Molecular sensor scouts DNA damage and supervises repair
Credit: Jang et al. (2019) Nature Structural and Molecular Biology PITTSBURGH, July 22, 2019 - In the time it takes ...
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Characteristics in older patients associated with inability to return home after operation
New findings will help surgeons to counsel elderly patients before operations and help hospitals to intervene when elderly patients have ...
Gut microbes may affect the course of ALS
Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patientsCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Researchers at the ...
Testing corneal cell quality? Apply physics
Kyoto scientists develop a physical biomarker for cornea restoration therapyCredit: Kyoto University/Tomo Narashima Our eyes -- the windows to the ...
New book explores innovations in global health
Toronto - Poor access to care in low- and middle-income countries due to high costs, geographic barriers, and a shortage ...
Targeting old bottleneck reveals new anticancer drug strategy
Hot target SIRT2 regulates ribonucleotide reductase The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Scientists at Winship ...
Patients treated for visceral leishmaniasis can still transmit the disease, study shows
Results show PKDL could be a threat to elimination of leishmaniasis in South Asia Geneva/New Delhi - 22 July 2019 ...
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
Increase greater in urban than rural areas, FAIR Health study finds NEW YORK, NY--July 23, 2019--From 2014 to 2018, private ...
Scientists develop promising drug for treating ovarian, pancreatic cancers
Houston Methodist, MD Anderson file joint patent for new monoclonal antibodyCredit: Houston Methodist Known as two of the most lethal ...
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science ...
First impressions go a long way in the immune system
An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosisCredit: ...
Heart disease biomarker linked to paleo diet
Credit: ECU People who follow the paleo diet have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker linked closely to ...
14 new startups emerge from UC Davis innovations
Technologies developed at the University of California, Davis, enabled the foundation of 14 startup companies during the fiscal year ending ...
Overstuffed cancer cells may have an Achilles’ heel
Credit: Rong Li and Hung-Ji Tsai In a study using yeast cells and data from cancer cell lines, Johns Hopkins ...
Warning to those wanting to spice up their lives
Think twice before adding that extra kick of chili sauce or chopped jalapeno to your meal. New research involving the ...
New technique helps create more personalized therapies for people with advanced cancers
UCLA RESEARCH ALERT FINDINGS Being able to identify targets for adoptive cell therapies is one of the first steps in ...
Gun ownership linked to greater incidence of domestic homicides
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates that firearm ownership significantly increases the risk of intimate ...
Early introduction of peanuts in babies to reduce allergy risk
Podcast post-embargo link: https://soundcloud.com/cmajpodcasts/181613-five Worried about peanut allergies in children? A practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) outlines ...
More colorectal cancer cases are being diagnosed in younger patients
The incidence of colorectal cancer in adults younger than 50 years of age has increased in the United States since ...
Failure to launch: Parents are barriers to teen independence
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Something most parents don't want to hear from their teenager: I am not ...
