Despite months of aggressive treatment involving surgery and chemotherapy, about 85 percent of women with high-grade wide-spread ovarian cancer will have a recurrence of their disease. This leads
Sometimes, the body’s otherwise intelligent immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy tissue by responding to infections that do not exist. This causes chronic inflammation and leads to
Stiff microbial films often coat medical devices, household items and infrastructure such as the inside of water supply pipes, and can lead to dangerous infections. Researchers have developed
A table in a recently published paper tells the story of 30 families who have, sometimes after years of searching, finally received an answer about the condition that
Ever since the decoding of the human genome in 2003, genetic research has been focused heavily on understanding genes so that they could be read like tea leaves
Could doctors at fertility clinics be giving men bad advice? Dr. Da Li and Dr. XiuXia Wang, who are clinician-researchers at the Center for Reproductive Medicine of Shengjing
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated with a perplexing form of acute leukemia. The landmark study appears today as an
Most HIV patients need to take daily anti-retroviral therapy — if they suspend treatment, HIV will rebound within 3-4 weeks. But clinical trials have revealed that a small
New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of
VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein involved in milk production that stimulates the growth and spread of breast cancer and could ultimately serve as a
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