Oncology & Cancer
Thwarting metastasis by breaking cancer's legs with gold rods
"Your cancer has metastasized. I'm sorry," is something no one wants to hear a doctor say.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug design strategy boosts the odds against resistance development
A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules that target different receptor sites on key cellular proteins could provide a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic ...
Jun 14, 2017
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Neuroscience
How the brain hinders individual muscle control
The key to balance is, in part, the ability to overpower your mind. Your brain possesses what some researchers call "common drive." It wants to activate and relax all muscles in synchrony, including the opposing ones. It's ...
Jun 13, 2017
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Diabetes
New transplant technology could benefit patients with type 1 diabetes
Combining a new hydrogel material with a protein that boosts blood vessel growth could improve the success rate for transplanting insulin-producing islet cells into persons with type 1 diabetes. In an animal model, the technique ...
Jun 5, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Who has better mental health: Public or private college students?
Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for the nation's highest-ranked colleges and universities. Their study looked at five years ...
Jun 1, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Empathy from the sick may be critical to halting disease outbreaks
A little empathy can go a long way toward ending infectious disease outbreaks.
Mar 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals complication predictors in children with Crohn's disease
Researchers have successfully identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (CD) capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major ...
Mar 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Adaptable model recommends response strategies for Zika, other pandemics
The 2016 Zika virus outbreak, along with recent outbreaks of SARS, bird flu, H1N1 and Ebola, underscore the importance of being prepared for and responding quickly to infectious diseases. Zika, in particular, poses unique ...
Feb 17, 2017
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Neuroscience
Buzzing the vagus nerve just right to fight inflammatory disease
Is a treatment only making things better or maybe also making some things a little worse? That can be a nagging question in some medical decisions, where side effects are possible. But researchers at the Georgia Institute ...
Jan 5, 2017
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Cardiology
Researchers create exact 3-D models of patients' heart valves to assist cardiologists
Tens of thousands of patients each year are diagnosed with heart valve disease, with many in need of lifesaving surgery to treat the condition.
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