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GSK's experimental vaccine against shingles, named Shingrix, is proving to be effective in testing. In addition to providing highly effective protection, its effect also lasts longer compared to available vaccines.

HIV-HIV transplants are now approved at the Yale New Haven Hospital. With this, more of the life-saving procedure can be done, benefiting those with the disease and those without.

Article A prototype of the device will be ready for large scale testing and production in four years. Not only will it provide improved photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging, it will also be able to combine the images gen...

Article Bedside insertion of a feeding tube may be a common procedure, but poor placement is associated with complications ranging from aspiration to infection, injury and even death. Contributed Author:  American Assoc...

Article The program was nearly twice as accurate as two neuroradiologists in determining whether abnormal tissue seen on magnetic resonance images (MRI) were dead brain cells caused by radiation, called radiation necrosi...

Article A new process defines simultaneously both the structure and the surface properties of a plastic component in a single injection molding step. It can reduce the manufacturing cost of medical devices, such as diagn...

Article The fused image creates a 3D model and flags anomalies that could be areas of concern. That helps guide urologists to get tissue samples to determine whether cancer is present. Contributed Author:  UT Southweste...

Article Temple, TX woman underwent one of the first endoscopic procedures done in the U.S. to remove an acoustic neuroma through a small incision in her ear canal. Contributed Author:  UT Southwestern Medical Center Top...

Article Student athletes and band members from high schools in two North Texas school districts who volunteer to participate will be randomly assigned to receive either the typical pre-sports physicals or one that includ...

Article Because the cells in children's bodies are not fully mature, they can be more sensitive to radiation than adults. Children also have more years ahead of them in which long-term effects of radiation could develop....

Scientists were able to breed live mice without using fertilized egg cell, challenging long-held dogma on how live mammals are produced. What are the potential applications of this breakthrough?

News This platform will continuously monitor and analyze key symptoms that impact daily living, in an effort to better understand disease progression and improve treatment evaluation. Contributed Author:  Teva Pharmaceu...

News Researchers used a simulation to transfer patients from low-volume to high-volume transplant centers as a way to show that standardized care from the high-volume centers can save lives. Contributed Author:  Johns H...

In the U.S. alone, more than 180,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016. According to researchers, these men can choose among radiotherapy, surgery and active monitoring to treat the disease as they are e...

(PLOS) Mosquito saliva influences transmission of viruses to a bitten mammalian host. For example, it contains factors that dampen the host immune response and so facilitate infection. A study published in PLOS NTDs repo...

(PLOS) A new, computer-based screening method could reveal the virus-fighting potential of drugs originally developed to treat other conditions, reports a study in PLOS Computational Biology.

(Cell Press) Stem cell-based transplantation approaches hold great potential for treating a wide range of eye diseases, but progress has been limited by concerns about cost, safety, and effectiveness. In two related stud...

(University of California - Davis) Mosquitoes are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their genome. This reduces their odds of transmitting the malaria paras...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A multi-institutional academic and industry research team led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute has identified a promising new appro...

(PLOS) Over 100 million women are on hormonal contraceptives. All of them contain some form of progesterone, either alone or in combination with estrogen. A study published on Sept. 15th in PLOS Pathogens reports that tr...

News New scientific camera is designed specifically for the unique imaging challenges associated with electrophysiology research. Contributed Author:  QImaging Topics:  Cardiovascular

News New imager, which comes pre-configured with all required components and software, automates imaging and detection of circulating tumor cells recovered from the IsoFlux Liquid Biopsy System. Contributed Author:  Flu...