Philadelphia hospitals responded to equivalent of 54 mass shooting-type events in 11 years
Researchers analyzed number of firearm-injured patients that presented in 'clusters' within 15 minutes of each other at the same hospital...
UBC researchers say eggs for breakfast benefits those with diabetes
Low-carb breakfast improves control of blood glucose levelsCredit: UBC Okanagan While some cereals may be the breakfast of champions, a...
What do people who practice anal sex desire for preventing HIV?
New study explores three delivery methods for rectal microbicidesCredit: MTN Sometimes a well-made shirt can look great on a hanger,...
Researchers creating the most advanced 3D human lung to test e-cigarettes and hookah
CU Anschutz awarded $3.4 million by FDA to investigate the harm of emerging tobacco productsCredit: CU Anschutz Medical Campus The...
USC research shows remedy for painful jaw disease
A new treatment method could help cancer patients and others by eliminating an agonizing side effect called osteonecrosis of the...
New tunable nanomaterials possible due to flexible process invented by Bath physicists
Physicists have developed a flexible way to synthesize a wide range of novel nanomaterials with potential applications in areas including...
Johns Hopkins researchers create novel cell model of aging-related colon cancer risk
Model makes use of genetic and epigenetic factors that combine to initiate disease in mouse 'organoids' Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer...
Kennedy Krieger research scientist explores Leonardo da Vinci’s knowledge of the brain
Article published in recent edition of The Lancet BALTIMORE, April 11, 2019 - May 2, 2019, marks the 500th anniversary...
Releasing an immune system brake could help patients with rare but fatal brain infection
Small-scale, NIH-led clinical study offers early hope for developing a treatmentCredit: Image courtesy of Irene Cortese, M.D. The anti-cancer drug...
New cancer drug targets accelerate path to precision medicine
Researchers used CRISPR technology to disrupt every gene in over 300 cancer models from 30 cancer types and discover thousands...
The protein p38gamma identified as a new therapeutic target in liver cancer
CNIC scientists have shown for the first time that a protein related to cell stress also regulates cell divisionCredit: CNIC...
Loss of a DNA repair system creates a unique vulnerability in many cancer types
Cancer cells that cannot repair a certain form of DNA mutation become strongly dependent on single enzyme to survive, creating...
Maintenance immunotherapy fails to improve survival in extensive small cell lung cancer
ELCC 2019 (European Lung Cancer Congress), April 10-13, Geneva, SwitzerlandCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Geneva, Switzerland, 11 April...
World’s fastest hydrogen sensor could pave the way for clean hydrogen energy
Credit: Mia Halleröd Palmgren/Chalmers University of Technology Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with...
UTSA College of Engineering to receive $500,000 for new makerspace
Credit: Photo courtesy of University Communications (San Antonio, April 10, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio College...
Groundbreaking €50 million digital monitoring project to prevent disease
A pioneering European project aims to develop a system using small sensors worn on the body so that how well...
Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates
Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one...
Rapid urbanization increasing pressure on rural water supplies globally
An international team of researchers has carried out the first systematic global review of water reallocation from rural to urban...
The Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4 million new cases of childhood asthma every year
Globally, the estimates suggest that there are 170 new cases of traffic pollution-related asthma per 100,000 children every year, and...
University of Arkansas project makes a difference for low-income youth with disabilities
A new report finds that Arkansas PROMISE has succeeded at improving education and career outcomes for participants.Credit: Matt Reynolds A...
