For first time in 40 years, cure for acute leukemia within reach
Credit: Waleed Minzel/Hebrew University. Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most aggressive cancers. While other cancers have benefitted from ...
Month: August 2018
Insilico to present the latest advances at Global Precision Medicine & Biomarkers Leaders Summit
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Friday, August 24th, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application ...
New insights on sperm production lay groundwork for solving male infertility
Nearly one in eight couples in the U.S. face infertility, and about half of those cases can be attributed to ...
A molecular pit crew responsible for refuelling in signaling cells
Credit: Online During IndyCar races, pit stop crews will often refuel a car, replace wheels and complete minor repairs on ...
Tree species richness in Amazonian wetlands is three times greater than expected
Credit: Bruno Garcia Luize/ IB-UNESP Throughout the alluvial plains of Amazonia, there are immense forests that are flooded for almost ...
The youngest smoke more
Credit: Eivind Senneset "Since 1970, campaigns against smoking seem to have been largely successful, but the message has not been ...
Kelp forests function differently in warmer oceans
Credit: Albert Pessarrodona The dynamics of kelp forests in the North-East Atlantic will experience a marked change as ocean warming ...
An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn
Credit: EPFL 2018 Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without ...
New online tool for clinicians could predict long-term risk of breast cancer returning
A new, simple web-based calculator that could better predict the long term risk of breast cancer returning in other areas ...
How low is too low? Study highlights serious risks for intensive blood pressure control
Kaiser Permanente research published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found if patients with hypertension taking prescribed medications ...
Protecting your health data — healthcare leaders share their experience with cybersecurity strategy
August 24, 2018- Like other data-driven organizations, healthcare networks are vulnerable to potentially crippling cyberattacks - but may lag behind ...
Nanotubes change the shape of water
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the ...
Illinois researchers develop method to cancel noise without ear-blocking headphones
Credit: Sheng Shen Disruptive noise is almost everywhere, from people talking in the office corridor to road construction down the ...
UTA bioengineer to develop hydrogel to repair heart tissue after heart attacks
Credit: UTA A UTA bioengineering professor has won a new $460,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ...
Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys
Credit: Michigan Medicine There is good evidence that polluted air increases the risk of respiratory problems such as asthma -- ...
Uninsured major cardiac-related hospitalizations declined in first year after ACA
New Brunswick, NJ - States that expanded eligibility for their Medicaid program in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
New nusinersen drug delivery method identified for spinal muscular atrophy patients
STRASBURG, PA- A new report has identified an alternative method to deliver nusinersen to patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...
Researchers stop cell suicide that worsens sepsis, arthritis
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with ...
Decline in uninsured hospitalizations for cardiovascular events after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a decline in the proportion of uninsured ...
Scientists have developed an effective marker for cancer diagnosis and therapy
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research group consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS, the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum ...
