Health Science
A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Arizona State University has been awarded a four-year contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a novel diagnostic technology called immunosignaturing.
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The WHO has upgraded exhaust fumes from diesel engines from a “probable” carcinogen to a toxin that does cause cancer.
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Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
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A startup company based on technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology is creating an efficient, safe and repeatable delivery method that protects cells from death and migration from the treatment site.
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A team of researchers at Stony Brook University has developed a new, highly efficacious, potentially safer and more cost effective nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent for improved disease diagnosis and detection.
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A modified soft-drink cooler, developed by researchers at MIT’s D-Lab, could make a dent in the disease’s impact
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Over the past several decades, scientists have faced challenges in developing new antibiotics even as bacteria have become increasingly resistant to existing drugs.
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After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals one of the studies was finally and fully published today (May 3, 2012) in the journal Nature
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Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis....
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A new medical isotope project at Los Alamos National Laboratory shows promise for rapidly producing major quantities of a new cancer-treatment agent.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md., design, develop and improve analytical methods for measuring nutritional components in the food supply.
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