-year, ...
Most kids with special healthcare needs still aren’t receiving ‘patient-centered medical home’ care
September 14, 2018 - The "patient-centered medical home" (PCMH) approach is an important tool for providing coordinated care for the ...
Repeat vaccination is safe for most kids with mild to moderate reactions
September 14, 2018 - Children who experience some type of adverse event following initial immunization have a low rate of ...
How bacteria play pass the parcel — and help each other evade antibiotics
Credit: Monash University Bacteria are very sneaky in their efforts to develop resistance to antibiotics. Some strains of bacteria package ...
Testosterone replacement therapy may slow the progression of COPD
GALVESTON, Texas -Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease ...
