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Heavier patients require less blood transfusions in hip, knee replacement surgery
10/01/2015
Blood transfusion rates in hip and knee replacement surgery were dramatically lower in overweight or obese patients than patients of normal weight, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in...
What is the cost of lung cancer in Germany?
10/01/2015
With more than 50,000 newly diagnosed cases each year, lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Germany.
Breakthrough in understanding sugar uptake
10/01/2015
Researchers from Stockholm University, in international collaboration with UK and Japan, has reached a breakthrough in understanding how fructose is transported into our cells.
New portable device counts leukocytes through the skin
10/01/2015
A novel way to count white blood cells without a blood test, simply by applying a small device on the fingertip, is being developed by a team of young bioengineers.
Lung cancer screening programs do not increase rates of unnecessary surgeries
10/01/2015
Lung cancer screening programs that utilize standardized reporting and include cardiothoracic surgeons as part of a multidisciplinary team can successfully be adopted into clinical practice without...
Doctors often overtreat with radiation in late-stage lung cancer
10/01/2015
Almost half of patients with advanced lung cancer receive more than the recommended number of radiation treatments to reduce their pain, according to a new study published in the Journal of the...
Investigational KW-0761 efficiently depletes immune system-suppressing Treg cells
10/01/2015
In a phase Ia clinical trial, immune cells called Tregs, which can inhibit anticancer immune responses, were efficiently eliminated from the blood of patients with lung or esophageal cancer by...
Major study finds 5 new genetic variants linked to brain cancer
10/01/2015
The biggest ever study of DNA from people with glioma - the most common form of brain cancer - has discovered five new genetic variants associated with the disease.
Scientists refine model to predict dangerous errors in cell division
10/01/2015
Insight could be useful in understanding cancerA team of Virginia Tech researchers has refined a mathematical model that simulates the impact of genetic mutations on cell division -- a step that...
Scientists create world's largest catalog of human genomic variation
10/01/2015
An international team of scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans, providing researchers with powerful clues to...