Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs ...
Month: February 2018
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a ...
3-D footage of nematode brains links neurons with motion and behavior
Princeton University researchers have captured among the first recordings of neural activity in nearly the entire brain of a free-moving ...
Study finds testosterone supplementation reduces heart attack risk in…
A new multi-year study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City shows that testosterone therapy helped ...
New book on The Cytoskeleton from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: The specimen was prepared and imaged by Rosmarie Suetterlin and Cora-Ann Schoenenberger at the Maurice E. Muller Institute for ...
Vanderbilt clinical trial to assess treatments for rotator cuff tears
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nitin Jain, M.D., MSPH, associate professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics, has been ...
Model helps identify drugs to treat cat eye infections
It's a problem veterinarians see all the time, but there are few treatments. Feline herpes virus 1 (FHV-1) is a ...
Andalusian scientists reconstruct what the Gibraltar Arc was like 9 million years ago
Credit: NASA A team of Andalusian scientists, led by the University of Granada (UGR), has been able to reconstruct for ...
Are transgender individuals fit to serve in the military?
New Rochelle, NY, February 16, 2016–A new study shows that transgender active-duty U.S. military personnel report few lifetime mental and ...
Interactions between simple molecular mechanisms give rise to complex…
Credit: IST Austria/Maroš Pleška When we think of bacteria, images of nasty infections like pneumonia, meningitis or food poisoning come ...
Medical imaging innovator Christine Hendon wins Presidential honor
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Christine Hendon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won the Presidential Early Career ...
Surgical eye robot performs precision-injection in patient with retinal vein occlusion
Credit: KU Leuven Surgeons of University Hospitals Leuven have been the first to operate on a patient with retinal vein ...
Study reverses thinking on genetic links to stress, depression
Credit: Washington University BioMed Radio New research findings often garner great attention. But when other scientists follow up and fail ...
ASK the enzyme: New potential targets for cancer
Credit: Atsushi Matsuzawa New understandings of how molecules affect the activity of an enzyme could lead to potential targets for ...
Researchers use mouse model to study craniofacial disorders
KANSAS CITY, MO — Researchers from the laboratory of Paul Trainor, Ph.D., at the Stowers Institute of Medical Research have ...
The bacterial community on the International Space Station resembles homes
Credit: This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. Microbiologists ...
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school. ...
Enhancing neuronal activity promotes axon regeneration in adult
IMAGE: Enhancing neuronal firing activity by melanopsin overexpression in the retina promotes axon regeneration after the optic nerve injury comparing ...
DNA sequencing tools lack robust protections against cybersecurity risks
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Rapid improvement in DNA sequencing has sparked a proliferation of medical and genetic tests that ...
Moth larvae testing firm wins grant
Credit: University of Exeter A company which provides moth larvae for use in scientific testing — reducing the need for ...
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