OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging but critical
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS -- The goal of advance care planning is to ensure that the ...
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Tufts water diplomat awarded global prize for developing early warning system for cholera
Credit: Tufts University Shafiqul Islam, Sc.D., of Tufts University School of Engineering, has been awarded the 7th Prince Sultan Bin ...
State’s 3 largest public research institutions to increase collaboration
The state's three largest public research institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which expresses the intent of the parties ...
TSRI scientists develop new toolkit for exploring protein biology
Credit: Biomedical Graphics LA JOLLA, CA - November 1, 2016 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed ...
Researchers identify new drug target for gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic provide the ...
Study highlights diversity of arthropods found in US homes — From swabs of dust
Credit: Anne A. Madden, with the assistance from Robert Mcgugan at the University of Colorado, Boulder Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. False-coloring ...
Bacteria can’t get a grip on self-healing, slippery surface
BOSTON - Implanted medical devices like catheters, surgical mesh and dialysis systems are ideal surfaces on which bacteria can colonize ...
New discovery could help oral medicines work better
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (11/01/16) -- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and The Dow Chemical Company have discovered ...
The French-Canadian connection
Credit: Shawn Hayward Scientists have identified a gene in the French-Canadian population that predisposes them to the development of intracranial ...
New survey shows obesity ties cancer as top health threat
Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, and say it's an even bigger health threat than heart disease, the nation's ...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care treatment
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which ...
New sperm research could lead to cut in infertility rate
Sperm and mathematics don't appear to be the likeliest of bedfellows - but new research bringing the two together could ...
Sudden cardiac death of teen reminds physicians of precision medicine
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The sudden death of a 13-year-old boy resulted in more than 20 relatives to be incorrectly diagnosed ...
Study reveals tremendous clinical and economic burden of common chronic liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common liver disease worldwide, is increasing in prevalence and is currently estimated to ...
ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2016
Lugano/Lausanne, 28 October 2016 - Immunotherapies (medicines that use the body's immune system to fight cancer) have proven to be ...
Expectations may not match reality among cancer patients in some early phase clinical trials
In a study of cancer patients considering whether they should participate in phase I clinical trials, a high percentage were ...
How snakes lost a blueprint for making limbs
Credit: Kvon et al./Cell 2016 Snakes lost their limbs over 100 million years ago, but scientists have struggled to identify ...
Brain diseases manifest in the retina of the eye
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) may manifest as pathological changes in the retina of the eye. Research from ...
Researchers identify treatment target for blinding diseases
New research published in Cell Reports identifies a potential treatment target for blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and advanced ...
Nanosensors could help determine tumors’ ability to remodel tissue
MIT researchers have designed nanosensors that can profile tumors and may yield insight into how they will respond to certain ...