Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Courtesy of Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences CORVALLIS, Ore. -- It's a self-perpetuating cycle: ...

Combination creates powerful central memory T cells for cellular therapy

Interleukin-21 plus panobinostat re-program effector cells to a more persistent type of T cellCredit: The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

Finnish researchers join forces to investigate the airborne transmission of coronavirus

The researchers are using a supercomputer to carry out 3D modelling and believe that the first results will be obtained ...

Labeling of cannabidiod products becoming a public health concern

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 25, 2020--The need for accurate and informative labeling of hemp ...

Oncotarget: hPCL3S promotes proliferation and migration of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells

The cover for issue 12 of Oncotarget features Figure 11, 'Global analyses of the RNA-Seq data of LNCaP empty vector ...

Patients with severe forms of coronavirus disease could offer clues to treatment

Credit: NIAID-RML Hundreds of clinicians worldwide are banding together in an effort to study some types of severe cases of ...

CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors may advance cancer treatments

The project is aimed at 'teaching' immune cells to react to a tumorCredit: Kazan Federal University The full title of ...

How trans fats assist cell death

Some trans fats enhance a pathway inside the cell that leads to cell death; drugs targeting this mechanism could help ...

New molecular probes for opioid receptors

Credit: (Picture: Scigraphix) Strong painkillers are very important in the management of patients with cancer and heart attack or requiring ...

Cellular protein shredders for the fight against cancer

Study by the Universities of Bonn and Ulm investigates how a cellular mechanism can be used for other purposesCredit: © ...

NTU scientists develop handheld, high-resolution medical imaging device

Credit: NTU Singapore NTU scientists develop handheld, high-resolution medical imaging device with potential for bedside scanning Scientists at Nanyang Technological ...

FDA approves new total wrist replacement device to treat painful arthritis

HSS Innovation Institute and Hand Surgeon play key role in research, design and developmentCredit: Hospital for Special Surgery The US ...

The YAP signal plays a crucial role in head-and-neck cancer onset

Creation of world's fastest cancer onset mouse modelCredit: Kobe University Joint research between Kobe University and National Hospital Organization Kyushu ...

AAA announces Ph3 NETTER-2 study with Lutathera as 1st Line in advanced GEP-NET

Credit: Advanced Accelerator Applications Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France, March 25, 2020 - Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. (AAA), a Novartis company, today announced ...

Mother/infant skin-to-skin touch boosts baby’s brain development and function

FAU study finds both mother and baby physiology respond to kangaroo care methodCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the world prioritizes ...

PETA Science Group contributes to first non-animal 3D lung alveolar model of its kind

MatTek Life Sciences launches model of the human lower respiratory tractCredit: PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. Ashland, Massachusetts - Researchers ...

Self-sanitizing face mask project receives NSF RAPID grant

Chemically modified mask design receives NSF RAPID grantCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- A Northwestern University researcher has received funding ...

Wuhan study shows lying face down improves breathing in severe COVID-19

Credit: ATS March 24, 2020-- In a new study of patients with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) hospitalized on ventilators, researchers found ...

Study indicates vaporized cannabis creates drug-seeking behavior

Credit: WSU Rats with regular access to cannabis seek more of the substance and tend to show increased drug-seeking behavior ...

Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR