A bad bout of flu triggers ‘taste bud cells’ to grow in the lungs
The discovery of these seemingly out-of-place sensing cells may lend insight into possibilities for protecting lung function in people who ...
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Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia
New strategy for editing blood stem cells is more efficient and targetedCredit: Daniel Bauer/Boston Children's Hospital Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's ...
3D printed tissues may keep athletes in action
Rice University bioengineers lead effort to print scaffolds to heal bone and cartilageCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 28, ...
Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
Credit: Joe Howell A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than ...
Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection
Fungal infection is life-threatening to people with weakened immune systems, such as those with blood cancers, HIV infection or following ...
Harnessing T-cell ‘stemness’ could enhance cancer immunotherapy
A new study led by scientists in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sheds ...
Columbia awarded grant for opioid education and naloxone training on college campuses
March 28, 2019 -- Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and ...
Changes in onset of spring linked to more allergies across the US
UMD public health researchers say climate change is impacting disease burden in our backyards Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature's ...
First ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant ...
What’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
Credit: Public domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a new computational ...
American Association for Cancer Research honors Cancer Control and Survivorship Program
The 13th AACR Team Science Award recognizes St. Jude interdisciplinary team for its significant contributions made to pediatric cancer epidemiology ...
Novel study links fetal exposure to nicotine and sudden infant death syndrome
In utero exposure to nicotine has postnatal effects on development of the heart and its response to adrenalin and may ...
Nanovaccine boosts immunity in sufferers of metabolic syndrome
Credit: Jason Koski, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - A new class of biomaterial developed by Cornell researchers for an infectious ...
Researchers discover a critical receptor involved in response to antidepressants like ketamine
UMD School of Medicine Research helps uncover how certain receptors play role in the mechanism of fast-acting antidepressants Effective treatment ...
New study confirms EpCAM as promising target for cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 28, 2019--Researchers have shown that cancer immunotherapy targeting the tumor ...
Researchers target metastasis in fight against cancer
Experimental combined drug therapy shows promise in preventing tumours from growing and spreading.Credit: Jordan Carson An experimental combination drug therapy ...
CNIO researchers identify a new gene involved in the development of a rare endocrine tumour
Credit: CNIO Paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas are very rare neuroendocrine tumours: there are only 3-8 cases per million inhabitants worldwide. They ...
Scientists tie walnuts to gene expressions related to breast cancer
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from Marshall University links walnut consumption ...
Videos to tell the youngest generations about science
The UC3M's FECYT projectCredit: UC3M This project, named "Science is coming: the science that is creating your future", will address ...
‘Moving target’ breast cancer cells revealed by new imaging technique
Credit: Rios, Visvader et al., Walter and Eliza Hall Institute - published in Cancer Cell Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ...
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