AGA expands workforce and research diversity work with NIH grant
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 11, 2018) -- Building on a longstanding commitment to developing diversity in the biomedical science research workforce,...
Immunology
Mononuclear phagocytes can both promote and inhibit inflammation. A Team from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has now shown that individual...
‘Evil’ proteins a force for good in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Credit: Kris Hanning, UAHS BioCommunications Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, striking 1...
Changes in mitochondrial DNA control how nuclear DNA mutations are expressed in cardiomyopathy
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Differences in the DNA within the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells, can determine the...
For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers
Giving up a kidney to a stranger requires a certain sense of selflessness, what's come to be known in social...
New insight on rotavirus mechanics could lead to improved treatments
Credit: Image created by Scixel (http://scixel.es/), under the instructions of D. Luque and P. J. de Pablo. Researchers have provided...
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...
