Stress linked to more advanced disease in some leukemia patients
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who feel more stress also have more cancer cells in their blood and elevated...
Regrowing dental tissue with stem cells from baby teeth
Credit: Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Sometimes kids trip and fall, and their teeth take the hit. Nearly half of...
Miniaturized HTS assay identifies selective modulators of GPR119 to treat type 2 diabetes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, September 11, 2018-A novel high throughput screening (HTS) assay compatible with an...
New nanoparticles wait to release drugs, target infection
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Current WSU research shows stimuli-responsive nanoparticles can specifically target infections to simultaneously prevent the spread of bacteria...
Drug for pancreatic cancer developed by college of pharmacy researchers
Credit: University of Houston A treatment for highly aggressive and commonly fatal pancreatic cancer is being developed, reports a University...
10-year study of Salmonella enterica serotype Newport infections in the US
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 11, 2018--A 10-year investigation evaluating data from four surveillance systems...
NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience
Credit: deradrian via Flickr Creative Commons The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to 18 cross-disciplinary projects to conduct...
New method of pinpointing cancer mutations could lead to more targeted treatments
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 11, 2018) Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues...
New study finds unexpected link between immune cells and male/ female differences
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have made a surprising discovery: during fetal development, a particular...
Here’s one reason why US healthcare costs so much
There is substantial waste in U.S. healthcare, but little consensus on how to identify or combat it. New research from...
Wake Forest Baptist receives federal grants to study neurological disorders and stroke
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sept. 11, 2018 - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National...
New center will study the complex genomics within individual cells
Junhyong Kim, chair and Patricia M. Williams Professor of Biology in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences,...
UCalgary researchers discover critical differences in the clots that cause a stroke
Credit: Quentin Collier/University of Calgary There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel...
September/October 2018 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Continuity Between Patient and Prescribing Physician Reduces Risky Opioid Prescriptions An ongoing relationship between patients with long-term opioid use and...
New tool to detect fatty liver disease before liver damage
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new test may soon be available to predict advanced fibrosis in people with...
1 percent of children aged 9-10 self-identify as gay, transgender
In a study into the sexual orientation and gender identity development of thousands of youth across the nation, a San...
Study finds air purifiers may benefit fetal growth
A new study led by SFU health sciences researchers Prabjit Barn and Ryan Allen reveals fetal growth may improve if...
Delayed childbearing is a growing source of multiple births, study shows
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Starting in the 1980s, the number of multiple births -- twins, triplets, quadruplets and...
Artificial anti-oxidant may be the next go-to supplement
Credit: UBC Okanagan Naturally-derived anti-oxidants have become the 'it' health ingredient to look for in food. But researchers from UBC...
Adolescents whose religious mothers die are likely to be less religious as young adults
Credit: Sarah Cochran Bereaved children whose late mothers were very religious are likely to be less religious after their mother...
