Gut reaction: Smart pill smells out the body's fiber factor
1/13/2016
First trials of smart gas sensing pills reveal how low & high-fiber diets affect gut.
Experts call for more tailored liver cancer care in developing countries
1/13/2016
Researchers say following international guidelines is costing lives in Peru.
Scientists identify molecule that appears to fuel deadly genetic illness Fanconi anemia
1/13/2016
Researchers have identified a molecular target and experimental treatment strategy for DNA repair defects behind Fanconi anemia - a complex genetic disorder responsible for birth anomalies, organ...
Researchers find shared molecular response to tobacco smoke and indoor air pollution
1/12/2016
Exposure to certain household air pollutants may cause some of the same molecular changes as smoking cigarettes.
Scientists identify protein interaction that defines an aggressive brain tumor subtype
1/12/2016
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Würzburg in Germany have identified a protein interaction that is a hallmark of an aggressive subtype of medulloblastoma...
'Dark matter' in cancer genome prompts immune response
1/12/2016
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a group of non-coding RNA molecules in cancer cells that sets off an immune response because they appear to have features...
Scientists in Barcelona discover a potential treatment for cirrhosis
1/12/2016
Scientists headed by Raúl Méndez, ICREA research professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and Mercedes Fernández, at IDIBAPS in Barcelona, reveal that the...
Cell harm seen in lab tests of e-cigarettes
1/12/2016
Adding to growing evidence on the possible health risks of electronic cigarettes, a lab team at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System tested two products and found they damaged cells in...
Magic mold: Food preservative kills cancer cells, superbugs
1/12/2016
Nisin, a naturally occurring food preservative that grows on dairy products, delivers a one-two punch to two of medicine's most lethal maladies: cancer and deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Fanconi anemia: scientists identify molecule that appears to fuel deadly genetic illness
1/12/2016
Researchers have identified a molecular target and experimental treatment strategy for DNA repair defects behind Fanconi anemia - a complex genetic disorder responsible for birth anomalies, organ...