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Using urine samples to diagnose disease in preterm newborns

The majority of patients in neonatal intensive care units are premature babies, who often have infectious (congenital pneumonia) or noninfectious (tachypnea, infant respiratory distress syndrome) respiratory pathologies.

9 Nov 2016

Novel purification process for camelid heavy chain antibodies

KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH and 3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH today announced the successful completion of a federal grant program exploiting the potential of camelid antibodies.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 9 Nov 2016

New research revises scaffold definition for systematic analysis of compound diversity

While the Bemis-Murcko approach to scaffold analysis has remained the go-to definition for computational medicinal chemistry for the past few decades, it is not without its shortcomings.

9 Nov 2016

First month after infection is key period to control drug-related HIV spread, research reveals

Data from the mid-1990s AIDS epidemic in Russia and Ukraine shows that the first month after infection is the key period to control the spread of the virus in drug-using populations, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford University.

9 Nov 2016

UCLA director of mindfulness education discusses ways to unwind from election anxiety

One of the most contentious and anxiety-producing elections in recent U.S. history has ended.

9 Nov 2016

Marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could help guide treatments, new research shows

RESEARCHERS have discovered that a marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could also be used as a way to guide treatments to the cancer, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

9 Nov 2016

Scientists find new way to bypass bowel cancer's defence against treatment

BLOCKING a molecule could bypass bowel cancer's defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

9 Nov 2016

SCCA and Hawaii Pacific Health partner to help advance standard of cancer care in Hawaii

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance announced today the newest member of its national Affiliate Network, Hawaii Pacific Health. Anchored by four medical centers in Kapiolani, Pali Momi, Straub and Wilcox and over 70 locations statewide, Hawaii Pacific Health is one of Hawaii's largest health care providers and is partnered with the University of Hawaii Cancer Center as a member of the Hawaii Cancer Consortium.

8 Nov 2016

Biochemists create first atlas of DNA-binding molecules for use in precision medicine

Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created the first atlas that maps where molecular tools that can switch genes on and off will bind to the human genome.

8 Nov 2016

UMass Amherst scientist wins 2016 Pearl Award for research on issues concerning endocrine disruptors

The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy group based in Bethesda, Md., has named University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg one of its 2016 Pearl Award winners in recognition of her "outstanding leadership in conducting critical research to identify and address the many issues concerning endocrine disruptors."

8 Nov 2016

U-M researchers successfully transplant lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice

Researchers at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were able to survive, grow and mature.

8 Nov 2016

UCL research finds mismatched light and temperature levels can break down body clock function

Body clock function can break down when light and temperature levels throughout the day are out of sync, finds new UCL research in fruit flies.

8 Nov 2016

Tight ‘social networks’ of physicians may help improve patient outcomes, study suggests

To get the best results for patients, it may pay for their doctors to heed the words of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler: the team, the team, the team.

8 Nov 2016

Specialist receives nearly $2.8 million grant to determine effective treatment for perinatal brain injury

Barbara Stonestreet, MD, a neonatal-perinatal specialist at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has received a five-year, nearly $2.8 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for her research into determining the most effective strategies for the treatment of perinatal brain injury in full-term and premature infants.

8 Nov 2016

Research News and Research

Using urine samples to diagnose disease in preterm newborns

Novel purification process for camelid heavy chain antibodies

New research revises scaffold definition for systematic analysis of compound diversity

First month after infection is key period to control drug-related HIV spread, research reveals

UCLA director of mindfulness education discusses ways to unwind from election anxiety

Marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could help guide treatments, new research shows

Scientists find new way to bypass bowel cancer's defence against treatment

SCCA and Hawaii Pacific Health partner to help advance standard of cancer care in Hawaii

Biochemists create first atlas of DNA-binding molecules for use in precision medicine

UMass Amherst scientist wins 2016 Pearl Award for research on issues concerning endocrine disruptors

U-M researchers successfully transplant lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice

UCL research finds mismatched light and temperature levels can break down body clock function

Tight ‘social networks’ of physicians may help improve patient outcomes, study suggests

Specialist receives nearly $2.8 million grant to determine effective treatment for perinatal brain injury

New study examines impact of country-level contextual factors on Human Resources for Health

SMU virologist receives NCI grant to advance research into how certain viruses cause cancers

Weight loss condition provides clues to why cancer immunotherapy may fail in many patients

Researchers find timing, duration of androgen exposure can influence genital defects in female mice

UTHealth study receives $1.9 million NIH grant to identify effective treatment for cocaine addiction

Emotional and social quality of life can improve in last three months of life, research shows

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