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(NIH/National Cancer Institute) The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today launched a new drug formulary (the 'NCI Formulary') that will enable investigators at NCI-designated Cancer Centers to have quicker access to appr...

News Until now, a lack of scalable 'bottom-up' approaches by researchers has stymied their ability to use smart tissues to create advanced functional materials ... Contributed Author: University of New South Wales Topics...

News The bioreactors of the future are water droplets with culture medium suspended in a carrier liquid with which they are immiscible ... Contributed Author: Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Scie...

News CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, pronounced "crisper") represent segments of DNA ... Contributed Author: Aaron Dubrow, Phys.org Topics: STEM

News This improved version of Sonablate technology includes new and updated features ... Contributed Author: SonaCare Medical Topics: Surgical

News This bottle reminds patients to take their medication and automatically connects them to their healthcare providers for assistance if needed ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

News She was inspired to find a treatment after losing an aunt to cancer, and the high death rate of glioblastoma cancer continues to motivate her ... Contributed Author: Wichita State University Topics: Oncology

News The AquaBeam System combines real-time prostate imaging and surgical robotics to deliver a waterjet ablation therapy that enables targeted, controlled, heat-free and immediate removal of prostate tissue ... Contribu...

News HealthySole Plus works in eight seconds to disinfect and offers hands-free operation ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM

News QuickSplint is an interim dental splint used for the diagnosis of pain in the teeth, muscle and jaw ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: Medical Diagnostics

It might feel like it but, no, the weather has nothing to do with back or joint pain. Researchers carried out another study to show changes in temperature or humidity does not influence body pain.

Hostess voluntarily recalls its holiday-edition White Peppermint Twinkies over potential salmonella contamination, due to a confectionary coating on the cakes that contains recalled milk powder.

News The platform is a wireless cellular response monitoring system that allows clinicians to reduce the handling of animals while testing drugs ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Implantables

'Weekend warriors' enjoy health benefits despite just engaging in physical activity once or twice in a week. According to researchers, that much exercise is enough to lower death risks associated with cancer and cardiova...

Smoking, one of the leading causes of preventable death, could be reduced through more effective tobacco policies, according to a new UN report. A higher regulation from the governments and more investment in awareness c...

Anti-vaccination activist Robert Kennedy Jr. said that he was asked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a panel on immunization safety. A Trump spokesperson, however, said there has been no final decision made yet.

After an independent panel voted for the approval of Egalet Corp's Arymo ER back in August 2016, the FDA released a statement approving the drug. However, the medication does not meet the requirements for claims of deter...

A new study highlights the drastic increase in consumption of low calorie sweeteners in the U.S. The study shares that 25 percent children and 41 percent adults are consuming foods sweetened by the artificial sweeteners.

'Tree-man' has gone through all the 16 surgical interventions necessary to get rid of his condition. One year after being admitted, the man can now go back to his old life.

A new study has revealed that the manner in which vitamin C is administered is important for it being effective in countering cancer cells. Intravenous administration of vitamin C versus oral intake is more effective.

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other Nationa...

(University of Southern California) Social media is giving researchers insight into the rising use of hookah, according to a study from USC. Hookah, smoked through a water pipe and also known as shisha, has harmful healt...