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Glioblastoma : new targets for treatment with brain cancer cells reverse engineer
Glioblastoma is one of the most devastating forms of cancer, with few existing treatment options.
It is also a leading cause of cancer-related death...
Researchers have identified a new factor that is essential for maintaining the stem cells...
The organs in our bodies house stem cells that are necessary to regenerate cells when they become damaged, diseased or too old to function....
Alcohol-use disorder : new treatment targets the oxytocin system
Oxytocin research has experienced a remarkable resurgence over the past decade, particularly with respect to its role in regulating social cognition and its...
Additional routine ultrasound could eliminate undiagnosed breech presentation of babies
Between week 32 and week 38 (usually around week 36) the baby - normally - start to settle head-down. In this ideal delivery position,...
Emergency department : 759000 children younger than six years have ingested foreign body
Young children explore the world by putting things in their mouths.
While many of these items are relatively harmless, some can cause serious injuries...
New technique to decontaminate organs before transplantation use ultraviolet and red light irradiation
A new technique for the decontamination of organs before transplantation using ultraviolet and red light irradiation has been developed by Brazilian and Canadian researchers...
The gene SRC-1 affects body weight control
Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter.
A better understanding of how the body regulates appetite could help tip the scale toward...
Compound named 5′-iodotubercidin (5′-IT) suppresses the growth of neuroblastoma cells
Research led by Michael Lan, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found that a compound named...
Dentistry’s Researchers : body’s own defence system could be a major contributor to tooth...
A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry provides the first evidence that the body's own defence system could...
Privacy curtains in hospitals worldwide may be contaminated with deadly drug-resistant bugs
Hard-to-clean privacy curtains in hospitals and nursing homes worldwide may be contaminated with deadly drug-resistant bugs, according to findings to be presented Saturday at...
Brains may solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds...
In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers found that our brains may solidify the memories of new skills we just...
Human Brain/Cloud Interface : future technology will provide instant access to the world’s knowledge...
Imagine a future technology that would provide instant access to the world's knowledge and artificial intelligence, simply by thinking about a specific topic or...
Biomedical engineers can trace the shapes of active neurons
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an automated process that can trace the shapes of active neurons as accurately as human researchers can,...
Early microbiome in newborn babies is able to predict the risk of the child...
New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that the early...
Most patients in hospital intensive care units (ICU) for non-brain-related injuries also suffer from...
A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive care units (ICU) for...
