Scientists discover protein partners that could heal heart muscle
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have made a significant advance in the promising field of cellular reprogramming and organ regeneration, and the discovery…
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A simple new tool allows primary caregivers to detect young kids at high risk of asthma
A team of researchers working with the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has developed a simple new symptom-based screening tool that detects asthma risk in children…
Tofacitinib shows promise in scleroderma patients, researchers optimistic for next phase of study
Systemic sclerosis—or scleroderma that affects the skin and internal organs—is one of the rarest autoimmune diseases, affecting roughly 100,000 people (primarily women) in the United…
New study finds disparities caused by algorithm in health care systems
Patients from historically medically underserved groups, including patients of color and those who are Spanish-speaking, have less cancer family history information available to them than…
Drafting can save minutes of marathoners’ times, make official sub-2 possible
Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge beat his own world record by 30 seconds, crossing the finish line at the Berlin Marathon in 2:01:09 and stepping tantalizingly…
Team develops tools and techniques to explore cancer signals at the subcellular level
This year, about 240,000 people in the U.S. will discover they have lung cancer. Some 200,000 of them will be diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer,…
New study uncovers major cause of deadly heart arrhythmias
Heart attacks scar the heart, leaving patients vulnerable to heart rhythm disorders that can lead to sudden death. While not all who have experienced a…