Embracing respect and dignity as the next frontier in preventing patient harm
BOSTON - Even when health care experiences go well, patients and their families can still suffer harm. To date, organizational...
Everything big data claims to know about you could be wrong
When it comes to understanding what makes people tick -- and get sick -- medical science has long assumed that...
Genomic testing for the causes of stillbirth should be considered for routine use
Milan, Italy: Pregnancy loss and the death of a newborn baby are devastating events, and as of today around 25%...
New technique provides accurate dating of ancient skeletons
Milan, Italy: Interest in the origins of human populations and their migration routes has increased greatly in recent years. A...
World’s largest autism grant will transform research landscape
The largest research grant ever given for neurodevelopmental conditions has been awarded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative to an international...
Diabetes diagnosis may signal early pancreatic cancer in older African-Americans, Latinos
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - Each year, more than one million Americans are diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes mellitus,...
Primates in peril
Primates are fascinating. They are intelligent, live in complex societies and are a vital part of the ecosystem. Lemurs, lorises,...
Penn Biochemist receives award for mass spectronomy
PHILADELPHIA - Benjamin A.Garcia, PhD, an expert in quantitative proteomics and Presidential Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the Perelman...
WGS helps diagnosis and reduces healthcare costs for neonates in intensive care
Milan, Italy: Children who are born severely ill or who develop serious illness in the first few weeks of life...
Individual access to genomic disease risk factors has a beneficial impact on lifestyles
Milan, Italy: Giving personal genomic information to individuals can have a major, long-term effect on their lifestyle, researchers have found....
Genetic engineering researcher: Politicians are deaf to people’s ethical concerns
While a many Danes question whether genetically modified foods are unnatural, this concern is much less apparent among politicians, according...
Queen Mary spinout secures £2 million pounds to export toothpaste technology to China
(Queen Mary University of London) A Queen Mary University of London spinout has secured a license agreement with a leading...
New method makes weather forecasts right as rain
Credit: © University of Missouri Meteorologists have known for some time that rainfall forecasts have flaws, as failure to take...
Orange, tea tree & eucalyptus oils sweeten diesel fumes
QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent...
PIM-2 protein kinase regulates T-cell activity differently than PIM-1 or PIM-3 isoform
Credit: Photograph by Sarah Pack. Medical University of South Carolina. The PIM-2 protein kinase negatively regulates T cell responses in...
Electronic skin stretched to new limits
Credit: 2018 KAUST An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed...
New compound as effective as FDA-approved drugs against life-threatening infections
Credit: (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have identified a new compound that in preliminary testing has...
Loving the sweet enemy
French fries, cream cake, chips and candy bars make you fat and unhealthy. Still, we cannot keep our hands off...
UTA researchers complete milestone in international physics experiment in Switzerland
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have built prototypes for an aluminum electric field cage inside...
Quality of diet still poor for SNAP participants
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