Super Computer Assists in Search For Better Cancer Treatments
Researchers are turning to supercomputers in the quest to discover new treatments and targets for cancers.... Read More...
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Scientists Build a Better Cancer Drug to Pass Through Blood-Brain Barrier
By altering DON, an anti-cancer drug cultivated from bacteria originally found in Peruvian soil over 70 years ago, scientists believe they have made a safer and more tolerable form of the drug.... Read More...
Computational Tools Could Change the Way Sleep Apnea is Treated
Researchers are developing a 3D model of a human airway which could lead to new tools for the treatment of sleep apnea.... Read More...
Mood of Patient Can Impact Outcome of Medical Procedures
Researchers report the mood of a patient prior to treatment can have a significant impact on the outcome of their procedure.... Read More...
History Is Made with First Small LVAD Implant for Young Patient
A patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is only one of three people in the US to receive a LVAD to keep his weakened heart pumping blood around his body.... Read More...
Significant Progress Toward Creating “Benchtop Human” Reported
Researchers move a step closer to creating a bench-top human which could eventually replace animal testing.... Read More...
Mysterious Polio Like Illness Found in Between 20 to 25 California Children
Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a group of five California based children over a one year period.... Read More...
Head First: Reshaping How Traumatic Brain Injury Is Treated
A new study aims to help identify how to match personalized medicine to achieve the best outcomes for recovering in TBI patients.... Read More...
Brain Structure Shows Who is Most Sensitive to Pain
A new neuroimaging study finds the brain's structure is related to how intensely people perceive pain.... Read More...
Multi-Institutional Team Finds Targetable Mutation in Rare Brain Tumor
A genetic mutation associated with a number of cancers could also be responsible for papillary craniopharyngioma, a rare but debilitating brain tumor, a new study reports.... Read More...
Scientists Develop Promising Drug Candidates for Pain, Addiction
Researchers describe a pair of drug candidates which advance the search for new treatments for addiction, pain and other disorders. ... Read More...
Scientists Uncover New Target for Brain Cancer Treatment
Researchers demonstrate melanoma differentiation associated gene, mda-9/syntenin is a driving force behind the aggressive and invasive nature of glioblastoma brain cancer.... Read More...