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Enzyme TLK2 could serve as potential therapies for breast cancer, brain condition

In recent years, researchers have focussed on the enzyme TLK2 suspecting it of playing a main role in several diseases.

30 Jun 2018

Deeper appreciation of kidney disease patients' emotional experiences may help improve care

For patients with advanced kidney disease, interactions with clinicians and with the wider health system, combined with patients' own struggle to understand their illness, can exact a large emotional toll.

29 Jun 2018

Scientists discover way to increase efficiency of mature blood production in a dish

Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago discovered a way to increase the efficiency of mature blood production in a dish.

29 Jun 2018

Judge blocks Kentucky Medicaid work requirement

A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration decision allowing states to force low-income adults to work to qualify for Medicaid.

29 Jun 2018

FDA grants approval for new device to treat breathing difficulty caused by severe emphysema

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new device, the Zephyr Endobronchial Valve (Zephyr Valve), intended to treat breathing difficulty associated with severe emphysema.

29 Jun 2018

Researchers focus on delivery of insulin in pill form

One mother vividly remembers her three-and-a-half-year-old son's pleas when he received insulin injections several times each day. "He would beg and plead, 'Don't do it Momma!'" she recalls.

29 Jun 2018

Higher doses of rifampin kill more TB bacteria in sputum without increasing adverse effects

Higher daily doses of rifampin, a cornerstone of tuberculosis treatment, killed more TB bacteria in sputum cultures, and the higher doses did so without increasing the adverse effects of treatment, according to a randomized controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

29 Jun 2018

Study finds sex-based differences in genetic risk factors for developing gliomas

Glioma is the most common type of primary malignant brain tumor in the United States; glioblastoma being the most common type of glioma in adults.

29 Jun 2018

Computational biological models help uncover wealth of knowledge about atherosclerosis

Researchers have identified a new gene-activation pathway caused by lipids associated with coronary artery disease, a finding that could help identify new directions in research and drug development. The study was published in June in Nature Communications.

29 Jun 2018

Johns Hopkins researchers reveal potential of AI in medical imaging and diagnostics

The advent of electronic medical records with large image databases, along with advances in artificial intelligence with deep learning, is offering medical professionals new opportunities to dramatically improve image analysis and disease diagnostics.

29 Jun 2018

Scientists discover how the flu virus resets its trap

For the first time, scientists have directly visualized in real-time structural changes in the surface protein of the influenza virus that may help the virus to fuse with and enter target cells before hijacking their functions.

29 Jun 2018

Trump’s next high court pick likely to target abortion. Is that what the public wants?

President Donald Trump has vowed that his nominees to the Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

29 Jun 2018

Only one of 21 genes in BrS genetic test found to be associated with Brugada Syndrome

Clinical laboratories often rely on medical articles and public information on gene disease associations in determining the genes to include on genetic testing panels for specific conditions or the specific results to return to patients.

29 Jun 2018

Genes associated with autism interact to modulate variable symptoms of disease

Genes located in a large chromosomal aberration associated with autism interact with each other to modulate the variable symptoms of the disease, according to new research.

29 Jun 2018

New model aims at speeding up life-saving blood delivery to disaster-hit areas

A Portsmouth researcher is developing a mathematical model aimed at speeding up the delivery of life-saving blood to victims of earthquakes and other disasters.

29 Jun 2018

Top policy expert’s ties to giant drugmaker often go unstated

When Dr. Mark McClellan sat for an in-depth 30-minute question-and-answer session at an April health policy forum, the audience was filled with top researchers, advocates and Capitol Hill staffers eager to hear what insight the former head of the Food and Drug Administration would dispense.

29 Jun 2018

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Enzyme TLK2 could serve as potential therapies for breast cancer, brain condition

Deeper appreciation of kidney disease patients' emotional experiences may help improve care

Scientists discover way to increase efficiency of mature blood production in a dish

Judge blocks Kentucky Medicaid work requirement

FDA grants approval for new device to treat breathing difficulty caused by severe emphysema

Researchers focus on delivery of insulin in pill form

Higher doses of rifampin kill more TB bacteria in sputum without increasing adverse effects

Study finds sex-based differences in genetic risk factors for developing gliomas

Computational biological models help uncover wealth of knowledge about atherosclerosis

Johns Hopkins researchers reveal potential of AI in medical imaging and diagnostics

Scientists discover how the flu virus resets its trap

Trump’s next high court pick likely to target abortion. Is that what the public wants?

Only one of 21 genes in BrS genetic test found to be associated with Brugada Syndrome

Genes associated with autism interact to modulate variable symptoms of disease

New model aims at speeding up life-saving blood delivery to disaster-hit areas

Top policy expert’s ties to giant drugmaker often go unstated

Modified natural killer cells may be new player in CAR-T immunotherapies

Review discusses complexity of immune-suppressive mechanisms in tumor milieu of cancers

Lower mortality rates in patients who visit the same doctor each time, study shows

Researchers discover how behavior is organized in the brain

How real-time off-gas analysis improves fermentation process control

Advancing Drug Safety Assessment With AI, Predictive Modeling, and Human-Relevant Data

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

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