Keystone Symposia and Vienna BioCenter launch scientific research conferences in Vienna
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - November 7, 2018 - Keystone Symposia, in partnership with Vienna BioCenter Research Institutes GMI, IMBA, IMP...
Investigator at CHLA awarded $1.3 million to study stem cell therapy for liver failure
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Currently, the only therapy for metabolic liver disease is an organ transplant. Tracy Grikscheit, MD,...
Genetic study clarifies the causes of the most severe heart muscle diseases of children
Credit: C Vasilescu/University of Helsinki Cardiac muscle degeneration (cardiomyopathy) is the most common cause of severe cardiac dysfunction and life-threatening...
Mount Sinai and AllerGenis, LLC announce partnership to bring novel, precision diagnostics to food allergy patients
AllerGenis, LLC, a data-driven diagnostic company, announced a partnership agreement with Mount Sinai Health System to develop and commercialize technology...
Discovery: Rare three-species hybrid warbler
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. - Scientists have shown that a bird found in Pennsylvania is the offspring...
Bullying ‘follows’ LGB people from school to work
Around one in three lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals who are bullied at school will have similar experiences in the...
A molecular switch links a Scottish mouse, a Finnish patient and Parkinson’s disease
An international team of scientists led by the University of Dundee, UK have verified that a molecular pathway that has...
Clinical and environmental factors impact absorption of common sunscreen ingredient
With the growing awareness of ultraviolet (UV) exposure resulting in an increased risk of photoaging and skin cancers, consumers are...
Nasal delivery of weight-loss hormone eases breathing problems in sleeping mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a hormone best known for helping regulate hunger...
Clearing up information about corneal dystrophies
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Jayne Weiss, MD, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair...
New hope for world’s most endangered mammal
New genetic analysis of white rhino populations suggests it could be possible to rescue the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros...
Mailed HPV tests can help find women at-risk for cervical cancer, study finds
CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found that mailing self-collection kits to test...
Researchers have unlocked secrets about engineered protein receptor, CAR
Credit: Madelin Lum/ USC Viterbi School of Engineering Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States. This...
Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients
Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy,...
Young researcher wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, Md. -- The PETA International Science Consortium is excited to announce the winner of its second annual Early-Career Scientist...
UMN researchers study the impact of insurance coverage on transferred patients
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- November 07, 2018- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers seek to identify the relationship between insurance coverage and...
Precision medicine is not enough: Moving towards precision surveillance
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The interval at which an individual undergoes a repeat colonoscopy because of previous pre-cancerous polyps...
CWRU/UH researcher part of elite Trans-Atlantic network to study heart disease
Credit: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Transcription factors are proteins that determine whether specific genes are transcribed or not by...
Are there geographic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury for US veterans?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2018--There are known racial and ethnic disparities in death...
Prize to UCPH researcher for revolutionary discovery of the brain’s cleaning system
Professor Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Copenhagen is this year's recipient of the prestigious prize Stora Nordiska Pris awarded...
