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August 10, 2018

A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer - the most common form of kidney ...

Wearable ‘microbrewery’ saves human body from radiation damage

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital ...

Nuclear gatekeeper could block undruggable prostate cancer targets

(PHILADELPHIA) - Certain molecular drivers of cancer growth are "undruggable" - it's been nearly impossible to develop chemicals that would ...

Research brief: New 3D-printed device could help treat spinal cord injuries

Engineers and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3D-printed device that could ...

Melanoma linked with CLL, close monitoring recommended

While studying a large group of individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a Wilmot Cancer Institute scientific team made an ...

First FDA-approved study of focused ultrasound to open blood-brain barrier

Credit: University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9, 2018 - In the first such clinical trial in the ...

Supercomputer simulations show new target in HIV-1 replication

Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center HIV-1 replicates in ninja-like ways. The virus slips through the membrane of vital white blood ...

Elderly patients on dialysis have a high risk of dementia

Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk ...

New RNA & DNA-sequencing platform matches thousands of drugs to late-stage cancer patients

(New York, NY - Aug. 8, 2018) -- A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple ...

Computational platform optimizes multiple myeloma treatments

Masturah Bte Mohd Abdul Rashid and colleagues have developed a new platform that optimizes drug combinations for the treatment of ...

Scientists create biodegradable, paper-based biobatteries

Credit: Seokheun 'Sean' Choi BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The batteries of the future may be made out of paper. Researchers at ...

Expedition probes ocean’s smallest organisms for climate answers

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katy Mersmann Satellite images of phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the ocean often dazzle ...

The advances of aging research to be presented at the Basel Life Congress

Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, August 6, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of ...

BioOne announces nonprofit platform partnership with SPIE

WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2018 : BioOne (about.BioOne.org), the nonprofit publisher of more than 200 journals from 150 scientific ...

New NYUAD research finds 3D printers offer alternate method to create microfluidic probes

Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi August 8, 2018, Abu Dhabi: NYU Abu Dhabi Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Mohammad ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers receive $4.7 million NIH grant to prevent cancer-associated thrombosis

Credit: Cleveland Clinic Aug. 8, 2018, Cleveland: The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes ...

UNH Researchers find seed coats could lead to strong, tough, yet flexible materials

Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Inspired by elements found in nature, researchers at the University of New Hampshire say the ...

Hybridization boosts evolution

Credit: Wolfgang Gessl Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian ...

NTU and Harvard scientists discover fat-blocking effect of nanofibers

Credit: NTU Singapore Tiny balls of nano-sized cellulose fibres added to food reduced fat absorption by up to half in ...

New NYUAD research finds 3-D printers offer alternate method to create microfluidic probes