Youth TBI laws promote head injury evaluation in emergency department
Millions of children and teens are affected by sports and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI) annually. To help reduce the ...
Rutgers researchers advance stem cell therapy with biodegradable scaffold
Credit: KiBum Lee, Letao Yang and Sy-Tsong Dean Chueng. Rutgers scientists have created a tiny, biodegradable scaffold to transplant stem ...
Melanoma death rates are rising in men but static or falling in women
Glasgow, UK: The rate of men dying from malignant melanoma has risen in populations around the world, while in some ...
Trial finds diet rich in fish helps fight asthma
A clinical trial led by La Trobe University has shown eating fish such as salmon, trout and sardines as part ...
Men with prostate cancer willing to accept lower survival odds to avoid side effects
Glasgow, UK: Men who have been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer say they would trade some improvement in their odds ...
Patients with low risk thyroid cancer can receive lower doses of radiation treatment
Glasgow, UK: Thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning can be treated safely with a smaller ...
WSU researchers see cognitive changes in offspring of heavy cannabis-using rats
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have seen cognitive changes in the offspring of rats exposed to heavy amounts ...
Society for Neuroscience honors scientists dedicated to advancing women in the field
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of ...
Genetic risk factor for CTE detected
(Boston)--Researchers have identified a genetic variation that may influence chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) disease severity. TMEM106B is one of the ...
Fluorescent marker can help guide surgeons to remove dangerous brain tumor cells more accurately
Credit: Colin Watts Glasgow, UK: A chemical that highlights tumour cells has been used by surgeons to help spot and ...
Disarm Therapeutics presents new data validating role of SARM1 in axonal degeneration
Data presented at Neuroscience 2018 demonstrates genetic deletion of SARM1 protects axons in the central and peripheral nervous systems with ...
Tying the knot: New DNA nanostructures
Credit: Biodesign Institute Knots are indispensable tools for such human activities as sailing, fishing and rock climbing, (not to mention, ...
Spaced-out nanotwins make for stronger metals
Credit: Gao Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Researchers from Brown University and the Institute of Metals Research at ...
RIT collaborates on multi-university research exploring the quantum world
A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is building a theoretical framework to predict how nanoparticles made of graphene, silica and ...
Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers
Credit: Melanie Gonick Finding lost hikers in forests can be a difficult and lengthy process, as helicopters and drones can't ...
NASA finds Tropical Depression Yutu fading off China coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Once a Super Typhoon, now a ghost of its ...
Key gene find could enable development of disease-resistant crops
Discovery of a gene that helps plants control their response to disease could aid efforts to develop crops that are ...
Researchers identify additional inoculation source for lambic beer production
Washington, DC - November 2, 2018 - Researchers in Belgium have identified an additional inoculation source - the wooden casks ...
What’s in the air? There’s more to it than we thought
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale researchers have found that a type of air pollution is much more ...
Genetic code of 66,000 UK species to be sequenced
The genetic codes of 66,000 species in the UK are planned to be sequenced by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and ...
