New map of the immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide immunotherapy
The analysis highlights the diversity of immune response in pancreatic cancer, and points toward the need for treatments tailored to ...
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The first ever international Wounds Week was a resounding success
Credit: The University of Huddersfield and the Journal of Wound Care THIS year due to the pandemic the 8th International ...
Penn Nursing’s Maria Torchia LoGrippo is a 2020 NLN Academy of Nursing Education fellow
Credit: MTL PHILADELPHIA (October 26, 2020) - The National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education fosters excellence in nursing ...
Ultrasounds show impact of COVID-19 on the heart
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Cardiac ultrasounds (also known as echocardiograms) are providing a view of the heart and the ...
High fat or ‘ketogenic’ diets could prevent, reverse heart failure
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could ...
A simple, cost-effective molecular assay may help manage growing spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea
A multiplex assay based on high-resolution melting technology accurately identified antimicrobial resistant determinants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, researchers report in the ...
Neuron-based gene expression study reveals insights on fear and its regulation
Researchers identify potential therapeutic target for fear-based psychiatric illnessesCredit: McLean Hospital Highlights The expression of a gene called CREB in ...
Emery N. Brown wins SfN’s Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
Credit: MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory The Society for Neuroscience announced today that it has awarded the Swartz ...
New lead screening method zooms in on highest-risk areas in Georgia
The method could be applied to any area in the United StatesScreening index scores for low-level lead exposure in Georgia. ...
Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social distancing
The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the ...
CRISPR screen identifies genes, drug targets to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Credit: Sanjana Lab of New York Genome Center/New York University NEW YORK, NY (October 26, 2020) - To identify new ...
Study shows how exercise stalls cancer growth through the immune system
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman People with cancer who exercise generally have a better prognosis than inactive patients. Now, researchers at Karolinska ...
Tiny golden bullets could help tackle asbestos-related cancers
Credit: Arsalan Azad Gold nanotubes - tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair - could be ...
ALS and frontotemporal dementia: early diagnosis thanks to an experimental test
The protagonist of the study is the protein TDP-43 which accumulates in brain cells in 97% of cases of ALS ...
New genes related to autism spectrum disorder
Transposon domestication in the BEX/TCEAL cluster and autismCredit: University Of Barcelona - Andalusian Centre For Development Biology The lack of ...
Low cost, customized prosthesis using 3D printing
SUTD, together with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, developed a novel 3D printed non-metallic self-locking prosthetic arm for a patient with ...
Destroying cancer cells with non-surgical ultrasound treatment
Demonstrated the mechanism behind the secondary generation of cavitation clouds that mechanically fractionates surrounding tissue in focused ultrasound treatment. Laid ...
Hydrogen sulfide helps maintain your drive to breathe
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a gas that smells like rotten eggs allows mammals to breathe easyCredit: ...
Personal and financial costs of ADHD in Australia revealed
Credit: Oksana Mizina Researchers have revealed the key factors that can improve outcomes in children with ADHD, a disorder that ...
Aged cell variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases
Credit: Professor Mitsuyoshi Nakao Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could ...
