A reliable, easy-to-use mouse model for investigating bone metastasis
Credit: Shinae Kondoh, Nature Communications Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology propose an improved mouse model that could revolutionize bone...
Peste des petits ruminants: a model for use in eradicating the disease
Credit: © ENVT, A. Waret-Szkuta Eradicating peste des petits ruminants is an ambitious objective that is neveretheless looking increasingly realistic,...
SNMMI Technologist Section announces 2018 award winners
RESTON, VA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS)--an international scientific and medical organization--recognized contributions...
Nano-optic endoscope sees deep into tissue at high resolution
Credit: Harvard SEAS The diagnosis of diseases based in internal organs often relies on biopsy samples collected from affected regions....
Mortality rates among homeless adults in Boston who avoid shelters, known as ‘rough sleepers’
Bottom Line: A group of unsheltered homeless adults in Boston known as "rough sleepers" because they avoid shelters and instead...
How do young people feel about guns, gun regulation in US?
Bottom Line: National polls track adult opinions about guns and gun regulation but how do young feel about that? A...
What were consequences of 2013 measles outbreak in New York?
Bottom Line: A new report describes the public health impact of a 2013 measles outbreak in New York when an...
Research solves a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of skeletons
(University of Manchester) Scientists at the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol have used powerful X-rays to peer...
Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs...
Video recordings spotlight poor communication between nurses and doctors
ANN ARBOR--Communication breakdown among nurses and doctors is one of the primary reasons for patient care mistakes in the hospital....
New ways to assess drug benefits can help cut health care costs
With the cost of drugs a critical issue in health care, health insurance companies and government payers need to understand...
American Academy of Ophthalmology launches new scientific journal dedicated to glaucoma research
SAN FRANCISCO - July 30, 2018 - The American Academy of Ophthalmology today announced the launch of Ophthalmology® Glaucoma, a...
Homelessness in infancy linked to poor health outcomes for children and mothers
BOSTON - A new study led by researchers from Children's HealthWatch, a research and policy network headquartered at Boston Medical...
Vanderbilt team finds potent antibodies against three Ebola viruses
Credit: Photo by Susan Urmy Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing...
Study shows how Oropouche virus replicates in human cells
The strategy used by the Oropouche virus to replicate in human cells has been described for the first time by...
Sequencing a malaria mosquito’s motherline
A team led by scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has sequenced and annotated the first...
Harnessing hair loss gene could improve cancer immunotherapy
NEW YORK, NY (July 30, 2018)--A gene that's associated with an autoimmune form of hair loss could be exploited to...
E-cigarettes and tobacco product use linked to increased risk of oral cancer
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Saliva diagnostics and salivaomics: Will saliva translate to a real diagnostic tool?
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Novel genome-wide association study risk loci for nonsyndromic orofacial clefts
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
