Archive: 13/07/2017

Bacterium actively drives colorectal cancer tumor cell growth

A subspecies of the bacterium Streptococcus gallolyticus appears to actively promote the development of colorectal cancer, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

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Study tracks leishmaniasis in dogs, wild animals and sand flies in Brazil

In the past, leishmaniasis—a parasitic infection that can be fatal in humans—has been confined to rural areas of the developing world. More recently, however, epidemics have occurred in urban environments, particularly ...

Jul 13, 2017

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New Republican health bill teeters, with support in doubt

Republican leaders unveiled a retooled health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top legislative priority, but the fresh effort was already on life support as it faced skepticism from within the ...

Jul 13, 2017

New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic

Years of sustained and coordinated efforts will be required to contain and reverse the harmful societal effects of the prescription and illicit opioid epidemics, which are intertwined and getting worse, says a new report ...

Jul 13, 2017

BASF introduces first new class of public health insecticide for malaria prevention in more than 30 years

BASF has received a recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for Interceptor(R) G2, a long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net (LN) based on chlorfenapyr. Chlorfenapyr is a completely new insecticide class ...

Jul 13, 2017

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Newly discovered elovanoids called a 'transformative new concept of biology'

Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans, has discovered a new class of mediators, or biochemical triggers that he named elovanoids ...

Jul 13, 2017

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Ga-ga, goo-goo, why a baby likes you

By the age of one, infants already prefer speakers of their native tongue, but do not necessarily view speakers of an unfamiliar language negatively, according to new UBC research. The findings suggest that, while positivity ...

Jul 13, 2017

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Zika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects

Immunizing female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects during pregnancy, according to new research from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The findings ...

Jul 13, 2017

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Babies with hearing loss need early intervention, but only half get it

Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6 months develop a far greater vocabulary than those whose diagnosis and treatment come later, according to a CU Boulder study published ...

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Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs

A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated, with a manageable toxicity profile for most patients. This is the conclusion ...

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Archive: 13/07/2017

Bacterium actively drives colorectal cancer tumor cell growth

Study tracks leishmaniasis in dogs, wild animals and sand flies in Brazil

New Republican health bill teeters, with support in doubt

New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic

BASF introduces first new class of public health insecticide for malaria prevention in more than 30 years

Newly discovered elovanoids called a 'transformative new concept of biology'

Ga-ga, goo-goo, why a baby likes you

Zika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects

Babies with hearing loss need early intervention, but only half get it

Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs

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