Medical Wellness

Stimulation of brain hormone action may improve pneumonia survival

Antibiotics are effective at killing pneumococcus – the cause of about 50 percent of pneumonias – but as it dies the bacterium releases potentially lethal…

Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients

Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more…

Body clock receptor linked to diabetes in new genetic study

The findings should help scientists to more accurately assess personal diabetes risk and could lead to the development of personalised treatments.Previous…

Scripps Research Scientists Illuminate Cancer Cells’ Survival Strategy During Dangerous Dissemination

A cell that breaks away from the primary tumor and finds itself in the alien environment of the bloodstream or a new organ, normally is destroyed by a process…

URMC Finds Leukemia Cells Are “Bad to the Bone”

The research, led by graduate student Benjamin J. Frisch in the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center laboratory of corresponding author Laura M. Calvi, M.D., is…

Cambridge Team First to Grow Smooth Muscle Cells from Patient Skin Cells

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world**. These deaths are mainly caused by the hardening and subsequent blockage of blood vessels…

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