Stem cell research is leading to potential new therapies to treat disease, with several applications in clinical trials or expected to enter trials in the coming months. These new discoveries are transforming how we think of medicine and will be key to discussions at the International Society for Stem Cell Research annual meeting, 26-29 June…
More Americans are being diagnosed with eye complications of shingles, but older adults can call the shots on whether they are protected from the painful rash that can cost them their eyesight. Among a group of 21 million adults, occurrences of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), when shingles gets in the eyes, tripled during a 12-year-period,…
IMAGE: John Howland, of the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine, has found that viral infections during pregnancy could be linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring. view more Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent with behavioural alterations in autism or schizophrenia, research by the University of…
DUARTE, Calif. — Foundational research by a City of Hope physician-scientist and his colleagues could one day help metastatic colorectal cancer patients decide whether to choose immunotherapy or chemotherapy as their first treatment option. “Immunotherapy is the new, hot thing, but sometimes traditional chemotherapy can be a better choice,” said Marwan Fakih, M.D., senior author…
IMAGE: Caroline Kolvenbach, Dr. med. Alina Hilger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Odermatt and Dr. med. Gabriel Dworschak. view more Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Even before birth, an obstructed urethra can cause a variety of issues in the unborn child, ranging from mild urinary problems to kidney failure. This highly variable disease is called…
IMAGE: Age-dependent microglia labelling by CDr20. Three different aged mice (P180, P360 and P660) from wild-type or triple-transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (3xTg-AD) mice were intravenously injected with CDr20. The… view more Credit: The Je Lab. Dr. Masahiro Fukuda. Duke-NUS Intravital Imaging Core. Researchers in South Korea and Singapore have, for the first time, developed…
IMAGE: Stand Up To Cancer logo. view more Credit: Stand Up To Cancer “Innovation in Collaboration” among Research Teams Rewarded by Grants from Stand Up To Cancer PHILADELPHIA – May 2, 2019 – Stand Up To Cancer announced five new awards today drawing on the strengths of existing research activities to explore cross-cutting questions that have…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–May 2, 2019– Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have made a key observation about one of the most fundamental biological processes: gene transcription. A gene’s job is to provide a cell with the instructions to create a specific protein. The first step of this process is called transcription, during which the DNA is…
New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business reveals that Metro Vancouver emergency patient acuity levels sometimes come second to wait time targets, largely due to doctors being unclear around existing emergency room prioritization guidelines. The study found that patient acuity levels are considered more seriously once wait time targets have passed. The study…
Name: Patti Harrison Age: 28 Hometown: Orient, Ohio Now lives: In a two-bedroom house in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that she shares with a roommate. Claim to fame: Ms. Harrison is an actress, comedy writer and screwball performer who doesn’t take her rising profile in Hollywood too seriously. She appeared in a…