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The researchers identified a group of centyrins that blocked the action of five toxins generated by Staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria that causes Staph infections.
Don Patterson, Westmont professor of computer science, and a team of scientists in Southern California are working to detect cerebral palsy (CP) in preterm babies.
A study published in Clinical Chemistry earlier this month has linked sperm with more DNA damage to repeated miscarriages. Recurring miscarriages, defined as three or more consecutive miscarriages before 20 weeks of pregnancy, occur in 1-2 percent of couples.
The effects of linoleic acid on the human body are largely dependent on genes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid.
Patients could benefit from improved care and outcomes thanks to new research guidance developed as part of a University of Stirling-led study.
The rate of incidence of infection by Naegleria fowleri in the U.S. is very, very low. But there’s something about picking up an incurable, brain-eating amoeba by swimming in freshwater lakes and rivers that understandably freaks people out.
Complication rates and costs of invasive lung cancer diagnostic tests may be higher than anticipated
Study underscores importance of sharing risks with patients considering lung cancer screening
The University of New Hampshire has risen to the top echelon of research universities in the country as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and is now among the 130 doctoral-granting universities in the “very high research activity,” or R1, category
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
The Right to Try Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump last spring, may be seeing its first fruits. A California brain cancer patient who did not qualify for participation in a clinical trial will get the chance to see if an experimental glioblastoma treatment will save his life.
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