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Yale doctors have performed a novel surgery on a 4-year-old girl born with a congenital heart defect that was the first of its kind done in the United States. Angela... Read More »
Scientists from around the world, including researchers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), have found a way to potentially prevent food poisoning outbreaks by identifying... Read More »
A new implantable medical device, currently undergoing clinical trials, could warn patients of an impending heart attack. The AngelMed Guardian uses a combination of... Read More »
A research team from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine has found that changes in the expression of a key inflammatory enzyme called thromboxane... Read More »
A research team from UCLA has demonstrated that stem cells that were genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells can attack HIV cells in living organisms... Read More »
Scientists have known for decades that genes are turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ by proteins known as transcription factors. They were thought to be... Read More »
A study of patients with Parkinson’s disease has demonstrated that newer antidepressants are effective in relieving symptoms of depression without worsening... Read More »
A study published in the April 12 issue of Neuron has found that a newly-developed compound can reverse many of the symptoms associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS). ... Read More »
Through studying humans who have been infected with the dengue virus, scientists have pinpointed the region on the virus that is neutralized in those who beat the... Read More »
Researchers are evaluating the effectiveness of using stem cells derived from a patient’s own pelvic bone marrow to help improve heart muscle function after a... Read More »
Researchers at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute have discovered that breast cancer cells that metastasize to the lung show a higher level of a specific... Read More »
Scientists from the Bonn Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn have directly converted human skin and umbilical cord cells into nerve... Read More »
The Mayo Clinic is launching a whole genome breast cancer study. In phase one of the Breast Cancer Genome Guided Therapy Study (BEAUTY Project), researchers will... Read More »
Scientists have developed a new tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to diagnose tuberculosis (TB). Up to 30 percent of the world’s population ... Read More »
Researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine have utilized light-harvesting nanoparticles to... Read More »
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver’s glucose production. A new study... Read More »
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive diagnostic agent that can be used to evaluate a patient for Alzheimer’s disease and other... Read More »
A new study reports that breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs), the slow-growing malignant cells thought to be responsible for the growth and spread of breast cancer that... Read More »
An international research team has identified a specific protein that could help treat patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe and progressive... Read More »
Studies conducted at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center have revealed that removing a lipoprotein receptor known as SR-BI may help protect... Read More »