LDL levels below 70 were tied to an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
Structure of brain networks is not fixed
The shape and connectivity of brain networks — discrete areas of the brain that work together to perform complex cognitive…
Effective drug combination against uveal melanoma
Researchers have identified a new drug combination that is effective against metastatic uveal melanoma cells in preclinical studies.
On the way to nanotheranostics: Diagnosing and treating diseases simultaneously
Nanotheranostics is a cutting-edge field of medicine that uses nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases. Chemical engineers have now…
Psychiatric diagnosis ‘scientifically meaningless’
A new study has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders.
Immunotherapy could work against bowel cancers resistant to important targeted treatment
Patients with bowel cancer who have stopped responding to a widely used targeted drug could benefit from immunotherapy, a major…
Knowing BRCA status associated with better breast cancer outcomes even without surgery
Women who knew their BRCA+ status were diagnosed with earlier stage breast cancer, needed less chemotherapy, less extensive surgery, and…
Evolutionary coupling analysis identifies the impact of disease-associated variants
Predicting the impact of DNA sequence variants is important for sorting disease-associated variants (DVs) from neutral variants. Researchers report the…
Medical News Today: Is there a link between back pain and incontinence?
Back pain and incontinence can occur at the same time due to a single underlying condition, such as cauda equina…
Gene-editing enzymes in action
For the first time, scientists have captured high-resolution, three-dimensional images of an enzyme in the process of precisely cutting DNA…