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News MD Anderson researchers use supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop, test treatment target identification tool for head and neck cancers... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin,...

News The study found that 3-D artificial muscles can be generated from both healthy and diseased stem cells of patients with different types of severe muscle disorders called muscular dystrophies... Contributed Author: U...

News University of Pennsylvania engineers have now developed a microfluidic system where more than ten thousand of these devices run in parallel, all on a silicon-and-glass chip that can fit into a shirt pocket.... Contr...

Videos Researchers at Purdue University have created a device that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether new pharmaceutical formulations have trace crystallinity that can negatively impact the drug's stability ...

News Ultrasound technology for the brain could mean real-time images during surgery, a better idea of which areas get stimulated by certain feelings or actions and, ultimately, an effective way for people to control soft...

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have determined that in children receiving gadolinium as a contrast agent to enhance MRI examinations, signal changes attributed solely t...

(Tohoku University) Researchers have succeeded in efficiently synthesizing insulin by using only chemical processes based on organic synthesis.

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Researchers from the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provide a closer look at physicians' knowledge, attitudes and b...

(Duke University) Scientists have started to crack the 50-year-old puzzle of how temperature turns baby turtles male or female. In a study in the journal Science, researchers show that cooler egg incubation temperatures ...

(Indiana University) IU School of Medicine recently secured a four-year, $9 million sponsored research agreement from Lung Biotechnology PBC, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Therapeutics Corporation.

(DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory) Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory's linear accelerator, a repulsive magnetic field and a clever detector system a...

(American Society of Clinical Oncology) Data from a new survey show that as many as 80 percent of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their patients. According to the authors, this is the first national...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Research finds more than half of Medicare beneficiaries have a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but few have been assessed for the sleep disorder.

(Wiley) In a recent Arthritis Care & Research study of 148 women with lupus, obesity was linked with worse disease activity, depressive symptoms, and symptoms of pain and fatigue.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Healthcare (PATH) applauds today's White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for American Industry.

(University of Birmingham) Patients with an abnormal heart rhythm that can leave them at a higher risk of suffering from stroke still need treatment even after their heart rhythm seems to have returned to normal, say res...

(Bentham Science Publishers) The pterocarpanquinone LQB-118 and the carbapterocarpan LQB-223 were evaluated on models of human hematological neoplasias and solid tumors. Both compounds presented great selectivity and ant...

(Purdue University) SERCA activator may improve memory and cognition for Alzheimer's patients by preserving calcium ion balance in neurons and offering a new therapeutic strategy for neurodegeneration drug development. A...

(Oregon State University) Young Latina women who have experienced racial or ethnic discrimination are less satisfied overall with their contraceptive care, which could affect their access to more effective contraceptives...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing potentially prev...

(University of Stirling) Policymakers should consider introducing The Daily Mile to improve the health and fitness of schoolchildren around the world, according to new research led by the Universities of Stirling and Edi...