'Remarkable global progress': HIV cases and deaths declining
The number of new HIV infections and deaths has fallen across the world, marking significant progress in the fight against ...
Experiments detail how cancer cells fend off starvation and death from chemotherapy
Laboratory experiments with cancer cells have revealed two ways in which tumors evade drugs designed to starve and kill them.
Evolutionary medicine could offer new therapeutic approaches to chronic IBD
New experimental studies by numerous research groups, including the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) in ...
Cells use backup mechanism to recognize potential invaders when usual RNA editing process fails, study finds
Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system.
Research highlights role of collaborative networks in solving complex health issues like suicide
As public health challenges like suicide and rising chronic illness rates continue to strain health care systems, new ...
Supreme Court won't hear Big Tobacco's challenge to cigarette warning labels
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a major tobacco company's challenge to a federal law that would mandate ...
Adding temozolomide to radiation therapy improves survival in adult patients with slow-growing brain tumor, trial finds
Both radiation and temozolomide, a generic chemotherapy treatment in pill form, have meaningful single-modality anti-tumor ...
When disaster strikes, new toolkit puts power in hands of the most vulnerable
Revealing research has found many people living with a disability feel unsupported and unprepared to face a crisis—but vital ...
Adolescents with self-harming behavior found to react more strongly to images of self-harm on social media
A recent study by the Medical University of Vienna shows that adolescents with a history of non-suicidal self-injurious ...
Innovative approach maps gene activity in the living human brain
A new method to profile gene activity in the living human brain has been developed by researchers at FutureNeuro, the ...
Researchers use fitness tracker data and machine learning to detect bipolar disorder mood swings
Study indicates that a fitness tracker can detect mood episodes in bipolar disorder to help drive treatment ...
A robust tool for complex time-to-event data analysis in the context of myeloproliferative neoplasms
A new thesis from Karolinska Institutet shows the effectiveness of flexible parametric survival models in modeling multiple ...