Archive: 18/06/2015
Best practices highlighted to prevent infections during healthcare laundry process
Proper laundering and handling are important in achieving and maintaining the hygienically-clean quality of healthcare fabrics and textiles delivered to the point of care, according to a new review that highlights evidence-based ...
Jun 18, 2015
Team uses stem cell exosomes to induce damaged mouse hearts to self-repair
A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered that all cells secrete tiny communications modules jammed with an entire work crew of messages for other cells. Today, a team of researchers, led by stem cell researcher ...
Jun 18, 2015
Abdominal blood clots may indicate undiagnosed cancer
New research published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), concludes that a blood clot in an abdominal vein may be an indicator of undiagnosed cancer. The study also suggests that ...
Jun 18, 2015
Massively parallel gene function assays aim to reduce uncertainty of genetic diagnoses
Patients seeking certainty in genetic tests often receive a perplexing result. Many learn they carry a 'variant of unknown significance' of a disease-linked gene. Such variants might—or equally might not—increase disease ...
Jun 18, 2015
Study finds significant drop in new prostate cancer diagnoses
A new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators found new diagnoses of prostate cancer in the U.S. declined 28 percent in the year following the draft recommendation from the United States Preventive ...
Jun 18, 2015