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New Room-Temperature System Enhances Donor Liver Preservation

A system developed by investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the MGH Transplant Center has the…

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New Blockade Technology Targets Viruses and Cancer Risk

Not only can viruses trigger annoying and unpleasant infections, such as influenza or measles, they are also responsible for a number of human cancers. One…

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New Hope for Stroke and Heart Attack Drug Innovations

The scientists now hope to be able to develop novel drugs using these results. These include tailor-made blood-thinning substances for heart attack and stroke…

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Atypical form of Alzheimer's disease may be present in a more widespread number of patients

The variant, called hippocampal sparing AD, made up 11 percent of the 1,821 AD-confirmed brains examined by Mayo Clinic researchers — suggesting this subtype…

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Intelligent Labels: Enhancing Food Safety and Supply Chains

Controlling the post production life cycle of food is an important element of food supply chains. Improper handling of product during transport, storage and in…

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Genes Linked to Schizophrenia, Autism, and Intellectual Disability

The team, the product of an ongoing collaboration between Professors W. Richard McCombie of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Aiden Corvin of Trinity…

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Fluorescent Tool Unveils Real-Time Biodegradation of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles have been heralded as a potential “disruptive technology” in biomedicine, a versatile platform that could supplant conventional technologies,…

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Patients Find High Satisfaction in Active Pain Treatment

The study based on an extensive multi-national dataset shows that patients actively involved in their treatment report higher levels of satisfaction. Overall,…

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UA Scientists Uncover Key Pathway for Liver Disease Treatment

A team of researchers in the University of Arizona's College of Pharmacy has discovered a molecular pathway that could be key to creating new therapeutics that…

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SFU Researchers Uncover HIV Evolution in North America

“Much research has focused on how HIV adapts to antiviral drugs—we wanted to investigate how HIV adapts to us, its human hosts, over time,” says lead author…

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New Study Explores Access to Fecal Transplants for C. Diff

Known as fecal microbiota transplantation, the treatment was equally effective whether given via a colonoscope or a nasogastric tube. The findings suggest…

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Finnish Researchers Discover Mutation in Jaw Tumor Ameloblastoma

Ameloblastoma is an odontogenic tumour with a high tendency to recur after treatment. Ameloblastoma is most often found in the posterior of the lower jaw.

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Mapping Drug-Related Morbidity in Östergötland Adults

Katja Hakkarainen and her research colleagues have used 7,099 questionnaires and 4,970 patient medical records in Östergötland to map drug-related morbidity….

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Gym Culture Mirrors Fast Food Trends, Study Reveals

A new study explores how the fitness industry in many ways resembles that of fast food. One of the authors is from the University of Gothenburg.

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The Surface Area of the Digestive Tract "only" as Large as a Studio Apartment

“Actually, the inner surface of the gastro-intestinal tract is only as large as a normal studio apartment,” says scientist Lars Fändriks.

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Identifying Surgical Patients at Risk for Lung Disorders

Patients who develop the lung disorder postoperatively are at higher risk of dying in the hospital, and those who survive the syndrome may still bear its…

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