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Powerful drug's surprising, simple method could lead to better treatments

Led by chemistry professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute early career scientist Martin Burke, the researchers demonstrated that the top drug for treating…

Trade Fair News

HighTech Europe Showcases Innovations at Anuga FoodTec 2012

Meet HighTech Europe at the 6th Anuga FoodTec, the international trade fair for food and drink technology, between 27 and 30 March 2012 in Cologne…

Life & Chemistry

New Anti-Malaria Drug Synthesized Using Oxygen and Light

The most effective anti-malaria drug can now be produced inexpensively and in large quantities. This means that it will be possible to provide medication for…

Life & Chemistry

Empowering Young Talent: Breaking Barriers in Chemistry

Her high school tutor had actually advised her against studying chemistry, saying that it was not a subject for a woman, but if she really must study it then…

Health & Medicine

Traditional physical autopsies — not high-tech 'virtopsies' — still 'gold standard'

But according to two autopsy and body imaging experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the notion that “virtopsy” could replace traditional autopsy– made…

Medical Engineering

New Surgical Technique for Eardrum Perforations Unveiled

A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine…

Health & Medicine

New Combo Therapy for Better Preoperative Breast Cancer Outcomes

In a report in the January 17 issue of The Lancet, an international research team reports that a protocol adding lapatinib (Tykerb) to trastuzumab (Herceptin)…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Accelerator Fuels Research on Autoimmune Diseases

A “genetic accelerator” is responsible for the most severe cases of Lupus (systemic lupus erythemathosus), an autoimmune disease: the accelerator, called…

Studies and Analyses

Melanoma Death Rates Drop Among Educated Non-Hispanic Whites

A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in…

Health & Medicine

New Medicines Targeting Memory Impairment in Neuro Disorders

Memory problems are the main symptom of Alzheimer's Disease, but do also occur in many other neuropsychiatric disorders, such as in schizophrenia or…

Health & Medicine

New Indicator Identifies Throat Cancer Risk in Patients

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most…

Life & Chemistry

Powerful drug's surprising, simple method could lead to better treatments

Led by chemistry professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute early career scientist Martin Burke, the researchers demonstrated that the top drug for treating…

Health & Medicine

New Hepatitis C Therapy Approach Could Aid 170 Million Globally

More than 170 million people worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, the disease caused by chronic HCV infection. The disease affects the liver and is one of the…

Health & Medicine

Does the La Niña weather pattern lead to flu pandemics?

A new study examining weather patterns around the time of these pandemics finds that each of them was preceded by La Niña conditions in the equatorial Pacific.

Studies and Analyses

Predicting Walking Difficulties in Seniors: Key Findings

Based on 12 years of data, the findings are published in the Jan.17 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine by a research team led by Thomas Gill, M.D., the…

Studies and Analyses

Knee Replacement Surgery Rates Surge in Those Over 50

Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly…

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