A call for more comprehensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients who smoke
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Programs designed to help cancer patients stop using tobacco should be considered ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Layer of strength, layer of functionality for biomedical fibers
Polymer fibers with layers of different properties have a wide variety of promising biomedical applications, including the creation of antiviral ...
Menacing assaults on science causing alarming and avoidable deaths in the U.S.
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers publish commentary on COVID-19Credit: Florida Atlantic University COVID-19 is now the third leading cause ...
University of Houston partners with AuraVax Therapeutics on COVID-19 vaccine
Exclusive option agreement covers inhalation vaccine developed by UH professorCredit: University of Houston The University of Houston has entered into ...
University of Cincinnati researcher examines genetic role in addiction
Study is among the first to examine methods of preventing opioid use disorderCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand In one ...
ALSA Ventures launches European biotech clinical accelerator ‘Eclipse’
ALSA Ventures, a London based European biotech investment firm today announced the launch of Eclipse, a novel clinical development accelerator ...
Proactivity and partnership pay off for nursing homes in a pandemic, study suggests
Advance planning, universal testing and connection with a medical center kept COVID-19 activity low in three facilities in new studyCredit: ...
A new approach to analyzing the morphology of dendritic spines
Scientists examined a novel approach to analyzing the dendritic spine shapes and suggest considering the clusterization approach.Credit: Peter the Great ...
How deadly parasites ‘glide’ into human cells
Credit: Samuel Pazicky/EMBL Gliding movements to invade host cells In biological terms, gliding refers to the type of movement during ...
Oncotarget: miR-708-5p targets oncogenic prostaglandin E2 production in lung cancer cell
Volume 11, Issue 26 of Oncotarget reported that Lung cancer is of particular importance, as it is the deadliest cancer ...
Eyeglass-attached display device provides fluoroscopic guidance during spine surgery
Credit: Copyright 2020 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (OCTOBER 13, 2020). The authors, two surgeon-researchers from Murayama Medical Center in Tokyo, tested ...
When reproductive rights are less restrictive, babies are born healthier
Women, particularly US-born Black women, in states with restrictive reproductive rights policies deliver more low birth weight babies and experience ...
HIV epidemic: Successful use of self-tests in rural Africa
Credit: University of Basel / Swiss TPH, Alain Amstutz Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still ...
New mechanism affecting nerve impulses discovered
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a ...
Damaged muscles don’t just die, they regenerate themselves
A new mechanism for muscle stem cell activationSingle myofibers were isolated from mouse muscle tissue in a suspension cell culture. ...
Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of accumulating cellular garbage, leading to brain cell death
University of South Florida Health neuroscientists discover a defect early in autophagy that may help develop SSH1 inhibitors to treat ...
Skeletal muscle development and regeneration mechanisms vary by gender
The functional importance of estrogen receptor betaCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan generated mice lacking the ...
Dual checkpoint blockade promising as pre-surgical approach for certain patients with localized bladder cancer
Phase I trial first to evaluate neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy for cisplatin-ineligible patients with high-risk diseaseCredit: The University of Texas MD ...
Clinical study aims to better understand COVID-19 immunity
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. People who have recovered from COVID-19, and their close contacts, could ...
Computational approach to optimise culture conditions required for cell therapy
Collaboration by researchers in Singapore and Australia lead to first-of-its-kind computational biology algorithm that could enable more effective cellular therapies ...
