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QIMR Berghofer researchers have created the most detailed map yet of the chemical signals that control heart function, opening new avenues for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart disease.

An international research team coordinated by the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) has created the most comprehensive single-cell atlas of the human pancreas to date. As part of a Human Cell Atlas project led by ...

Using a photochemically driven labeling technique, a Cornell-led research group has devised a strategy for capturing cancer-specific protein–protein interactions, which could one day lead to targeted therapies for prostate, ...

Blood biomarkers may make it possible to detect changes seen in Alzheimer's disease without advanced brain imaging or cerebrospinal fluid tests. At the same time, much of the research behind today's biomarkers has been conducted ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why people with Darier disease, a rare genetic skin disorder, often develop symptoms years after birth and experience painful flare-ups triggered ...

Stopping statins in adults 75 and older with no history of heart disease or stroke does not increase the risk of death over three years compared with continuing statins, although "bad" cholesterol rose around 50% in those ...

Researchers and physicians at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and other leading cancer centers report an exceptional treatment outcome in an adolescent with an advanced, treatment-resistant kidney tumor. ...

What if one of the keys to a healthier metabolism is understanding how and when the liver communicates with the rest of the body?

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth, offering new insight into why rheumatoid arthritis attacks particular joints while sparing ...

If you see a doctor regularly, chances are you have had a lipid panel ordered and your blood drawn at a lab. The results told your physician your levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, factors that play a role in diagnosing ...

For patients with blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the immunotherapy known as CAR-T cell therapy can be lifesaving. Doctors remove a patient's immune cells, called T cells, engineer them in the lab to better recognize ...

Habitual cannabis users experienced about 9% fewer premature heartbeats on days they inhaled cannabis compared with days they abstained, a counterintuitive finding that adds to the complex and evolving understanding of how ...