In a poster presentation at ASCO 2018, authors shared data from a recent study which suggest that testing and modulating the composition of the gut microbiome can have…
In the largest prospective study of angiogenesis in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients to date, an Italian study yielded data that suggests sorafenib had no meaningful impact…
Nearly 1,400 Texans died from opioid-related overdoses in 2016. It’s a growing problem across the state and country, and in response emergency physicians at Baylor University Medical Center…
Dani Baird and her family members carry a mutated Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) gene, one of thirteen genes suspected of causing motor neuron diseases (MNDs). According to the National…
Scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a small laboratory-in-a-box capable of housing and feeding a colony of C. elegans nematodes (roundworms) and testing the…
With the aid of single-cell sequencing technology, researchers at Harvard Medical School have mapped the beginnings of the biological development of both zebrafish and frogs from a single-cell…
Different types of movement disorders are difficult to distinguish due to many patients experiencing similar symptoms. Stephen Stahl, MD, discusses the differences between movement disorders, how they might…