New insights into the development of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques could lead to better treatment or prevention of heart attacks and strokes. In a report…
A unique nanoscale drug that can carry a variety of weapons and sneak into cancer cells to break them down from the inside has a new component: a protein that…
An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection in…
Intubation is the placement of a plastic tube into the lungs that allows anesthetized or critically ill patients to breathe. The current procedure requires the…
The study, led by a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, is the first of its kind to show these results from an exon-skipping…
Poisoning through environmental chemicals has been with humans for a long time: from lead poisoning in ancient Rome over workplace exposure to mercury in 19th…
“Prescription opioid abuse and overdose is on the rise throughout North America,” says the SFU Health Sciences associate professor and lead author of the study…
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a way to target the immune system to shrink or eliminate tumors in mice without causing…
Having the means to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from currently available cancer drugs not only reduces substantially the healthcare cost…
The cells featured in the study are gingival mesenchymal stem cells (GMSC), which are found in the gingiva, or gum tissue, within the mouth. GMSC, like other…
Endocannabinoids are natural signaling molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors in the brain, the same receptors turned on by the active ingredient in…
Reaching a clinic in time to receive an early diagnosis for cancer — when the disease is most treatable — is a global problem. And now a team of Chinese…
Doctors might someday use the approach to treat a variety of mitochondrial diseases, including the degenerative eye disease Leber hereditary optic neuropathy…
A literature review published last month in Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that physicians in the United States should join those around the world in…
By differentiating monkey stem cells into liver cells and inducing successful infection, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have…
The most common assessment tools are based on rating scales, which are inefficient when measuring small changes and can yield subjective bias. An objective…
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