CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time
Credit: PLOS ONE MADISON - New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions ...
Month: May 2018
Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic ...
Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed ...
UIC researchers create heart cells to study AFib
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way turn pluripotent stem cells into atrial cells, ...
Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better ...
Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey, ...
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to ...
Environmental quality research questions identified for Latin American region
Credit: Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 3, 2018) - Using an innovative initiative, Latin American researchers from academia, government agencies ...
New study sheds light (and some shade) on anole diversification
Credit: Manueal Leal, MU Division of Biological Sciences The islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica -- collectively known ...
Study: Maternal placenta consumption causes no harm to newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies ...
Untangling DNA knots
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to ...
Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men
CHICAGO --- Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not ...
Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure
Credit: Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions ...
Study: Transgender people who are denied mental health care at higher risk of self-harm
A study co-authored by Dr. Michael A. Lindsey, Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research at ...
Cognitive remediation can be implemented in large systems of psychiatric care
New York, NY (May 3, 2018)--Cognitive remediation, an evidence-based, recovery-oriented behavioral intervention for patients with mental illness, can feasibly be ...
Optimizing personalized treatment strategies for stroke patients
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is hosting a new EU collaborative project. Funded via the European 'Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for ...
Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgery
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first ...
Pediatric Academic Societies 2018 Meeting features cutting-edge research in pediatrics
TORONTO, May 2, 2018 -Pediatricians, research scientists, health care providers and policy makers from around the world will convene in ...
Researchers defy biology: Mice remain slim on burger diet
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to developing obesity. The body is naturally geared to assimilate energy ...
PET imaging agent could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Seoul National University and Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea RESTON, VA -- A novel PET tracer developed by ...
