National Cancer Institute selects ASU to lead revolutionary research in cancer
Credit: Biodesign Institute Arizona State University has been awarded more than $8.5 million over five years from the National Cancer...
New nuclear medicine method shows promise for better detection of neuroendocrine tumors
Credit: GP Nicolas et al., University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland RESTON, VA - Researchers have shown that a new nuclear...
Sensor detects whiff of bad breath
Ever wish you could do a quick "breath check" before an important meeting or a big date? Now researchers, reporting...
Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria...
A better way to trace neuronal pathways
Credit: Kepecs Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - New technologies have been likened, famously, to magic. At first, even...
How the brain performs flexible computations
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Humans can perform a vast array of mental operations and adjust their behavioral responses based on external...
Bioengineers identify safer way to make rugby tackles
Credit: Ciaran Simms and Gregory Tierney, Trinity College Dublin. Bioengineers have compiled a set of recommendations that could significantly reduce...
International ‘A’ team debuts brain cancer atlas
It takes an "A" team to make headway against glioblastoma, a highly aggressive type of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is the...
Recorded calls beat Facebook ads in getting residents to request free smoke alarm
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found automated phone calls were far more effective...
Stem-cell niche for 10 billion colon cells a day
Credit: Bahar Degirmenci, UZH The human intestine constantly renews itself. Alone in the colon - the last 1.5 meters of...
End-to-end blood testing device shows capacity to draw sample and provide diagnostic results
Researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers University have developed an end-to-end blood testing device that integrates robotic phlebotomy...
A deeper understanding of AFib could lower risk
MINNEAPOLIS - June 4, 2018 - More than 2.5 million Americans are living with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib). AFib is an...
Fake organs guide the way for ‘impossible’ cancer surgery
Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. He...
California’s other gold
Sea urchin roe is an acquired taste. Served as sushi, uni -- the Japanese word for this delicacy -- is...
Emergency physicians debunk ‘dry drowning’ myths, highlight drowning risk in older swimmers
June 6, 2018 - Parents have been reading--and sharing--alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to "dry...
Insilico to present advances in AI and blockchain for healthcare at Data Science in Africa Workshop
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for...
Antibody blocks inflammation, protects mice from hardened arteries and liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that they can block...
Early indicators of bone loss after hip replacement discovered
Hip replacements relieve pain and restore mobility for hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States each year, but...
Teenage girls are more impacted by sleepiness than teen boys are
Preliminary results of a recent study show that teen girls reported a higher degree of interference of daytime sleepiness on...
Targeting strategy may open door to better cancer drug delivery
Credit: Zhang lab/vecteezy.com Bioengineers may be able to use the unique mechanical properties of diseased cells, such as metastatic cancer...
