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An inherited mutation is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some aggressive types of cancer. Looking at the complete genome sequence of childhood brain ... Read More »
Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer than women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen, but the molecular mechanisms by... Read More »
According to new research from Virginia Commonwealth University, hospital staff should wear scrubs impregnated with antimicrobial compounds to reduce the risk of... Read More »
Patients with a coronary stent require medication that prevents clotting around the stent. If patients need additional surgery, medication must be stopped several... Read More »
Research suggests that aspirin could inhibit the development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women. Authors of a new report discovered that HIV induces expression... Read More »
A prescription cream containing the compound imiquimod has been shown to effectively treat melanoma in mice. Imiquimod has several tumor fighting elements, but one of ... Read More »
What happens in your brain when you can’t use your dominant hand for two weeks? Researchers from the University of Zurich have shown that right-handed people... Read More »
Researchers at Loyola University Chicago have published unexpected findings that smoke inhalation patients who died from their injuries had lower inflammatory... Read More »
Just like people, some proteins have characteristic ways of moving. Scientists have discovered the unique "drunken sailor" gait of dynein, a motor protein... Read More »
In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain function after brain trauma, but researchers did not understand why this worked. In new... Read More »
Researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new way... Read More »
Researchers have discovered a brain mechanism that limits the rewarding sensations of cocaine. Recent research with rodents implicated histone deacetylases (HDACs)... Read More »
Previous research has shown that coffee drinkers have up to a 50 percent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, the type which accounts for 90-95 percent of... Read More »
A team of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley have provided the most detailed look ever at... Read More »
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have successfully tested a controllable endoscopic capsule that could someday swim through the body, photographing... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Buffalo (UB) have released results indicating that ORMOSIL (organically modified silica) nanoparticles could be used to deliver... Read More »
The molecular diagnostics company Aria Diagnostics has announced a non-invasive approach to test cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal blood for two common fetal... Read More »
Marvell Semiconductor and One Laptop per Child, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping every child in the world gain access to a modern education, have... Read More »
Lufthansa has announced the positive completion of its burnFAIR project, a six-month practical trail of biosynthetic fuel on the airline’s flights. From July 15 ... Read More »
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed new tools to chart the collections of neural circuits that determine what we see, a key step in ... Read More »