Breaking through a tumor’s defenses
Credit: Image credit: Dr Fabien Garcon, Babraham Institute. Key messages: Researchers identify the dominant immune cells contributing to tumour tolerance...
Providers preferences may be helpful in reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions
NEW YORK (June 7, 2018) - Physicians are open to receiving information on their antibiotic prescribing patterns, but have specific...
MD Anderson and nation’s top cancer centers endorse goal of eliminating HPV-related cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Recognizing that vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low across the U.S., particularly...
Researchers change clinical practice for infants with diabetes
(The University of Bergen) Infants with diabetes can drop insulin syringes. This will be new clinical practice after a recent...
Bad news becomes hysteria in crowds, new research shows
Credit: University of Warwick News stories about potential threats become more negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to...
Sharing spaces: Your brain considers other people’s personal space as your own
Credit: Dr. Wataru Teramoto Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one's own body parts...
Biomedical optics engineer Jesse Wilson named a Boettcher Investigator
Credit: Colorado State University Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but they are cruel. Affecting about 1 in 5,000 children, these devastating...
Scientists ID source of damaging inflammation after heart attack
Credit: Lora Staloch Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart...
In building the brain, cell pedigree matters
The cerebral cortex--the brain's epicenter of high-level cognitive functions, such as memory formation, attention, thought, language and consciousness--has fascinated neuroscientists...
Normal eye dominance is not necessary for restoring visual acuity in amblyopia
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye," is a visual disorder common in children....
In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins
Credit: Franz Anthony Two new species of tiny symbiotic shrimps are described, illustrated and named by biology student at Leiden...
Individual ‘names’ reveal complex relationships in male bottlenose dolphins
Credit: Stephanie King, Dolphin Alliance Project Male bottlenose dolphins retain their individual "names" well into adulthood. Similar to humans, this...
Structural protein found essential to X chromosome inactivation
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified the essential role of a structural protein in the silencing of...
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with respiratory, allergic and infectious disease
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood...
Sleep problems in Parkinson’s disease: Can we fix them?
A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven has uncovered why people with a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease...
UNC Lineberger among national leaders endorsing goal of eliminating HPV-related cancers
Credit: University of North Carolina Calling human papillomavirus-related cancers a significant public health problem, the directors of the 70 National...
Research team to study opioid prescription use post c-section and hysterectomy
Each year, approximately 1.8 million women will have a cesarean delivery or hysterectomy. While opioids are the mainstay treatment for...
Teen pregnancy and birth rates at an all time low in Minn., UMN Medical School report shows
Minneapolis/St. Paul (June 7, 2018) - Pregnancy and birth rates continue to decline for 15-19-year-olds in Minnesota, with rates decreasing...
Mom’s voice may help babies sleep better in the NICU
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Babies who spend their first days or weeks of life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...
Widespread uranium contamination found in India’s groundwater
DURHAM, N.C. - A new Duke University-led study has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian...
