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10-second videos of white blood cell motion improve the prediction of blood cancer relapse

In a new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin's microvasculature greatly improved the prediction of which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer.

29 Mar 2022

Researchers use optoacoustics for high-precision neuromodulation

Neuromodulation plays an important role in deciphering neural circuits and exploring clinical treatment of neurological diseases.

28 Mar 2022

Study investigates room-temperature stable, self-amplifying RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers applied a previously developed thermostable self-amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine to COVID-19.

28 Mar 2022

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

The mystery is being unraveled of why the control centers, or nuclei, of certain blood cancer cells have a distinctly odd shape.

27 Mar 2022

Novel ACL reconstruction technique in younger patients garners positive results two years post-surgery

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting found that a novel surgical technique performed during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in certain younger patients garnered positive results two years post-surgery.

27 Mar 2022

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Treatment for glioma has long relied on MRI imaging to track tumor markers and treatment response.

24 Mar 2022

Men with RED-S have lower testosterone levels, poor bone health and low resting metabolism

"RED-S syndrome is characterized by low energy availability. This happens when athletes eat too little compared with the energy they expend when exercising.

23 Mar 2022

Lettuce could protect astronauts from bone density loss in microgravity

Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the University of California, Davis College of Engineering have developed a transgenic, or genetically modified, lettuce producing a drug to protect against bone density loss in microgravity.

22 Mar 2022

Comparing outcomes of modern cementless knee implant with standard knee replacement surgery

Cementless knee replacement, an alternative approach to traditional cemented knee replacement surgery, is garnering interest in the field of orthopedic surgery.

22 Mar 2022

Using CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

Researchers discuss the use of the highly efficient CRISPR/Cas technologies to identify viral genome sequences for biosafety purposes.

21 Mar 2022

20% of childhood AML cases associated with rare genetic changes inherited through family bloodlines

It's a diagnosis you never want to hear: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). These three words represent a devastating diagnosis of childhood cancer with dire consequences for many families.

21 Mar 2022

Could sound waves help to regrow bones?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Amy Gelmi and Professor Leslie Yeo about their new research that looked at using sound waves to regrow bones.

21 Mar 2022

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

A University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher has found, through extensive data analysis, that the youngest patients with brain tumors – those ages birth to 3 months – have about half the five-year survival rate as children ages 1 to 19.

18 Mar 2022

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow - have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster.

18 Mar 2022

Urgent action needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa

Urgent measures such as taxes and restrictions on sugary foods and drinks are needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

18 Mar 2022

Discovery may open novel avenues to prevent or treat hematological malignancies

Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have discovered new consequences of specific gene mutations that play a role in the development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

17 Mar 2022

Study links phthalates to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers

In a first-of-its-kind study, research from the University of Vermont Cancer Center has linked phthalates, commonly called the "everywhere chemical," to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers.

16 Mar 2022

Penn State professor receives $2.8 million NIH grant to investigate lower jaw development

How the lower jaw - mandible - develops and consequently how and why some developmental birth defects occur is the focus of a five-year, $2.8 million grant to Joan Richtsmeier, distinguished professor of anthropology, Penn State, from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research.

16 Mar 2022

Kidney malfunction associated with cardioembolic stroke

"The foot bone's connected to the ankle bone," goes the schoolyard song, highlighting the ways in which each part of our body can affect other parts of the body.

15 Mar 2022

Cell fusion could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage

Fusing human retinal cells with adult stem cells could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage and visual impairment, according to the findings of a new study published in the journal eBioMedicine.

15 Mar 2022

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10-second videos of white blood cell motion improve the prediction of blood cancer relapse

Researchers use optoacoustics for high-precision neuromodulation

Study investigates room-temperature stable, self-amplifying RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

Novel ACL reconstruction technique in younger patients garners positive results two years post-surgery

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Men with RED-S have lower testosterone levels, poor bone health and low resting metabolism

Lettuce could protect astronauts from bone density loss in microgravity

Comparing outcomes of modern cementless knee implant with standard knee replacement surgery

Using CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

20% of childhood AML cases associated with rare genetic changes inherited through family bloodlines

Could sound waves help to regrow bones?

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Urgent action needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa

Discovery may open novel avenues to prevent or treat hematological malignancies

Study links phthalates to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers

Penn State professor receives $2.8 million NIH grant to investigate lower jaw development

Kidney malfunction associated with cardioembolic stroke

Cell fusion could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage

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