Cancer can run but it can't hide
CHLA researcher awarded $1.2 million to study drug resistance in leukemiaCredit: Dr. Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, MPA at CHLA Actually, ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Two outstanding scientists recognized for transformative Lupus research projects
NEW YORK, NY. December 20 -- The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to announce the 2018 recipients of the Dr. ...
Hold the fries! How calorie content makes you rethink food choices
Credit: Photo courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/beef-bread-bun-burger-cheese-1239198/ Seeing pictures of food with calorie information not only makes food less appetizing but ...
Studies examine pediatric services in US emergency departments
Surveys document presence of pediatric areas in EDs and use of telemedicine for pediatric emergency care; intervention increases the presence ...
ACA ruling risks future stability of care as we age, AGS
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society As it has since 2016, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again expressed concern for ...
Urine drug testing may be important in early phases of addiction treatment
A new study performed by Boston Medical Center (BMC) and faculty at the Boston University School of Medicine shows that ...
Leprosy declines in Morocco after implementation of preventive drug
Credit: Mary Gillham Archive Project, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 2017 Since 2012, the number of cases of leprosy in Morocco ...
Cancer's metabolism subject of trailblazing study
ITHACA, N.Y. - No matter what form cancer takes in the body, it starts at the cellular level and grows ...
Queen's develops new eye tests that could help patients and reduce burden on NHS
First time at home eye test is trialled in UK Innovative tests involve new apple tests ("apps") that run on ...
AIDS — an approach for targeting HIV reservoirs
Credit: © Institut Pasteur / Nicolas Huot Current HIV treatments need to be taken for life by those infected as ...
New research shows how a fatty diet can lead to life-threatening liver disease
A study by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC provides new insight on how dietary fat and ...
Improved stem cell approach could aid fight against Parkinson's
Scientists have taken a key step towards improving an emerging class of treatments for Parkinson's disease. The advance could markedly ...
Regenstrief Institute-MDClone partnership to accelerate data-driven medical research
Credit: Regenstrief Institute Health care generates vast amounts of data that have the potential to drive medical research and improve ...
Bacteria-based drug delivery system that outperforms conventional methods
Credit: Virginia Tech An interdisciplinary team of three Virginia Tech faculty members affiliated with the Macromolecules Innovation Institute has created ...
A mountain of evidence on air pollution's harms to children
A new study led by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) organizes the available scientific evidence ...
Stem cell-derived neurons stop seizures and improve cognitive function
People with untreatable epilepsy may one day have a treatment: 'Convincing' their own cells to become the neurons they needCredit: ...
Novel imaging technique brings diagnostic potential into operating room
Boppart's custom optical imaging system provides molecular features of breast cancer tissue in real-timeCredit: Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for ...
Yale-led team examines impact of diet intervention on autoimmunity in mice
New Haven, Conn. -- Could a change in diet be beneficial to people with autoimmune diseases such as lupus? A ...
Insilico to present latest advances in deep learning for biomarker development at 2019 PMWC
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, December 20, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Study finds elevated risk of rare blood cancers after chemotherapy for most solid tumors
Findings from a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) show that patients treated with chemotherapy for ...