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Geneva researchers highlight new way to control tumor progression

For a tumor to grow, it must develop blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen. Preventing tumor vascularization is therefore an interesting anti-tumor therapy that has been explored over the last ten years.

2 Feb 2018

When one partner diets, the other is likely to lose weight too, finds study

A recent study has shown that when one partner loses weight and adopts a healthier lifestyle, the other partner is likely to lose weight too.

2 Feb 2018

Study investigates impact of crash diet on heart function

Crash diets can cause a transient deterioration in heart function, according to research presented today at CMR 2018.

2 Feb 2018

$Researchers develop novel method to aid fracture recovery$

Researchers develop novel method to aid fracture recovery

Researchers from Michigan Medicine have developed a novel method to aid the repair of difficult-to-heal fractures.

2 Feb 2018

RCSI to lead major study for finding new ways to treat colorectal cancer patients

RCSI is leading an international team of scientists on a major research study “COLOSSUS” which aims to provide new and more effective ways to classify and treat patients with colorectal cancer.

2 Feb 2018

Fight for Sight awards new grants for 13 vital eye research projects

Fight for Sight, the leading eye research charity, has awarded grants totaling over £180,000 for thirteen vital research projects in partnership with nine different organizations.

2 Feb 2018

Envirotainer voted as Best Active Temperature-Controlled Packaging Solution Provider

Envirotainer, the global market leader in secure cold chain solutions for the pharmaceutical supply chain, today was voted the Best Active Temperature-Controlled Packaging Solution Provider at the Asia-Pacific Bioprocessing Excellence Award 2018.

2 Feb 2018

MR Solutions’ latest spectrometer offers advanced functionality for clinical MRI manufacturers

MR Solutions’ latest EVO2+ spectrometer now offers the most advanced levels of functionality and user control for constructors of clinical MRI scanners.

From MR Solutions 2 Feb 2018

New ChIPseq kit is optimized for fresh and frozen tissue samples

The new, high-performance Chromatrap ChIP-Seq kit (v.1.5) is optimized to work from fresh and frozen extracted tissue, as well as cell lines.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 2 Feb 2018

Hackensack Meridian Health offers cutting-edge treatment option for patients with carotid artery disease

Hackensack Meridian Health's academic medical centers, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ and Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ, are just two of only a few hospitals in the country and two of only three hospitals in New Jersey to offer an innovative new treatment that dramatically reduces the risk of stroke in patients with blocked carotid arteries, the major blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain.

1 Feb 2018

New modular platform offers robust biological approach that targets endless number of diseases

The biological complexity of cancer and other diseases demands a more formidable arsenal of therapies than currently available. Most therapeutic approaches ignore the dynamic molecular network of genes, targeting instead only very few selected disease-related genes.

1 Feb 2018

New clinical practice guideline for using CYP2D6 genotype to guide tamoxifen therapy

An international group of clinicians and scientists representing the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium published the first-ever clinical practice guideline for using CYP2D6 genotype to guide tamoxifen therapy in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

1 Feb 2018

Study unravels developmental splicing program that promotes neuronal maturation

Neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain communicate with each other by transmitting electric signals, or firing action potentials, through long processes named axons (which send out signals) and dendrites (which receive signals).

1 Feb 2018

Disabled children in West Africa face greater risk of violence, study finds

Disabled children in West Africa experience significantly greater violence than their non-disabled peers and all experience violence from they day they are born, finds a study published in BMC Public Health by Janet Njelesani, assistant professor of occupational therapy at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

1 Feb 2018

New scientific statement reveals shared risk factors and cardiotoxic effects of cancer therapy

A new scientific statement issued today by the American Heart Association underscores the commonalities between cardiovascular disease and breast cancer among women, and it calls for more focus on research and specialized treatment where the diseases overlap.

1 Feb 2018

Findings provide better understanding of cell membrane components

Research conducted by Toyohashi University of Technology in collaboration with Tohoku University elucidated the fusion process of proteoliposomes with an artificial lipid bilayer and the mechanism behind this process.

1 Feb 2018

Two bacterial species collaborate to drive development of colon cancers

Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of colon cancer, a study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy research team finds.

1 Feb 2018

Challenges and rewards for women who choose to be both CT surgeons and mothers

Just ahead of National Women Physicians Day on February 3, STS celebrates two of its member surgeons, Drs. Mara Antonoff and Leah Backhus, and their story of balancing the tough job of being mothers and their "day jobs" as cardiothoracic surgeons.

1 Feb 2018

Historic study involving Simmons Cancer Center shows effectiveness of CAR-T therapy

A historic study involving researchers from UT Southwestern's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates the effectiveness of CAR-T therapy, which uses genetically modified immune cells to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and young adults. The research appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.

1 Feb 2018

Neurons get stretches of orderly drumroll-like rumblings speckled with strong impulses

A neuron firing deep in the brain might sound a little like: Drumroll...cymbal crash! Drumroll...cymbal crash! Repeat. With emphasis on "repeat," according to a new study.

1 Feb 2018

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Geneva researchers highlight new way to control tumor progression

When one partner diets, the other is likely to lose weight too, finds study

Study investigates impact of crash diet on heart function

Researchers develop novel method to aid fracture recovery

RCSI to lead major study for finding new ways to treat colorectal cancer patients

Fight for Sight awards new grants for 13 vital eye research projects

Envirotainer voted as Best Active Temperature-Controlled Packaging Solution Provider

MR Solutions’ latest spectrometer offers advanced functionality for clinical MRI manufacturers

New ChIPseq kit is optimized for fresh and frozen tissue samples

Hackensack Meridian Health offers cutting-edge treatment option for patients with carotid artery disease

New modular platform offers robust biological approach that targets endless number of diseases

New clinical practice guideline for using CYP2D6 genotype to guide tamoxifen therapy

Study unravels developmental splicing program that promotes neuronal maturation

Disabled children in West Africa face greater risk of violence, study finds

New scientific statement reveals shared risk factors and cardiotoxic effects of cancer therapy

Findings provide better understanding of cell membrane components

Two bacterial species collaborate to drive development of colon cancers

Challenges and rewards for women who choose to be both CT surgeons and mothers

Historic study involving Simmons Cancer Center shows effectiveness of CAR-T therapy

Neurons get stretches of orderly drumroll-like rumblings speckled with strong impulses

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