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UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors
10/12/2015
An estimated $150,000 in annual direct medical costs were averted by preventing infectionsNew research from Penn Medicine infection control specialists found that ultraviolet robots helped...
New study provides key insights into aspirin's disease-fighting abilities
10/12/2015
Researchers have found that salicylic acid targets the activities of HMGB1, an inflammatory protein associated with a wide variety of diseases, offering hope that more powerful aspirin-like drugs may...
Scientists pave way for diamonds to trace early cancers
10/12/2015
Physicists from the University of Sydney have devised a way to use diamonds to identify cancerous tumours before they become life threatening.
Novel compound turns off mutant cancer gene in animals with leukemia
10/12/2015
A compound discovered and developed by a team of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers that halts cancer in animals with Ewing sarcoma and prostate cancer appears to work...
Adoption of streamlined breast cancer treatment has stagnated, study finds
10/12/2015
Many women still not getting the radiation that could save their livesAccelerated partial breast irradiation was designed to be a faster, more convenient, and potentially safer way for many women...
Blood clotting protein triggers immune attack on the brain
10/12/2015
Disruption of the blood-brain barrier triggers a cascade of events that results in autoimmunity and brain damage characteristic of multiple sclerosisA new study from the Gladstone Institutes...
Researchers use gut bacteria composition to genetically classify colorectal tumors
10/12/2015
By analyzing the types of gut bacteria present around colorectal tumors, researchers have found a way to predict key genetic mutations in the tumors themselves, a method that could eventually inform...
Moffitt researchers develop novel theoretical approach to reduce antibiotic resistance
10/12/2015
The combination and sequence of antibiotics can promote or hinder the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteriaIt is estimated that each year in the United States 2 million people become...
Always the sun? Other factors might increase the risk of melanoma
10/09/2015
UV is the most prominent risk factor associated with melanoma. About 65% of melanomas worldwide can be attributed to UVR exposure - but what about the other 35%?
Smoking set to kill 1 in 3 Chinese men
10/09/2015
Increasing numbers of young men are smoking in China, and half of them will die unless large numbers decide to quit, according to a new study.