New Findings on Marijuana Use Among Young Men
A new Yale School of Public Health study reveals that the social fabrics of their neighborhoods, including friendships and ideas about masculinity, have a powerful…
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FDA-Approved Compound Prevents Breast Cancer Cells From Spreading
Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer once it…
Scientists Debunk Common Vitamin D Myths
You may have heard every vitamin D myth under the sun—so many, in fact, that you might be at the point of throwing your hands…
Artificial Intelligence Dramatically Improves Medical Imaging Quality
A radiologist’s ability to make accurate diagnoses from high-quality diagnostic imaging studies directly impacts patient outcome. However, acquiring sufficient data to generate the best quality…
New Research Reveals How to Lessen the Effects of Brain Injury in Stroke
New research shows how the novel drug QNZ-46 can help to lessen the effects of excess release of glutamate in the brain – the main…
Scientists Move Closer To Finding Sepsis Treatment
Sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs when the body’s response to infection damages its own tissues and organs, leading to organ failure. It kills millions each…
MIT Biological Engineers Solve An Arthritis Drug Mystery
Pharmaceutical companies once considered a protein called p38 a very attractive target for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis patients usually have elevated activity of this inflammation-producing…
Study Shows Thirdhand Smoke Increases Lung Cancer Risk
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identified thirdhand smoke, the toxic residues that linger on indoor surfaces and in…
Anti-Bacterial Virus Discovered in a Lake Successfully Treats Antibiotic-Resistant Infection
An anti-bacterial virus found in a Connecticut lake successfully treated an 80-year-old doctor with a life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection in his heart, a Yale team of…
Bioengineers Develop Hybrid Hydrogel System to Help Heal Bones
A team of UConn Health researchers has designed a novel, hybrid hydrogel system to help address some of the challenges in repairing bone in the…
New Vaccines Eradicate Large Tumors and Tumor Metastases
As cancer cells continuously mutate their DNA, they also produce proteins that are altered from their normal counterparts by small changes in their peptide sequences….
Researchers Develop New Approach to Personalized Cancer Treatment
Researchers have developed a same-day, noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET)-based imaging approach to assess PD-L1 positive tumors, and the study is presented in the featured…
New MIT Study Reveals Why Polymer Stents Failed
Many patients with heart disease have a metal stent implanted to keep their coronary artery open and prevent blood clotting that can lead to heart…
New Production Process Could Help Eradicate Malaria Related Deaths
The most important active ingredient against malaria can now be produced in a considerably more efficient and environmentally friendly way. Researchers at the Max Planck…
Yale Study Links Air Pollutants to Abnormal Fetal Growth in China
A new study from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) reveals that Chinese mothers who were exposed to a high level of certain air…
Clinical Studies Show Glo Vapor Has 90-95% Less Toxicants Than Smoke
A clinical study conducted by scientists at British American Tobacco have revealed that when smokers switch completely from cigarettes to glo, their exposure to certain…
New Breakthrough Allows Biologists to Grow and Test the Dormant Form of Malaria
One of the biggest obstacles to eradicating malaria is a dormant form of the parasite that lurks in the livers of some patients. This dormant…
New Insight on RNA Molecule miR-33 & Its Role in Heart Disease, Obesity
A tiny RNA molecule plays a big role in the development of two diseases affecting billions of people worldwide: heart disease and obesity. Yale researchers…