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Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer.

4 Jun 2020

New device shows cigarette alternatives may be more hazardous than revealed by manufacturer testing

A more sensitive technique shows cigarette alternatives may be more hazardous than manufacturer testing had found.

4 Jun 2020

New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer

The international study "Resistance to targeted therapies as a multifactorial, gradual adaptation to inhibitor specific selective pressures", recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communication, has taken a further step in the development of new therapeutic strategies to treat lung cancer.

4 Jun 2020

Slow response to coronavirus led to unnecessary deaths in UK prisons, says expert

The government's slow response to recognize the impact of coronavirus on UK prisons has led to unnecessary deaths amongst its population, according to Loughborough University academic Dr Christopher Kay.

4 Jun 2020

Computational models predict known biomarkers of inherited metabolic diseases

We are all unique. Our health is determined by our inherent genetic differences combined with our lifestyles and the environments in which we live.

4 Jun 2020

Researchers find link between stroke-related brain blood vessel abnormality and gut bacteria

In a nationwide study, NIH funded researchers found that the presence of abnormal bundles of brittle blood vessels in the brain or spinal cord, called cavernous angiomas (CA), are linked to the composition of a person's gut bacteria.

4 Jun 2020

Nicotine promotes spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, study finds

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that nicotine promotes the spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, where they can form deadly metastatic tumors.

4 Jun 2020

Effects of chronic stress associated with increased inflammatory signaling within brain circuits

Anxiety and depression are significantly heightened during times of great stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 Jun 2020

Researchers treat TMC1-related deafness with gene therapy

When Wei Hsi (Ariel) Yeh was a young undergraduate student, one of her close friends went from normal hearing to complete deafness in the span of one month.

4 Jun 2020

Brain activity studies are not as useful as previously thought

Hundreds of published studies over the last decade have claimed it's possible to predict an individual's patterns of thoughts and feelings by scanning their brain in an MRI machine as they perform some mental tasks.

3 Jun 2020

New technique opens the door to treating genetic forms of hearing loss

Using a new genetic engineering technique, known as base editing, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, have restored hearing in mice with a known recessive genetic mutation.

3 Jun 2020

People with severe vision loss less accurate in judging the distance of closer sounds

People with severe vision loss can less accurately judge the distance of nearby sounds, potentially putting them more at risk of injury, according to new research published in the journal Scientific Reports.

3 Jun 2020

Study explores the role of mi RNAs in anticancer effect exerted by physical activity

Volume 11, Issue 22 of Oncotarget reported that the goal of this study was to explore the involvement of mi RNAs in beneficial effects exerted by physical activity in breast cancer prevention.

3 Jun 2020

Tumors cause disruption of the immune system throughout the body, study finds

Cancer treatment has advanced with the advent of immunotherapies that, in some cancers, can overcome tumors' ability to evade the immune system by suppressing local immune responses.

3 Jun 2020

Researchers investigate memory recall in healthy, older adults

Even among healthy people, a faltering memory is often an expected part of aging - but it's not inevitable.

3 Jun 2020

Researchers design new microfluidic device to help detect blood clots

Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are working on an entirely new way to detect blood clots, especially in pediatric patients.

3 Jun 2020

First hair-baring human skin organoid may one day help prevent hair loss

A new, hair-sprouting dollop of human skin created in the lab might one day help prevent hair loss.

3 Jun 2020

UC physician-researcher explores why TAVR doesn't work well for some patients

A University of Cincinnati physician-researcher says unlocking the key to how platelets function before, after and during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) may provide insight as to why some patients undergoing the heart procedure have better outcomes than others.

3 Jun 2020

Exploring how air pollution affects the brain

Air pollution has become a fact of modern life, with a majority of the global population facing chronic exposure.

3 Jun 2020

Researchers deconstruct the mechanisms that control wound healing

ETH researchers have deconstructed the mechanisms that control wound healing and scar formation in more detail.

3 Jun 2020

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Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

New device shows cigarette alternatives may be more hazardous than revealed by manufacturer testing

New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer

Slow response to coronavirus led to unnecessary deaths in UK prisons, says expert

Computational models predict known biomarkers of inherited metabolic diseases

Researchers find link between stroke-related brain blood vessel abnormality and gut bacteria

Nicotine promotes spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, study finds

Effects of chronic stress associated with increased inflammatory signaling within brain circuits

Researchers treat TMC1-related deafness with gene therapy

Brain activity studies are not as useful as previously thought

New technique opens the door to treating genetic forms of hearing loss

People with severe vision loss less accurate in judging the distance of closer sounds

Study explores the role of mi RNAs in anticancer effect exerted by physical activity

Tumors cause disruption of the immune system throughout the body, study finds

Researchers investigate memory recall in healthy, older adults

Researchers design new microfluidic device to help detect blood clots

First hair-baring human skin organoid may one day help prevent hair loss

UC physician-researcher explores why TAVR doesn't work well for some patients

Exploring how air pollution affects the brain

Researchers deconstruct the mechanisms that control wound healing

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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