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The biological scaffold that gives structure to a heart valve after its cellular material has been removed can be freeze-dried and stored for later use as a... Read More »

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a subtype of ovarian cancer able to build its own blood vessels, suggesting that such tumors might be... Read More »

Antibiotics that doctors typically prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than an inactive placebo, according to investigators at Washington ... Read More »

Scientists have developed a technique which could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus – a virus responsible for a large number of common... Read More »

A new study has found a protein that is a key player in the process of joining nerves to muscles. The protein biglycan needs to be present to stabilize synapses at... Read More »

  University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Kristyn Masters and her team study heart valve disease, conditions where the valves in the heart harden or become... Read More »

People with strabismus (misalignment and limited movement of an eye) are often teased; those with more complex strabismus can develop neck and back problems from... Read More »

Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged... Read More »

  Joseph Mikhael, a hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, discusses study findings that show how CyBorD, a chemotherapy drug combination has been... Read More »

Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen... Read More »

A research group at the University of Alberta is hoping its latest discovery could one day be used to develop new therapies that target certain types of cancers. The... Read More »

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a startling feature of early brain development that helps to explain how complex neuron wiring patterns are... Read More »

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued three draft guidance documents on biosimilar product development to assist industry in developing these... Read More »

  In 1999, a rotavirus vaccine for infants was pulled from the market because it was associated with an increased risk of intussusception, a rare but serious... Read More »

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming deadly metastasis. New research demonstrates how IBC cells use IL-8... Read More »

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that... Read More »

Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that use of the drug bexarotene in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological... Read More »

A common heart disease may be passed genetically from father to son, according to a study led by the University of Leicester. A paper published in medical journal The ... Read More »

UCLA neuroscientists have demonstrated that they can strengthen memory in human patients by stimulating a critical junction in the brain. The team focused on a brain... Read More »

Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease. The UB findings reveal potential... Read More »