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February 15, 2019

A new technique using patients' own modified cells to treat Crohn's disease has been proven to be effective in experiments ...

New molecular blueprint advances our understanding of photosynthesis

Berkeley Lab research will shed light on the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar, helping scientists engineer ...

Shaping light lets 2D microscopes capture 4D data

Fluorescent microscopy adds a new dimension with Rice University lab's inventionCredit: Landes Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 13, 2019) ...

Role of interventional inflammatory bowel disease in the era of biologic therapy

A position statement According to a new statement from a panel of national and international experts in gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel ...

WVU oncologist researches new treatment for cervical and vaginal cancers

Credit: WVU/University Relations MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Cervical cancer can be insidious. Changes to the cervix are often detected with a pap smear, ...

Loud and clear: ONR program officer honored for hearing work with sailors

Credit: Photo courtesy of Thais Morata. ARLINGTON, Va.--Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a far-reaching and expensive problem for the U.S. ...

Animal venoms are sources in the search for new medicines

The study of natural toxins and their derivatives may help in the development of medicines to treat diseases like cancer ...

Brain pathways of aversion identified

What happens in the brain when we feel discomfort? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are now one step closer ...

UMN study provides new insight into use of cell replacement therapies to treat muscular dystrophies

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- February 13, 2019 - The University of Minnesota Medical School continues its legacy of advancing cell replacement therapies ...

CWRU receives $1.3M to develop decision-making tool for treating intimate partner violence

Project will identify most promising interventions and help providers tailor treatmentsCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Case Western ...

MRI and computer modeling reveals how wrist bones move

Credit: Brent Foster and Abhijit Chaudhari, UC Davis We use our wrists constantly, but how do they work? In a ...

More scrutiny needed for less-deadly foodborne bacteria

Credit: Penn State Employing advanced genetic-tracing techniques and sharing the data produced in real time could limit the spread of ...

VUMC researchers, supercomputing effort reveal antibody secrets

Pushing forward the frontier of vaccine scienceCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, researchers at ...

Decoding the human immune system

For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than ...

Many LGBTQ youth don't identify with traditional sexual identity labels

The study is based on data from the LGBTQ National Teen Study of 17,000 teens A large proportion of sexual ...

Noninvasive liquid biopsies rapidly, accurately determine response to cancer treatment

Results of two clinical studies have added to evidence that blood-based liquid biopsies can accurately track lung cancer treatment responses ...

Drug-resistant TB cured with new approaches in post-war DRC

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13, 2019 - A high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases can be cured in conflict-affected communities with ...

Undersea gases could superheat the planet

Carbon reservoirs on the ocean bottom caused global warming before -- and could do it again, according to research by ...

New assay selects patients with lung cancer for treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Molecular analysis of small, unfixed tissue samples collected using minimally invasive bronchoscopy can identify individuals with malignant disease and yield ...

Texas A&M researchers develop fire-retardant coating featuring renewable materials