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Clinical Trials: A clinical trial involves research participants. It follows a pre-defined plan or protocol to evaluate the effects of a medical or behavioral intervention on health outcomes. Clinical trials are done to determine whether new drugs or treatments are safe and effective. By taking part in clinical trials, participants not only play a more active role in their own health care, but they also can access experimental treatments and help others by contributing to medical research.
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AUG 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 13, 2016Health & Medicine
Elyn Saks is an associate dean and professor of law, psychology, and behavioral sciences at the USC Gould School of Law. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 13, 2016Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co ...AUG 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually ...AUG 10, 2016Immunology
A cancer treatment from the 1990s may not be commonly used now, but a new study from Monash University shows that it cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli ...AUG 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
"We set out on a mission to show if you treat patients with the doses that were used in the clinical trials, they w ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 09, 2016Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A ...AUG 06, 2016Videos
Harvard Medical School recently hosted the first annual cannabis conference, where they awarded Rafael Mechoulam a lifet ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...AUG 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r ...AUG 01, 2016Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Substance P, a natural substance produced in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, is known to activ ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 28, 2016Videos
A study of almost 1700 patients who had bowel cancer shows that those who had diets higher in Omega 3 fatty acids (commo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2016Cancer
Colon cancer is the third most common non-skin cancer type in the U.S. Now researchers say they have gained a huge advan ...JUL 22, 2016Videos
As of 2016, more than 39,000 active clinical trials are registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, a US national registry of clin ...JUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 22, 2016Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve ...JUL 21, 2016Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, and specifically research, the greatest need is arguably in the area of brain tumors. One ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2016Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern ...JUL 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
People suffering from essential tremors now have a new treatment option that promises to be less invasive and more effec ...JUL 09, 2016Cancer
Cancer of the esophagus makes up about 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States. Despite the low prevalen ...
AUG 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
Elyn Saks is an associate dean and professor of law, psychology, and behavioral sciences at the USC Gould School of Law.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co
...
AUG 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually
...
AUG 10, 2016
Immunology
A cancer treatment from the 1990s may not be commonly used now, but a new study from Monash University shows that it cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli
...
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
"We set out on a mission to show if you treat patients with the doses that were used in the clinical trials, they w
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 09, 2016
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A
...
AUG 06, 2016
Videos
Harvard Medical School recently hosted the first annual cannabis conference, where they awarded Rafael Mechoulam a lifet
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
AUG 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r
...
AUG 01, 2016
Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Substance P, a natural substance produced in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, is known to activ
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 28, 2016
Videos
A study of almost 1700 patients who had bowel cancer shows that those who had diets higher in Omega 3 fatty acids (commo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2016
Cancer
Colon cancer is the third most common non-skin cancer type in the U.S. Now researchers say they have gained a huge advan
...
JUL 22, 2016
Videos
As of 2016, more than 39,000 active clinical trials are registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, a US national registry of clin
...
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 22, 2016
Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve
...
JUL 21, 2016
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, and specifically research, the greatest need is arguably in the area of brain tumors. One
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2016
Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern
...
JUL 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
People suffering from essential tremors now have a new treatment option that promises to be less invasive and more effec
...
JUL 09, 2016
Cancer
Cancer of the esophagus makes up about 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States. Despite the low prevalen
...