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News Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells growing in a dish on command -- simply by shining a light on them and varying its intensity... Contributed Author: U...

News Patients with diabetes generally rely on constant injections of insulin to control their disease. But MIT spinout Sigilon Therapeutics is developing an implantable, insulin-producing device that may one day make inj...

Videos Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that can walk underwater, grab objects and move them. It could aid in the production of artificial hearts and other muscles, along wit...

Article E Ink, an innovator of electronic ink technology, announced the availability of Faubel-Med Label, a smart label for investigational medical products. The Med Label is bringing new display designs to pharmaceutica...

News A new diagnostic test developed by researchers at UC San Diego shows promise for detecting the pancreatic cancer earlier. The test, which is at the proof-of-concept stage, can rapidly screen a drop of blood for biom...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Northwestern University have uncovered cells that flow into and harm the lung soon after transplant. The resul...

(University of Colorado at Boulder) The first human study to look at how blood proteins vary over a 24-hour-period identified 30 with distinct time-of-day patterns and more than 100 that are disrupted by simulated night ...

(Children's National Health System) Fetal magnetic resonance imaging can reliably spot holoprosencephaly as early as 18 gestational weeks, providing an opportunity to counsel families earlier in their pregnancy, accordin...

(Wiley) A new study reveals declines in prostate cancer screening and diagnoses in the United States in recent years, as well as decreases in the use of definitive treatments in men who have been diagnosed.

(University of Warwick) The hotter our body temperature, the more our bodies speed up a key defence system that fights against tumours, wounds or infections, new research by a multidisciplinary team of mathematicians and...

(Carnegie Mellon University) Carnegie Mellon University's Alex John London, a prominent bioethicist, has co-authored a viewpoint article in PLOS: Neglected Tropical Diseases on the ethics of clinical research during publ...

(Houston Methodist) Recent research from Houston Methodist Hospital showed that a new immunotherapy was safe for patients with ALS and also revealed surprising results that could bring hope to patients who have this rele...

(World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists) This month the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) launched an update of the International Standards For A Safe Practice of Anaesthesia, co-pub...

(Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory) The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the establishment of the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund in honor of William Procter (1873-1951), a businessman, entrepre...

(Mayo Clinic) Sundeep Khosla, M.D., a researcher and physician at Mayo Clinic, has been named the recipient of the 2018 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Frontiers in Science Award.

(Mayo Clinic) In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Mayo Clinic researchers identified that an FDA drug approved for myelodysplastic syndrome may be useful to treat triple-negative breast ...

(University of Tsukuba) Innate behaviors are genetically encoded, but their underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. University of Tsukuba researchers conducted a large-scale forward genetics screening and...

(Portland State University) Portland State University researchers who published an article three years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine about the presence of previously undiscovered forms of formaldehyde in e-c...

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A collaborative research team has uncovered new information that more accurately explains how cancerous tumors grow within the body. This study is currently available in ...

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) Contrary to what some studies may suggest, the local anesthetic drug, liposomal bupivacaine, did not reduce in-hospital opioid prescriptions or opioid-related complications in pati...

(Nutrition 2018) Journalists and bloggers are invited to join top scientists and practitioners as they discuss the latest nutrition research findings during Nutrition 2018, the inaugural flagship meeting of the American ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Few parents are using some simple strategies to protect kids from food poisoning outside the home, such as at a potluck or restaurant, according to a new report from C.S. Mott...