Biochemists follow clues toward Alzheimer’s, cancer, longevity
Credit: James McNew/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 28, 2018) -- James McNew's and Michael Stern's biochemical hunt for the root...
Illinois study finds benefits and tradeoffs in feeding rice bran to pigs
Credit: Jen Roth URBANA, Ill. - Rice is the third most widely grown cereal grain worldwide, and the bran left...
Organizing a cell’s genetic material from the sidelines
Credit: The illustration is courtesy of the authors and appears in the Molecular Cell paper. Baltimore, MD--A tremendous amount of...
Improving life-saving blood delivery to disaster-hit areas
A Portsmouth researcher is developing a mathematical model aimed at speeding up the delivery of life-saving blood to victims of...
Researchers discover new mechanism to explain the spread of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have pinpointed minute exosomes as the main vehicle that allow the spread of toxic proteins that trigger the onset...
CMS Policy to reduce hospital-acquired conditions had minimal impact
NEW YORK (June 28, 2018) - Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions (HAC) as present at...
Learning disabilities: Kids and families struggle beyond the academics
Most research on learning disabilities focuses on remediating specific academic skills like reading and math. But struggles at school and...
No Difference in Outcomes for Children of Same-Sex versus Different-Sex Parents
June 28, 2018 - For children of lesbian or gay parents, psychological adjustment is about the same as in children...
Open relationships just as satisfying as monogamous ones, U of G study reveals
Credit: (University of Guelph) A new University of Guelph study has revealed that people in open relationships are as happy...
As asylum requests rise, doctors have important role
Credit: UVA Health System With applications for asylum in the United States increasing sharply, a new paper from a team...
#Hookahlife: Social media posts spread misleading information on hookah use
(June 28, 2018) A new study finds that Instagram users using #hookah or #shisha portray hookah use in an overwhelmingly...
SNMMI 65th Annual Meeting sets the stage for a revolution in precision medicine
RESTON, VA - More than 5,000 physicians, technologists, scientists and exhibitors gathered for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular...
Children’s Hospital Colorado joins cystic fibrosis triple combination therapy trials
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (June 28, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) has announced that its Mike...
Strategic classroom intervention can make big difference for autism students
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum...
Conquer Chiari Research Center open house
The University of Akron's Conquer Chiari Research Center (CCRC) will hold an open house on Saturday, July 21, at the...
Men and women have different genetic risk factors for developing brain cancer
Glioma is the most common type of primary malignant brain tumor in the United States; glioblastoma being the most common...
Rapid Zika detection test uses smartphone technology
Boston, MA -- The Zika virus, which continues to cause microcephaly and other neurological complications in infants whose mothers were...
Obesity + aging linked to Alzheimer’s markers in the brain
Rockville, Md. (June 28, 2018)--A new study suggests that when a high-fat, high-sugar diet that leads to obesity is paired...
Smoking associated with delayed shinbone healing
In adults, tibia (shinbone) fractures are usually fixed through the surgical implantation of a slender metal rod called an intramedullary...
Computational models provide novel genetic insights into atherosclerosis
Researchers have identified a new gene-activation pathway caused by lipids associated with coronary artery disease, a finding that could help...
