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Computational tool translates complex data into simplified 2-dimensional images

In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual ...

Medical research created May 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover biological diversity in triple-negative breast cancer

Triple-negative breast cancers are more biologically diverse than previously believed and classification should be expanded to reflect this heterogeneity, according to University of North Carolina researchers.

Cancer created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Virtual heart sheds new light on heart defect

(Medical Xpress)—A virtual heart, developed at The University of Manchester, is revealing new information about one of the world's most common heart conditions.

Cardiology created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer recurrence defined by hormone receptor status

Human epidermal growth factor (HER2) positive breast cancers are often treated with the same therapy regardless of hormone receptor status. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research shows ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Apixaban superior to warfarin for preventing stroke, reducing bleeding and saving lives

A large-scale trial finds that apixaban, a new anticoagulant drug, is superior to the standard drug warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Moreover, apixaban results in ...

Medical research created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tiny, implantable coil promises hope for emphysema patients

A small, easily implantable device called the Lung Volume Reduction Coil (LVRC) may play a key role in the treatment of two types of emphysema, according to a study conducted in Europe. Results of the study indicate the beneficial ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer heterogeneity no barrier to predictive testing, study shows

Breast cancers contain many different cell types with different patterns of gene expression, but a new study provides reassurance that this variability should not be a barrier to using gene expression tests to help tailor ...

Cancer created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify critical metabolic alterations in triple-negative breast cancer cells

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer—one of the least understood groups of breast cancer. These molecules, called ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Albumin improves bacterial peritonitis outcomes

(HealthDay)—For patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), albumin infusion is associated with reduced renal impairment and decreased mortality, according to research published in the February ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New computational pipeline analyzes tumor images, may help predict response to cancer therapy

(Medical Xpress)—How's this for big data: A whole-slide image of a tumor section can be ten billion pixels. There can be thousands of such images in the tumor cohorts maintained by The Cancer Genome Atlas ...

Cancer created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effect of obesity gene variant influenced by age

(HealthDay)—A genetic variant associated with obesity risk (FTO) has a greater effect on body mass index (BMI) in young adults than older adults, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in Diabetes.

Diabetes created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supplementation of formula with LCPUFAs ups infant visual acuity

(HealthDay)—For infants, supplementation of formula with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) correlates with improved visual acuity in the first year of life, according to research published ...

Pediatrics created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Identification of mutations common to half of all liver cancers provides leads for new therapeutics

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-associated deaths. Yet even for such a frequent and deadly disease, the pathogenesis of this cancer remains obscure. ...

Cancer created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent findings hold new implications for the pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy

An important breakthrough could help in the fight against myotonic dystrophy. The discovery, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell, results from an international collaboration between researchers at the ...

Medical research created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prevalence of TB, hepatitis C, HIV high among homeless

(HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0