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(Stand Up To Cancer) Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) and Mirati Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX) - a late-stage targeted oncology company - announce that Mirati will contribute a $4 million grant to SU2C to develop new appro...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) For valiant service selflessly rendered on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) symbolically awards each and every one of our members the ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) New basic science research shows what happens to the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms when you inhibit JMJD3 through both genetics and pharmacology.

(American College of Physicians) 1. Liver transplant recipient reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 infection 3 months after initial diagnosis ; 2. People of color have substantially higher risk for hospitalization, intensive-leve...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Postponing procedures during the pandemic sparked anxiety and fear among patients, with many concerned about dying of their conditions before getting surgery.

(American Heart Association) Transgender and gender-diverse people have higher rates of hypertension compared to the general population.Within two to four months of starting gender-affirming hormone therapy, transgender ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision, according to initial data from a clinical trial

(Medical University of South Carolina) By changing EMS workflows and incorporating telemedicine techniques, physicians at MUSC Health have significantly shortened the time between a patient's stroke symptom onset and the...

(University of British Columbia) A new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business finds a subtle shift in organ donor messaging can lead to a big boost in registration.

(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) A joint research carried out by MIPT scientists and Harvard researchers have presented retinal cells that can integrate into the retina. This is the first successful attempt t...

(University of Exeter) Making space in high street shops for people to repair clothes could mend the damage caused by fast fashion and transform sewing into a wellbeing activity, experts say.

(Mayo Clinic) In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators report the protein-coding gene SERPINA5 may worsen tau protein tangles, which are characteristic of Alzheimer's d...

(Mayo Clinic) A new Mayo Clinic study bolsters evidence that colorectal cancer is often imprinted in family genes and passed on from one generation to the next.

(New York University) A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Principal Investigator at the NYU Abu Dhabi Mohammad A. Qasaimeh, have developed a new microfluidic syst...

(Regenstrief Institute) A new National Academies report on benefits of collaborative care models for dementia cites research and implementation by Regenstrief Institute research scientists. Collaborative care models inte...

(University of Virginia Health System) A COVID-19 vaccine that could provide protection against existing and future strains of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and other coronaviruses, and cost about $1 a dose has shown promisi...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new algorithm uses online learning to analyze large single-cell data sets using the amount of memory found on a standard laptop computer.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Treating people with Type 2 diabetes with a new once-a-week injectable insulin therapy proved to be safe and as effective as daily insulin injections, according to the results of two inte...

(University of Houston) Amid the rise in opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic, a University of Houston researcher has joined a team developing a vaccine for opioid use disorder. The vaccine targets fentanyl, a s...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers have discovered that POT1, a gene known to be associated with risk of glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor, mediates its effects in a sex-specific manner.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania uses computer modeling to suggest that eviction bans authorized during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the infecti...

(University of California - Riverside) A survey of U.S. multiple sclerosis, or MS, specialist clinicians reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has created major changes in how they deliver care. More than 95% of survey responden...