Trials failed to inform participants about the international transfer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced an immediate review of new clinical trials that involve sending American citizens’ living cells…
Most treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD) only slow disease progression. Early intervention for the neurological disease that worsens over time is therefore critical to optimize care, but that requires early diagnosis. Current…
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientist tests whether potassium channel blockers may hold key to inhibit gene-related seizures Humans have tens of thousands of genes, many of which produce proteins essential…
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While environmental and genetic factors contribute to HCC, increasing evidence points to epigenetic dysregulation…
When tobacco taxes go up, more people quit, especially when the increase is big Researchers from University of California San Diego and UC San Francisco have found that Proposition 56, a major…
Addictive use of social media, video games, or mobile phones—but not total screen time—is associated with worse mental health among preteens, a new study by researchers at Columbia and Cornell universities has…
University of Arizona undergraduate students will soon be able to earn a degree in one of the hottest health care fields in the country thanks to the Arizona Board of Regents’ June…
New research points to deeper connections between cardiovascular health and cancer Cancer and heart disease, two leading causes of death worldwide, may be more connected than we previously thought, according to a…
A research team including a materials scientist at the University of California, Irvine has engineered a yeast platform that converts human urine from wastewater into hydroxyapatite, a high-value, biocompatible substance for use…
Yale School of Medicine researchers find racial disparities in troubling trend Black patients are more likely to experience minor complications after metabolic and bariatric surgery than White patients, according to new study presented…