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Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in past three decades

The incidence of thyroid cancer has tripled in the past three decades, yet the reason for this is not clear.

6 Oct 2016

Scientists uncover how microbes invade the brain in bacterial meningitis

Simon Fraser University researcher Lisa Craig is part of an international team that has uncovered new details about a microbe that invades the brain, sometimes with fatal results.

6 Oct 2016

Simple blood test can quickly detect serious infections in children

Using a simple decision rule and a finger prick to test blood, general practitioners can now detect serious infections in children very quickly. This ensures that seriously ill children don't have to wait for a diagnosis until they're hospitalized - a delay that may have fatal consequences.

6 Oct 2016

New awards to explore role of glymphatic system in small vessel disease and trauma

More than $4.5 million in new grants to the lab of University of Rochester Medical Center scientist Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., underscore the important role the brain's waste disposal system may play in a range of neurological disorders.

6 Oct 2016

Scientists aim to explore parasite's genomic architecture for varying expression of antigens

Many serious diseases such as malaria or AIDS present a major challenge for medicine because the causative pathogens use the same strategy although they are completely different: By camouflaging themselves they evade the immune system.

6 Oct 2016

Researchers find biological evidence linking Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome

In a collaborative effort with scientists at six Colombian hospitals, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report what they believe to be the strongest biological evidence to date linking Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

5 Oct 2016

Treatment using PARP inhibitor shrinks tumors in breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations

All 13 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations had their tumors shrink significantly when treated with a PARP inhibitor ahead of frontline presurgical chemotherapy in a pilot study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

5 Oct 2016

Coral study provides insight into evolutionary development of mesoderm

Corals first appeared on earth nearly half a billion years ago during the Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle categorized corals as zoophyta, or "plant-animals", due to their plant-like appearance.

5 Oct 2016

Study finds decreased cysteine/cystine ratio could serve as accurate redox biomarker for epilepsy

Approximately 2.9 million people in the United States suffer from epilepsy, according to the CDC.

5 Oct 2016

Researchers aim to stop breast cancer metastasis from happening altogether

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that combining genetic therapy with chemotherapy delivered to a primary tumor site is extremely effective in preventing breast cancer metastasis.

5 Oct 2016

Study finds potential for decrease in tobacco use by transgender women who receive hormone therapy

While there has been much concern about the potential harm from transgender medical intervention (hormone therapy), a new study has found that transgender women who receive hormone therapy are more likely to quit or decrease smoking cigarettes as compared to the general population.

5 Oct 2016

Low blood lead levels can have negative impact on academic performance

A decrease in the average level of lead in a preschooler's blood reduces the probability of that child being substantially below proficient in reading by the third grade, a new National Bureau of Economics Research working paper reports.

5 Oct 2016

Biofortuna achieves key milestones in development of new blood group genotyping product family

Biofortuna Ltd, a UK-based diagnostics company offering molecular diagnostic products and contract manufacturing services, has successfully achieved key milestones in the development of its new blood group genotyping product family – ReadyPlex™.

5 Oct 2016

Researchers discover how appetite is controlled and influenced by the brain

Researchers from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Korea have uncovered the mechanisms behind the enzyme that controls our appetite in response to low glucose availability in the brain.

5 Oct 2016

New study by Alzheimer’s Research UK highlights lack of dementia prevention research

A new study by Alzheimer’s Research UK has highlighted the lack of research into dementia prevention and called for changes to the way risk reduction studies are funded and carried out, in a bid to boost evidence on dementia risk factors.

5 Oct 2016

Study opens door towards personalized medicine for children with eczema

Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is a common skin disorder that usually starts by 5 years of age, but virtually all of the studies that have defined the immune changes underlying eczema and are directing new treatment options have been done in adult skin.

5 Oct 2016

Rutgers researchers aim to set blood transfusion standards for heart attack patients

A Rutgers physician who has championed the movement to use less blood in transfusions has been awarded more than $16.1 million by the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to lead a nation-wide clinical trial to evaluate whether a restrictive or a liberal blood transfusion is most beneficial to patients who have had a heart attack.

5 Oct 2016

Study evaluates outcomes of hypothermia treatment among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

In a study appearing in the October 4 issue of JAMA, Paul S. Chan, M.D., of Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, and colleagues evaluated the association of hypothermia treatment with survival to hospital discharge and with favorable neurological survival at hospital discharge among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

4 Oct 2016

Fruit flies shed light on how insulin signaling processes may be altered by diabetes in humans

Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock for humans are mighty.

4 Oct 2016

New lab-on-a-chip system can detect effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin in blood

A new lab-on-a-chip system, developed by the University of Twente in The Netherlands, is capable of fast analysis of the effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin, for example. It mimicks human metabolism.

4 Oct 2016

Blood News and Research

Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in past three decades

Scientists uncover how microbes invade the brain in bacterial meningitis

Simple blood test can quickly detect serious infections in children

New awards to explore role of glymphatic system in small vessel disease and trauma

Scientists aim to explore parasite's genomic architecture for varying expression of antigens

Researchers find biological evidence linking Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome

Treatment using PARP inhibitor shrinks tumors in breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations

Coral study provides insight into evolutionary development of mesoderm

Study finds decreased cysteine/cystine ratio could serve as accurate redox biomarker for epilepsy

Researchers aim to stop breast cancer metastasis from happening altogether

Study finds potential for decrease in tobacco use by transgender women who receive hormone therapy

Low blood lead levels can have negative impact on academic performance

Biofortuna achieves key milestones in development of new blood group genotyping product family

Researchers discover how appetite is controlled and influenced by the brain

New study by Alzheimer’s Research UK highlights lack of dementia prevention research

Study opens door towards personalized medicine for children with eczema

Rutgers researchers aim to set blood transfusion standards for heart attack patients

Study evaluates outcomes of hypothermia treatment among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

Fruit flies shed light on how insulin signaling processes may be altered by diabetes in humans

New lab-on-a-chip system can detect effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin in blood

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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