Connectome organization in childhood ALL and risk of delayed neurodevelopment
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 27, 2018--A new study provides novel insights into the cognitive...
The sugar wars: Rhetoric or reason?
Credit: (From Archer: In Defense of Sugar) Amsterdam, August 27, 2018 - Over the past 50 years researchers, clinicians, professional...
Enzyme ducts in the pancreas are formed like rivers
Credit: The University of Copenhagen With methods used to analyse road systems and rivers researchers from the University of Copenhagen...
EXP2 protein helps deadliest malaria parasite obtain nutrients during infection
Credit: Image courtesy of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health...
Investigating what keeps metastatic breast cancer in check
At the time of initial diagnosis, most patients with breast cancer show no signs that their cancer has spread elsewhere...
Child lead exposure study finds substantial reductions possible
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New data from a long-term study of 355 mothers and their children found that fixing peeling paint...
Cedars-Sinai investigators develop more accurate measure of body fat
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 27, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat...
Commentary: More malaria nets likely needed between campaigns
A new study published in the Lancet journal EClinicalMedicine suggests that more mosquito nets are likely needed between mass campaigns...
Significant Dialysis Development
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-- (Aug. 27, 2018) -- A new minimally-invasive surgical technique for dialysis patients may be the most...
Biotech startup licenses Air Force neuropeptide Y technology for PTSD, disease treatment
Credit: Wright State University photo A biochemist's startup company announced Monday that it had secured an exclusive patent license agreement...
UIC awarded $7 million to develop depression prevention program
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded $7 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)...
LSUHealthNO studies innovative approach to improve walking in children with CP
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2.5 million translational...
New urine dipstick test detects cause of disease that blinds millions
Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called...
Researchers reveal cause of aggressive skin cancer in patients with butterfly syndrome
Credit: Laboratory of Andrew South, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - Patients with a rare skin disease,...
Analysis: Commonly used drugs are rarely studied in primary care patients
WASHINGTON (August 27, 2018) -- Drugs most commonly prescribed to patients seen by primary care physicians are not often tested...
Food insecurity leads to higher mortality risk, a new study finds
URBANA, Ill. - A wide array of negative health outcomes have been associated with food insecurity including diabetes, depression, and...
Gas-sensing drones draw NSF backing
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University researchers, in a collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and Houston nonprofit Technology For...
SimpliciTB clinical trial launched with first patients in Tbilisi, Georgia
August 28, 2018 - TB Alliance has initiated a pivotal clinical trial, SimpliciTB (pronounced: sim-plis-i-tee-bee), that will evaluate whether a...
Dr. Anthony Lequerica receives 2018 Dr. Joshua B. Cantor Scholar Award
Credit: Kessler Foundation Anthony Lequerica, PhD, is the recipient of the 2018 Dr. Joshua B. Cantor Scholar Award. The award...
Unearthing the secrets of cellular energy
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 27, 2018--Everything the body does--your brain thinking, your heart beating, your cells growing--requires energy. Consequently, it comes...
