Anti-typhoid gene found, may improve vaccines
Scientists said Monday they had found a variant of a gene that confers a near five-fold protection against typhoid fever, which kills millions of people each year.
Nov 10, 2014
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Interstitial lung disease is a significant risk factor for lung inflammation
Interstitial lung disease is a significant risk factor for lung inflammation following stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung cancer.
Nov 10, 2014
In Ebola-hit Sierra Leone, places of worship the only places to gather
With Ebola rampaging through Sierra Leone, most ordinary outings are off limits—for fear of contracting the virus that has killed more than 1,000 of their compatriots, people cannot go to school or the movies, a football ...
Nov 10, 2014
US opens new Ebola treatment unit in Liberia
The United States Monday opened the first of 17 Ebola treatment units it is building in Liberia.
Nov 10, 2014
Victor Ambros receives 2015 Breakthrough Prize for co-discovery of microRNAs
Victor R. Ambros, PhD, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been awarded a 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his co-discovery of a new world of genetic regulation ...
Nov 10, 2014
Classification of gene mutations in a children's cancer may point to improved treatments
Oncology researchers studying gene mutations in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are refining their diagnostic tools to predict which patients are more likely to respond to drugs called ALK inhibitors that target such mutations. ...
Nov 10, 2014
Researchers find new target for kidney cancer therapy
Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) researchers have discovered that a membrane channel, Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3, or TRPM3, promotes growth of kidney cancer tumors, and targeting this channel therapeutically ...
Nov 10, 2014
