U-M launches emergency study of severe seizures
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What's the best way to treat someone who's stuck in a prolonged, dangerous seizure? Although emergency ...
Month: February 2018
Protein once thought exclusive to neurons helps some cancers grow, spread, defy death
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 20, 2017 – How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast ...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
Credit: Stadtarchäologie Augsburg At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in ...
Efforts needed to stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Acinetobacter baumannii is the cause of difficult-to-treat infections in healthcare settings in ...
Researchers develop breakthrough technique to combat cancer drug…
Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs – ...
Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again — just by thinking
Credit: Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center CLEVELAND–Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and ...
Tracking down the jumping genes of maize
Credit: Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra/UC Davis The "jumping genes" of maize have finally been mapped by an international team led by researchers ...
Making lasers cool again
Credit: Lehigh University Once the preferred weapon of B-movie madmen and space-fiction heroes alike, the laser — a device that ...
Obesity, other risks play large role in sudden cardiac arrest among the young
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 12, 2018) — Obesity and other common cardiovascular risk factors may play a greater role ...
Sheldon Cohen named American Psychosomatic Society’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Today, we take it for granted that stress and disease are linked and that psychological stress, ...
The ‘Star dust’ wasp is a new extinct species named after David Bowie’s alter ego
Credit: Dr. Elijah J. Talamas During her study on fossil insects of the order Hymenoptera at China's Capitol Normal University, ...
Recordings spout secrets behind blue whale behavior
Credit: Ana Širovi?, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the ...
Researchers raise a 170-million-year question over mysterious moss gene
Credit: Bezanilla et al. (2018) from the Journal of Cell Biology HANOVER, N.H. – February 12, 2018 – Researchers have ...
X-ray footprinting solves mystery of metal-breathing protein
Credit: Berkeley Lab Scientists have discovered the details of an unconventional coupling between a bacterial protein and a mineral that ...
UTA researcher working to correlate blast trauma to neuronal damage in the brain
Credit: UT Arlington Efficient communication between neurons in the brain is the key to achieving cognitive function. A University of ...
Is a pear — or apple-shape physique best for our brains?
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer at Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2018) – With the new year still ringing, ...
Toward a ‘smart’ patch that automatically delivers insulin when needed
Credit: American Chemical Society Treatment for certain diabetes cases involves constant monitoring of blood-glucose levels and daily insulin shots. But ...
Serving teens with special diets: A tricky Thanksgiving recipe
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Planning a holiday meal can be hectic, ...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation awarded major American Heart…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a three-year award ...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical ...
