Tracking cancer cells circulating in the blood using florescent proteins
After cancer spreads, finding and destroying malignant cells that circulate in the body is usually critical to patient survival. More...
View ArticleStudy provides potential target for cutting off growth of colon cancer stem...
A subset of immune cells directly target colon cancers, rather than the immune system, giving the cells the aggressive properties of cancer stem cells. More...
View ArticleCoping With A Life-Long Illness
People living longer and better medical care are just two things adding up to an unexpected result; more people living with chronic diseases. More...
View ArticleGalapagos to hold Annual R&D Update on 17 June 2014 in New York
Galapagos NV provides a date for its annual R&D Update and removes first and third quarter business updates from its financial calendar. More...
View ArticleAmerican Regent Highlights Challenges and Treatment Options for...
American Regent, Inc., a subsidiary of Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , announced today the presentation of new data at Digestive Disease Week 2014 in Chicago, IL, showing the efficacy and safety of...
View ArticleParasitic Worms Wiggle Into Modern Medicine [Q&A]
The editors of Scientific American regularly encounter perspectives on science and technology that we believe our readers would find thought-provoking, fascinating, debatable and challenging. More...
View ArticleRunway show highlights Crohn's, colitis record fundraiser
A handful of men and more than 300 ladies-who-lunch showed up at Knollwood Country Club on Thursday to support the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Michigan Chapter. More...
View ArticleAdding grapes to diet resulted in less activity-related pain in knee...
New research presented at the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California, suggests that regular grape consumption may help alleviate pain associated with symptomatic osteoarthritis of......
View ArticleReduced inflammation seen in diabetic patients on low-carbohydrate diet
A low-carbohydrate diet, but not a low-fat diet, reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research at Linkpping University in Sweden. More...
View ArticleSome immune cells produce steroids
Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid. More...
View ArticleLink found between cell death, inflammatory disease
A recently discovered type of cell death called necroptosis could be the underlying cause of inflammatory disease, researchers have found. More...
View ArticlePhase II data on Roche's etrolizumab published in The Lancet shows high...
Roche has announced that phase II clinical data published in The Lancet shows clinical remission in 43. More...
View ArticleChildren with autism have mitochondrial deficits
Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. More...
View ArticleДоза салофалька при обострении Няк
Доброго времени суток! В период обострения Няка (диагноз-проктосигмодит,рецедивирующее течение легкой степени тяжести,обострение минимальной активности, сегментарное поражение прямой и сигмовидной...
View ArticlePhase II data on Roche's etrolizumab published in The Lancet shows...
Phase II data on Roche's etrolizumab published in The Lancet shows high clinical remission rates in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis Roche has announced that phase II clinical data published in...
View ArticleResearchers discover molecule that could treat allergen-induced asthma
Approximately 60% of asthma cases are triggered by allergies. Researchers have now discovered a molecule that they say could treat symptoms of the condition, such as inflammation. More...
View ArticleSam Faiers shows off her model figure in cut-out bikini on shoot in Dubai
It was only a matter of weeks ago that TOWIE babe Sam Faiers was making us all green with envy, both with her holiday snaps and her smokin' bod, when she went to Dubai with pregnant sister Billie ....
View ArticleLacing up to fight Crohn's and Colitis
Hundreds of people are expected to gather at Bell Park on Sunday, June 8 for the annual Gutsy Walk, to raise funds for research related to Crohn's disease and colitis. More...
View ArticleProviding a pre-treatment snack at school improves uptake of schistosomiasis...
Provision of a snack before mass treatment of schistosomiasis with praziquantel leads to increased uptake of treatment in school-aged children in Uganda, according to a study published in this... More...
View ArticleCarbohydrate-binding proteins fill in gaps in immune defenses
Our bodies produce a family of proteins that recognize and kill bacteria whose carbohydrate coatings resemble those of our own cells too closely, scientists have discovered. More...
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