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April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018 - Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals ...

Noninvasive brain tumor biopsy on the horizon

Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Taking a biopsy of a brain tumor is a complicated and invasive surgical process, ...

New metric defines areas of highest prostate cancer burden

Credit: Russell McIntire, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - To catch prostate cancer at earlier stages, when ...

PARP-1 may be key to effectiveness of PARP inhibitors, and now researchers can image it

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine researchers have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to isolate a key genetic feature ...

Largest-ever study of thyroid cancer genetics finds new mutations, suggests immunotherapy

University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers recently completed the largest-ever study of thyroid cancer genetics, mining the data of 583 ...

Why we need erasable MRI scans

Credit: Barth van Rossum for Caltech Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a widely used medical tool for taking pictures ...

Researchers develop new tools in the fight against diabetic blindness

Credit: Credit: Shyam Chaurasia. Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal microvascular disease that often causes blindness in adults who have had ...

Researchers 3-D print electronics and cells directly on skin

Credit: McAlpine group, University of Minnesota In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, ...

UNC researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination

CHAPEL HILL - Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger ...

Noninvasive spinal stimulation method enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA The ability to perform simple daily tasks can make a big difference in people's lives, especially for ...

Technology used to map Mars now measuring effect of treatment on tumors

Credit: Paul Tar A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed ...

Five ways to help cancer patients avoid the emergency room

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations are debilitating for patients with cancer and far too ...

More than 1 in 20 US children and teens have anxiety or depression

April 24, 2018 - About 2.6 million American children and adolescents had diagnosed anxiety and/or depression in 2011-12, reports an ...

New robot for skull base surgery is very accurate and alleviates surgeon’s workload

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/Eindhoven University of Technology Drilling out a hole in the skull base has to be done with ...

‘Incompatible’ donor stem cells cure adult sickle cell patients

Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an ...

Odd one out: Protein goes against the family to prevent cancer donate

Credit: Image: Jun Low/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Melbourne researchers have made the surprise discovery that the 'odd one out' ...

Myonexus Therapeutics receives FDA orphan drug designation for LGMD type 2E treatment

Credit: None (COLUMBUS, OH-- April 23, 2018 10:00 am EDT) Myonexus Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing first ever ...

Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Regular physical activity may help older women increase their mobility, but muscle strength ...

Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness