American University

Oncology & Cancer

As body mass index increases, so does spread of multiple myeloma

In a new study published in Cancer Letters, American University researchers show how, as body mass index increases, so does the growth and spread of the blood cancer multiple myeloma, which accounts for about 10 percent of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Pilot study shows meditation can help US veterans manage chronic pain

They return to the United States with multiple types of trauma, and suffer from one of the highest rates of chronic pain of any population in the United States. They are U.S. veterans. A major challenge for health care providers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing problem in the United States and the world. New findings by researchers in evolutionary biology and mathematics could help doctors better address the problem in a clinical ...

Medical research

Team constructs model of receptor protein linked to human growth

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the role of a receptor protein derived from a gene that has been linked to human growth. Co-author Stefano Costanzi, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biochemistry ...

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