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NEW YORK, May 1, 2018 - The Center for Excellence in Engineering Biology and the leadership of Genome Project-write (GP-write)...

Patients get faster life-saving treatment in states with policies allowing direct transport to specialized heart attack care hospitals

DALLAS, May 1, 2018 -- People having a heart attack get faster life-saving treatment to restore blood flow to the...

Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A great deal of evidence suggests that it is more difficult to learn a new language as...

EEG signals accurately predict autism as early as 3 months of age

Credit: Credit: William Bosl, Ph.D. Autism is challenging to diagnose, especially early in life. A new study in the journal...

Marmosets as the canary in the coal mine for Zika

Credit: Clem Spalding/TX Biomed New research shows small, New World monkeys called marmosets may be an important animal model for...

New insights into the origins of mutations in cancer

Credit: Arturo Agostino Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the University of Dundee and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have...

New lab study reveals how breast cancer drug can accelerate cancer cell growth

Credit: Phospho Biomedical Animation The breast cancer drug lapatinib which is designed to shrink tumours can sometimes cause them to...

Survey: Medical marijuana could reduce opioid use in older adults

A questionnaire of older men and women suffering from chronic pain who were given medical marijuana found that the drug...

Cancer patients set to benefit from world’s largest surgery study

Improved care for patients undergoing cancer surgery is the focus of a pioneering worldwide study. Doctors say the initiative -...

Novel cancer vaccine strategy blocks death of tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2018) - New research published in Cancer Immunology Research...

Breakthrough for SF State kinesiologists studying metabolic protein

Credit: Andy Galpin, CSU Fullerton San Francisco State University researchers have discovered a new method for testing levels of a...

UC Davis researchers discover how antiepileptic drugs induce birth defects

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A common drug for treating epileptic seizures can lead to birth defects if used during pregnancy by...

Discovery of immune cells able to defend against mutating viruses could transform vaccine developmen

Scientists have found immune cells can fight different strains of the same virus - a discovery which could help transform...

Study identifies new target for treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have identified a...

PCORI Board approves $10 million to support research on medication-assisted treatment

WASHINGTON, DC (April 30, 2018) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $10 million to...

Farming fish saves land

To satisfy the protein demands of an anticipated nearly 10 billion people by 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture...

PCORI Board approves $74 million to support research of opioid use disorders, obesity

WASHINGTON, DC (April 30, 2018) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $74 million to...

BU: Smoking, alcohol consumption increase lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation

Lifetime risk is a useful method to quantify risk of atrial fibrillation over a person's lifetime. However, data are scarce...

UTA graduate student/veteran studies molecular genetic basis of ‘loser’ effect

Credit: UTA UTA biology doctoral student Marquerite Herzog has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to...

Man vs. machine?