Health Science
Cellphone records could be a valuable tool for controlling and eliminating malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher.
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Researchers have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme.
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A current focus in global health research is to make medical tests that are not just cheap, but virtually free. One such strategy starts with paper.
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A University of Adelaide researcher has published results that suggest a possible new mechanism to control multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Novel, biocompatible nanoparticles glow through more than 3 centimeters of biological tissue, demonstrating the promise of nanotechnology in biomedical imaging.
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Camptothecin analog FL118 shown to inhibit production of key cancer survival genes.
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Shoppers—particularly women—who take the time to read food labels are thinner than those who don’t, a new study has found.
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Chemists led by Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a rapid, sensitive way to detect microscopic levels of many different metastatic cell types in living tissue.
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A team of engineers and students at the University of Rhode Island has developed an advanced blood-testing technology that incorporates a smartphone application, a hand-held biosensor and a credit card-sized cartridge...
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Each time Sharon DeWitte takes a 3-foot by 1-foot archival box off the shelf at the Museum of London she hopes it will be heavy....
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Mass spectrometry protein assays that match sensitivity and accuracy of antibody-based clinical tests might speed drug discovery, basic biology research.
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With nearly 55 million students, teachers and school staff about to return to elementary and secondary school classrooms, scientists recently described a new hand-held sensor that could keep classroom air fresher and kids more alert for learning.
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