Majority of premature infants still exposed to early antibiotics
Bottom Line: Most premature infants, who are at risk for sepsis but who may not have a culture confirmation of...
Do patients with TBI receive follow-up care after ED discharge?
Bottom Line: Many patients treated in the emergency department for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) don't receive educational materials at...
Most concussion patients fall under the radar after ER visit
Millions of Americans suffer concussions each year, and many endure symptoms for months or years afterward. A new study shows...
Study reveals gaps in follow-up care after concussion
Being discharged from a hospital trauma center after receiving treatment for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) does not necessarily mean...
Infantilism as a norm
Views on human age need to be revisited. The value of adulthood as a period of certainty has declined for...
Scientific ‘dream team’ shed light on motor neuron death
Credit: Greta Keenan As the old adage goes, 'two heads are better than one'. With the development of new technologies...
Lung-on-a-chip simulates pulmonary fibrosis
Credit: Ruogang Zhao. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious...
NIH summit delivers recommendations to speed therapy development for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: National Institute on Aging Experts from government, academia, industry, non-profit organizations put forward recommendations that provide a roadmap for...
OSU biologist advocates ecological approach to improving human health
BEND, Ore. - Chronic diseases like cancer, autoimmune disorders and obesity may ultimately vanquish the efforts of medical intervention unless...
The big clean-up after stress
Credit: Buchberger team Toxic substances, nutrient shortage, viral infection, heat and many other events trigger stress responses in cells. In...
NCI study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver
Scientists have found a connection between bacteria in the gut and antitumor immune responses in the liver. Their study, published...
Past use of disinfectants and PPE for Ebola could inform future outbreaks
Credit: Adam Levine Data from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for...
Plant symbioses — fragile partnerships
All plants require an adequate supply of inorganic nutrients, such as fixed nitrogen (usually in the form of ammonia or...
Bold lizards of all sizes have higher mating success
Credit: Georgia Ward-Fear Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming...
400-million-year-old evolutionary arms race helps researchers understand HIV
Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the...
Some like it hot!
Credit: Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, UFZ The world of reptiles may well include creatures that are more spectacular than the Gehyra variegata,...
UTIA plant geneticist named Fulbright scholar
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In Africa as well as across other continents, several indigenous crop species have...
Programming synthetic molecular codes to turn genes ‘on’
Credit: SaiPadma Priya A team of researchers in Japan developed a synthetic molecular code to script gene activation. The process,...
Revealed mechanism behind citrus canker bacteria’s defense system for predators
Xanthomonas citri, the bacterium that causes citrus canker, a disease responsible for major damage to lemon and orange groves in...
Crafting a human niche
Credit: Fuentes In "How Humans and Apes Are Different and Why It Matters," published in the Journal of Anthropological Research,...
