Treating rare skin diseases by transplanting healthy skin
Researchers from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have successfully treated the skin diseases epidermolytic ichthyosis (EI) and ...
Year: 2024
How the brain is affected by Huntington’s Disease
The genetic disease Huntington’s not only affects nerve cells in the brain but also has widespread effects on microscopic blood ...
American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces induction into the American Medical Association House of Delegates
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is proud to announce its induction into the prestigious American Medical Association (AMA) ...
Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions have a complex relationship
Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked – but ...
Researchers engineer new approach for controlling thermal emission
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ...
UTA honors two faculty for distinguished scholarship
The University of Texas at Arlington is honoring two faculty for their outstanding contributions to scholarship with the Distinguished Record ...
Replacing registered nurses in high stakes hospital care is dangerous to patients
Philadelphia (June 10, 2024) – A new study published in Medical Care today showed that substituting registered nurses (RN) with ...
Four-legged, dog-like robot ‘sniffs’ hazardous gases in inaccessible environments
Nightmare material or truly man’s best friend? A team of researchers equipped a dog-like quadruped robot with a mechanized arm ...
Brain’s structure hangs in ‘a delicate balance’
When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called “criticality,” this point of ...
SNMMI elects Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, Ph.D., FASNC, as President-Elect at 2024 Annual Meeting
Toronto, Ontario—Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine and Medicine, has been named president-elect of the Society ...
Novel radiotracer produces high quality images of “Alzheimer’s disease of the heart”
Toronto, Ontario—A newly developed radiotracer can generate high quality and readily interpretable images of cardiac amyloidosis, a condition referred to ...
Webb named Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Erin Webb, lead for the Bioresources Science and Engineering group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow ...
Pesticides impair mobility and immune system of Brazilian native stingless bees, study shows
A study conducted by Brazilian researchers affiliated with São Paulo State University (UNESP), the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) ...
NTU Singapore-led study estimates that between 1980 and 2020, 135 million premature deaths could be linked to fine particulate matter pollution
A study led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) revealed that fine particulate matter from 1980 to ...
Janet Rossant named as new Stem Cell Reports Editor-in-Chief starting in 2025
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announces the appointment of Janet Rossant, President of the Gairdner Foundation and ...
With new omega tool, scientists can rapidly analyze complex biological images through AI-powered ‘conversations’
In a new research article, scientists at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco (CZ Biohub SF) describe Omega, an open-source software ...
Statins for heart disease prevention could be recommended for far fewer Americans if new risk equation is adopted
PITTSBURGH – If national guidelines are revised to incorporate a new risk equation, about 40% fewer people could meet criteria for ...
Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows
Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Credit: George Wittemyer Colorado State University ...
Multicenter clinical study supports safety of deep general anesthesia
General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of patients each year to undergo lifesaving surgeries while unconscious and free of ...
Romania’s pioneering law establishing the right to personalized medicine
A new Commentary in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology analyzes Romania’s landmark law, the first globally, acknowledging the right of ...