Transmission of NDM bacteria between dogs and humans established
Credit: Thomas Grönthal In 2015, a New Delhi-metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) Escherichia coli bacteria was discovered in two Finnish dogs. An article...
UAB researchers cure type 2 diabetes and obesity in mice using gene therapy
Credit: UAB A research team from the UAB led by Professor Fatima Bosch has managed to cure obesity and type...
Blood flow in the heart revealed in a flash
Credit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University have for the first time been able to use information from computer tomography...
Mitochondrial DNA in exosomes is the alarm that initiates the antiviral response
Credit: CNIC Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have provided valuable information about the defense...
Majority of drivers don’t believe texting while driving is dangerous
People who text while driving are six times more likely to be involved in a car crash. To combat this...
Teenagers can thank their parents’ positive attitude for avoiding obesity
Teenagers are less likely to be overweight if their mum or dad had a positive attitude during pregnancy, a new...
Haemophilia A/sialorrhoea: Comparator therapies not implemented, added benefit not proven
Two of the four dossier assessments that were published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care...
Insights from metabolites get us closer to a test for chronic fatigue syndrome
A study led by researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2.8 million grant to improve heart transplant outcomes
Monday, July 9, 2018, CLEVELAND: The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic researcher Eileen Hsich, M.D., $2.8 million...
Infravec2 new insect vector research tools: no-cost resources for scientists
In 2017, the European Commission gave its go-ahead to Infravec2, the EU-funded global source for no-cost vector research products and...
New study finds that e-cigarettes increase cardiovascular risk as much as cigarettes
The usage of e-cigarettes containing nicotine has a significant impact on vascular functions claims new study. Research published in the...
BU and Ohio University researchers awarded NIH grant
(Boston)--Noyan Gokce, MD, professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a four-year, $2.2 million R01...
Change health messaging to focus on potential impact to help stop the next pandemic
Changing public health messaging to focus on the impact of our actions - for example the potentially harmful impact of...
Scientists create a complete atlas of lung tumor cells
Researchers from VIB, Leuven University and University Hospital Leuven studied thousands of healthy and cancerous lung cells to create the...
Forest ecology shapes Lyme disease risk in the eastern US
Credit: Sandy Brown Jensen, Dennisicecap1 (Millbrook, NY) In the eastern US, risk of contracting Lyme disease is higher in fragmented...
Goethe University awarded funds for new cancer research institute including new building
FRANKFURT. Goethe University has a new LOEWE Centre under its belt - together with its own research building that is...
Wake Forest Baptist awarded $8 Million to study intervention for diabetes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 9, 2018 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $8 million to Wake Forest...
Altitude sickness drug appears to slow progression of glioblastoma
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine A drug used to treat altitude sickness -- as well as glaucoma, epilepsy, heart...
New patch boosts brightness in medical diagnostic tests
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Fluorescence-based biosensing and bioimaging technologies are widely used in research and clinical settings to...
Depression screening rates among adults increased slightly in recent years, but remain low
Rates of routine screening of U.S. adults for depression have increased slightly in recent years, but remain very low. Adults...
