IMAGE: Device helmet with 3 oncoscillators securely attached. The oncoscillators are connected to a controller box powered by a rechargeable battery. view more Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist Neurological Institute researchers from the department of neurosurgery shrunk a deadly glioblastoma tumor by more than a third using a helmet generating a noninvasive oscillating magnetic field that…
DetailsIMAGE: Beaded AIDS Awareness pin. view more Credit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institutes of Health has renewed grants to seven regional centers that compose the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), awarding $20.8 million in first-year funding. The 15-year-old IeDEA program efficiently advances knowledge about HIV by pooling and analyzing de-identified health data from more…
DetailsIMAGE: Tulane alumnus Nicholas Pashos, left, is teaming up with Tulane scientist Kristin Miller to improve treatment for women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse. Pashos is the founder and CEO of… view more Credit: Courtesy of Nicholas Pashos and Kristin Miller The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has awarded a…
DetailsIMAGE: A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that a type of “good cholesterol ” called HDL3, when produced in the intestine, protects the liver from… view more Credit: Brad W. Warner The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School…
DetailsIMAGE: Meenal Mehrotra, assistant professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at MUSC Health and principal investigator on the paper, points to a mutation in the collagen gene as… view more Credit: Anne Thompson, MUSC Health Most people can expect to break close to two bones in their lifetime, but those with osteogenesis imperfecta…
DetailsIMAGE: UNC Lineberger’s William Kim, MD, and colleagues report their research demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers whose tumors have a mutated FGFR3 gene respond to immunotherapy in a manner… view more Credit: UNC LIneberge Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina–A new study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers whose tumors have…
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, along with collaborators from the CARRIERS consortium, suggests that most women with breast cancer diagnosed over 65 should be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing. The study was published Thursday, July 22, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Couch says…
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A West London-based project will investigate how pollutants in indoor spaces impact children with asthma Researchers will work with communities in Bradford to examine how and why air pollution builds in urban homes A platform that enables scientists to rank the toxicity of common air pollutants will be developed, focusing on links between air quality…
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Moreover, questions about transmission remain unsettled. Vaccinated people with asymptomatic or breakthrough infections may still be able to pass the virus on to others, but it is not yet clear how often that happens. Until that science is more definitive, or until vaccination rates rise, it is best to err on the side of safety…
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Perhaps the most noteworthy thing about the whole thing was that it wasn’t that noteworthy at all: another Tuesday. Another billionaire businessman paying to catapult himself into space. Yet the sight of Jeff Bezos, in his beige cowboy hat and blue spacesuit (wearing a custom Omega Speedmaster over the sleeve as if he were Buzz…
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