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Study provides complete picture of HPV virus-head and neck cancer connections

Human papillomavirus is widely known to cause nearly all cases of cervical cancer. However, you might not know that HPV also causes 70 percent of oropharyngeal cancer, a subset of head and neck cancers that affect the mouth, tongue, and tonsils.

12 Sep 2018

Drug combination targets pre-leukemia stem cells

Your body's blood cells are manufactured by hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. But just as regular, mature cells can become cancerous, so too can stem cells.

12 Sep 2018

Highly personalized approach may help immune cells to eliminate melanoma

With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically, in some cases to around 50%.

12 Sep 2018

Cellular environment affects type of tumor development

Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Two different forms of primary liver cancer cover the majority of cases: About 10 to 20 percent of those affected develop a bile duct carcinoma within the liver (intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma; ICC), the far higher proportion of liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinomas.

12 Sep 2018

FDA awards grants to enhance development of medical devices for pediatric patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has awarded five grants totaling up to $6 million per year over the next five years to Pediatric Device Consortia across the country that will provide advice and support services to innovators of children's medical devices.

12 Sep 2018

Researchers develop mathematical model for monitoring, controlling spread of melioidosis

An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from Russia has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and controlling the spread of melioidosis in Southeast Asia.

12 Sep 2018

Scientists identify how viral protein promotes fatal disease caused by Nipah and Hendra viruses

Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah and Hendra virus infections, targets a critical function in human cells to suppress immune responses and promote fatal disease.

12 Sep 2018

Using stem cells extracted from baby teeth to regrow dental tissues

Sometimes kids trip and fall, and their teeth take the hit. Nearly half of children suffer some injury to a tooth during childhood. When that trauma affects an immature permanent tooth, it can hinder blood supply and root development, resulting in what is essentially a "dead" tooth.

12 Sep 2018

Microbe researcher Jessica Metcalf wins early-career award

The associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences is fascinated by our relationship with the trillions of invisible, living organisms inhabiting our bodies, and most notably, our guts.

12 Sep 2018

Discovery of unusual biosynthetic pathways could aid in the search for new natural products

Bacteria are master engineers of small, biologically useful molecules. A new study in Nature Communications has revealed one of the tricks of this microbial trade: synthesizing and then later inserting a nitrogen-nitrogen bond, like a prefabricated part, into a larger molecule.

12 Sep 2018

Gene involved in circadian rhythms can be potential target for glioblastoma treatment

Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body's circadian rhythms is a potential target for therapies to help patients with a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma.

11 Sep 2018

Tecan offers insights on automated liquid handling platform usage with connected laboratory automation

Tecan is offering its customers unprecedented insight into how their Fluent and Freedom EVO liquid handing platforms are being used, thanks to its Introspect and Common Notification System software tools.

From Tecan 11 Sep 2018

Improving environmental impact in materials science discovery laboratories

Asynt reports how the Rannard Group at the Materials Innovation Factory, at the University of Liverpool (UK), uses new technologies supplied by the company to help improve the environmental impact and reduce water and electrical consumption within their materials science discovery laboratories.

From Asynt 11 Sep 2018

UTSA researchers develop new model to assist during chemical attacks

It was morning in Khan Sheikhoun, a small rural town in the north of Syria. Residents went about their lives when up above jets crossed the skies. Suddenly, a deadly plume of sarin gas descended upon the people.

11 Sep 2018

Current state of femoral artery access technique

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3,Number 2, 2018, pp. 255-261(7); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0061 Syed Raza Shah and Ki Park from UCF/HCA GME Consortium Internal Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA consider the contemporary role of femoral artery access.

11 Sep 2018

Considerable amounts of cancer-causing chemicals gets absorbed by lungs during vaping

E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular as a smoke-free alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, but the health effects of "vaping" on humans have been debated in the scientific and tobacco manufacturing communities.

11 Sep 2018

Blocking RNA-silencing protein in the liver prevents obesity and diabetes in mice

Obesity and its related ailments like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease pose a major global health burden, but researchers report in Nature Communications that blocking an RNA-silencing protein in the livers of mice keeps the animals from getting fat and diabetic conditions.

11 Sep 2018

New research illuminates another significant culprit of traffic-related air pollution

Everyone knows that cars contribute to air pollution. And when most people consider the source, exhaust is usually what comes to mind.

11 Sep 2018

Researchers unravel how Zika virus manipulates the human immune system

Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have now unraveled how the virus shuts down the genes that make macrophages function as immune cells.

11 Sep 2018

Young blood restores vitality in the elderly

Bram Stoker’s Dracula survived on blood of young maidens. Now researchers have found that there may have been some truth in this bizarre theory!

11 Sep 2018

Laboratory News and Research

Study provides complete picture of HPV virus-head and neck cancer connections

Drug combination targets pre-leukemia stem cells

Highly personalized approach may help immune cells to eliminate melanoma

Cellular environment affects type of tumor development

FDA awards grants to enhance development of medical devices for pediatric patients

Researchers develop mathematical model for monitoring, controlling spread of melioidosis

Scientists identify how viral protein promotes fatal disease caused by Nipah and Hendra viruses

Using stem cells extracted from baby teeth to regrow dental tissues

Microbe researcher Jessica Metcalf wins early-career award

Discovery of unusual biosynthetic pathways could aid in the search for new natural products

Gene involved in circadian rhythms can be potential target for glioblastoma treatment

Tecan offers insights on automated liquid handling platform usage with connected laboratory automation

Improving environmental impact in materials science discovery laboratories

UTSA researchers develop new model to assist during chemical attacks

Current state of femoral artery access technique

Considerable amounts of cancer-causing chemicals gets absorbed by lungs during vaping

Blocking RNA-silencing protein in the liver prevents obesity and diabetes in mice

New research illuminates another significant culprit of traffic-related air pollution

Researchers unravel how Zika virus manipulates the human immune system

Young blood restores vitality in the elderly

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