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Added benefit not proven for orphan drug in treatment of adults with stomach cancer

Ramucirumab (trade name: Cyramza) is a monoclonal antibody, which blocks a receptor, reducing the growth of blood vessels and so reducing blood supply to the tumours.

19 Aug 2016

Early-life infections may be risk factor for developmental disorders later in life

The Zika virus now active in numerous countries, and the severe birth defects associated with it, makes it clear that infection in pregnant women can have immediate and devastating effects on the developing baby.

19 Aug 2016

Primary breadwinner status may affect psychological well-being and health of men

Gendered expectations in marriage are not just bad for women, they are also bad for men, according to a new study by University of Connecticut sociologists.

19 Aug 2016

Bartending may not help achieve normal benchmarks of family life

If you want to mix drinks for a living, don't expect to have a typical family life.

19 Aug 2016

Added benefit still not proven for epilepsy drug

Brivaracetam (trade name: Briviact) has been approved since January 2016 as add-on therapy for adults and adolescents from 16 years of age with epileptic seizures.

19 Aug 2016

Many parents support HPV vaccine school-entry requirements with opt-out provisions

Requiring students to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, to enter school could prevent many cancers linked to the virus, but University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that many parents only support such requirements with opt-out provisions that could make the laws less effective.

19 Aug 2016

UC researchers receive NIH grant to continue work at Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have been awarded a five-year, $4.3 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work at the university's Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center in Reading, Ohio.

19 Aug 2016

New study reports long-lasting cognitive impairments in mice after chemotherapy treatment

Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment.

19 Aug 2016

Men experience greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana, study finds

Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center found that men had greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana.

19 Aug 2016

Researchers find reason behind epidemiological success of Russian tuberculosis strains

Researchers from the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, and staff from MIPT's Systems Biology Laboratory, the Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology and the St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute, conducted a large-scale analysis of the proteins and genomes of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that are common in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union and found features that provide a possible explanation for their epidemiological success.

19 Aug 2016

Fruit fly models may help scientists understand underlying mechanism of HPV-induced cancer

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States and has been identified as a primary cause of cervical cancer in women.

19 Aug 2016

Novel nanoscale display case could help reveal structure of hard-to-study molecules

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley have created a sort of nanoscale display case that enables new atomic-scale views of hard-to-study chemical and biological samples.

19 Aug 2016

TSRI scientists find evidence supporting new therapeutic strategy against cocaine addiction

An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has found strong evidence supporting a new strategy against drug addiction.

18 Aug 2016

Colorectal tumors present epigenetic heterogeneity, study finds

A new study led by Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, ICREA researcher and Professor of Genetics at University of Barcelona discovers that colorectal tumors present epigenetic heterogeneity that relates to the clinical course of the disease.

18 Aug 2016

Study examines how GP receptionists interact with patients over the telephone

A new study by Loughborough University has examined - for the first time - how receptionists interact with patients over the telephone.

18 Aug 2016

Researchers unravel mechanism by which hippocampal stem cells regulate their own fate

To date, it has been assumed that the differentiation of stem cells depends on the environment they are embedded in.

18 Aug 2016

Telephone postoperative clinic improves access to care, mitigates long travel distances for patients

Implementation of a telephone postoperative clinic at a Veterans Affairs facility significantly improved utilization of surgeon and facility resources while maintaining satisfactory patient outcomes, according to study results published as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website ahead of print publication.

18 Aug 2016

Researchers receive $800,000 grant to reconnect neural communication between parts of the brain

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder have won a $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to try and reconnect neural communication between parts of the brain where it has been severed.

18 Aug 2016

Penn researchers uncover strategy to reverse effects of dyskeratosis congenita

Dyskeratosis congenita, or DC, is a rare, inherited disease for which there are limited treatment options and no cure.

18 Aug 2016

Unexplained neurodevelopmental disorder linked to harmful mutations in SON gene

A neurodevelopmental disorder for which there was no known cause has been linked to SON, a gene that is involved in essential mechanisms a cell uses to translate DNA into protein, as well as in DNA replication and cell division.

18 Aug 2016

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Added benefit not proven for orphan drug in treatment of adults with stomach cancer

Early-life infections may be risk factor for developmental disorders later in life

Primary breadwinner status may affect psychological well-being and health of men

Bartending may not help achieve normal benchmarks of family life

Added benefit still not proven for epilepsy drug

Many parents support HPV vaccine school-entry requirements with opt-out provisions

UC researchers receive NIH grant to continue work at Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center

New study reports long-lasting cognitive impairments in mice after chemotherapy treatment

Men experience greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana, study finds

Researchers find reason behind epidemiological success of Russian tuberculosis strains

Fruit fly models may help scientists understand underlying mechanism of HPV-induced cancer

Novel nanoscale display case could help reveal structure of hard-to-study molecules

TSRI scientists find evidence supporting new therapeutic strategy against cocaine addiction

Colorectal tumors present epigenetic heterogeneity, study finds

Study examines how GP receptionists interact with patients over the telephone

Researchers unravel mechanism by which hippocampal stem cells regulate their own fate

Telephone postoperative clinic improves access to care, mitigates long travel distances for patients

Researchers receive $800,000 grant to reconnect neural communication between parts of the brain

Penn researchers uncover strategy to reverse effects of dyskeratosis congenita

Unexplained neurodevelopmental disorder linked to harmful mutations in SON gene

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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