AI detects patterns of gut microbes for cholera risk
Credit: Terra Communications DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease...
Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(MAY 7, 2018) Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time....
Building better beta peptides
Credit: Mark Del Borgo WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2018 -- Designing bioscaffolds offers bioengineers greater flexibility when it comes to...
A new connection between glucose and lipid regulation in cancer metabolism
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China have identified an...
Transistor fabrication onto curved surface means turn toward better diabetes therapy
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Transparent transistors fabricated onto the sharp curves of a tiny glass tube are paving the way toward...
Stomata — the plant pores that give us life — arise thanks to a gene called MUTE
Credit: Soon-Ki Han/ Xingyun Qi Plants know how to do a neat trick. Through photosynthesis, they use sunlight and carbon...
Cedars-Sinai awarded $2.6 million to study depression in heart failure patients
LOS ANGELES (May 07, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators, led by Waguih William IsHak, MD,FAPA, professor of Psychiatry and vice chairman...
Chemical octopus catches sneaky cancer clues, trace glycoproteins
Credit: Georgia Tech / Wu / Xiao & NYPL Digital Commons / Brumfield Cancer drops sparse chemical hints of its...
Are health regulations enough? Lung disease on the rise in mine workers
While on-the-job fatalities due to injuries and accidents have steadily decreased in nearly every industry in the U.S., the burden...
Social context matters in spread of disease
Credit: Nick Keiser/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 7, 2018) - "Patient zero" isn't entirely to blame when an infection takes...
Providing clinicians feedback on their Opioid prescribing data alters future prescribing
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.Sc., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom. DES PLAINES, IL -- Asking emergency department (ED)...
A new way to watch brain activity in action
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University It's a neuroscientist's dream: being able to track the millions...
Protecting kidneys from obesity
Credit: Kris Kehe/UH College of Pharmacy UH professor of pharmacology Tahir Hussain has received $1.6M from the National Institutes of...
Chemical sensing chip sniffs out cocaine within minutes
Credit: Credit: Nan Zhang BUFFALO, N.Y. -- What if you could test for cocaine, opioids and marijuana as quickly as...
Scientists discover roadblocks that stop brain white matter healing
Credit: Image courtesy of Stephen Back, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University. A new study identifies a molecule that...
Tufts CTSI receives $56 Million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award
BOSTON (May 7, 2018) - Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center today announced that the National Institutes of Health's National...
Pioneering new 3D cancer model to speed new treatments
Credit: Courtesy HemoShear Therapeutics A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, working with local biotech company HemoShear...
Review of nearly 500 patient cases shows surgery benefits for congenital hyperinsulinism
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, May 7 -- A review of nearly 500 cases of infants with severe congenital...
Deadly duet
Credit: Bastian Braeuning / TUM Pore-forming toxins are common bacterial poisons. They attack organisms by introducing holes in cell membranes....
Antipsychotic medications may result in increased risk of gestational diabetes
An increasing number of women are treated with antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy even though safety questions remain unanswered. Certain antipsychotic...
