News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 2, 2015
Polybia paulista
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São Paulo State University
The wasp Polybia paulista protects itself from predators by producing venom kno...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 2, 2015
LONDON—Extending dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond the recommended 12 months after coronary stenting “should be considered” in patients with a d...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 1, 2015
Researchers believe they have discovered how therapy targeting CD47 harnesses the immune system to fight lymphoma and other cancers.
Conducting exp...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 1, 2015
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LONDON—Immune cells may represent an important therapeutic target for preventing stent thrombosis, according to investiga...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 1, 2015
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LONDON—Fatal bleeding is rare with extended dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), according to research presented at the ESC Congres...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: September 1, 2015
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LONDON—A score used to predict the risk of thromboembolic events, ischemic stroke, and death is only modestly accurate in ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 31, 2015
The study, which included more than 86,000 subjects, showed that watching an average of 5 or more hours of TV per day was associated with more than tw...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 31, 2015
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and Bristol-Myers Squibb
LONDON—An educational program designed to improve adherence to the anticoagulant apixaban proved...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 30, 2015
receiving chemotherapy
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Results of a new survey suggest many adults in the UK may be uninformed about cancer treatment options,...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 29, 2015
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University of North Carolina
Researchers say they have uncovered a viral protein that inhibits cGAS, the principal cytosolic...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 28, 2015
and Charles Mullighan
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 28, 2015
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A study conducted in Nigeria has shown that health providers continue to prescribe malaria medicines inappropriately, even ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 28, 2015
Preclinical research has revealed nutrients that support the activity of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) stem cells and suggests these nutrients ma...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 28, 2015
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Researchers say they have discovered critical details that explain how a cellular response system tells the difference between ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 27, 2015
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Simultaneous administration of lenalidomide and ruxolitinib is not feasible in patients with myelofibrosis (MF), accordin...
