UTA professor leads federal advisory group on the prevention of acute, chronic pain
Credit: UTA A University of Texas at Arlington professor led a federal advisory group that has published its recommendations on...
First mouse model to mimic lung disease could speed discovery of more effective treatments
Credit: Michael Beers, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA--The biggest hurdle to finding effective therapies for idiopathic pulmonary...
Psychologist to explore how brain remembers precise information
Credit: University of California, Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A person's general intelligence and ability to understand language are reliant on...
AGA supports making drugs more affordable for patients
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 15, 2018) -- Increasing out-of-pocket expenses can limit access for patients, putting them at risk. Improving affordability...
GW researchers publish review article on developing vaccines for human parasites
WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2018) -- Helminthic parasites, like hookworm and liver flukes (schistosomiasis), affect an estimated 1 billion people worldwide....
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have...
UTHealth-led study shows much work remains to ensure e-health record safety
Credit: UTHealth Four years after their publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary...
Rheumatology leaders meet with HHS Secretary Azar to discuss dtep therapy concerns
ATLANTA - Yesterday, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) met with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex...
Scientists discover why some people with brain markers of Alzheimer’s have no dementia
GALVESTON, Texas - A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered why some people...
New in the Hastings Center report, July-August 2018
On Avoiding Deep Dementia Norman L. Cantor To avoid prolonged dementia, the author has written an advanced directive to prohibit...
Rheumatology leaders meet with HHS Secretary Azar to discuss step therapy concerns
ATLANTA - Yesterday, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) met with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex...
Statins associated with improvement of rare lung disease
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that cholesterol-lowering statins may improve the...
3D inks that can be erased selectively
Credit: Nature Communications 3D printing by direct laser writing enables production of micro-meter-sized structures for many applications, from biomedicine to...
Frequent fires make droughts harder for young trees, even in wet eastern forests
Credit: Tyler Refsland, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Forests in the eastern United States may have had it easy...
Old species learn new tricks…very slowly
Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI A quick look at the fossil record shows that no species lasts forever. On average, most...
Scientists discover chemical which can kill glioblastoma cells
Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown....
How gene hunting changed the culture of science
Credit: Petersen et al., Sci. Adv. 2018 Years after the end of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which mapped the...
Logging permit fraud threatens timber species in Brazilian Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Timber harvested illegally under fraudulent permits is undercutting conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, new research by...
This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles
Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won't heal....
Perot Museum of Nature And Science and University of the Witwatersrand form partnership
Credit: Perot Museum of Nature and Science The MOU is part of the Museum's new strategic focus on human origins,...
