AI detects patterns of gut microbes for cholera risk
Credit: Terra Communications DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease...
Study discovers new molecular mechanism likely involved in cancer metastasis
Credit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC Cancer is most devastating when it metastasizes--when tumor cells break away, travel through the bloodstream,...
Study finds possibility of new ways to treat, manage epilepsy seizures
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2018) - New findings from the University of Kentucky published in the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrate...
New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas -A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola...
Derfner Foundation funds novel research in regenerative medicine at Kessler Foundation
Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation has received funding from the Derfner Foundation to support applying rehabilitation research to the area...
The effect of night shifts: Gene expression fails to adapt to new sleep patterns
Have you ever considered that working night shifts may, in the long run, have an impact on your health? A...
Precision medicine approvals and rare disease treatment incentives evaluated
WHO: Aaron Kesselheim, MD, MPH, Director, Program On Regulation Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and...
New movement monitoring system helping prevent falls in the elderly
Credit: University of South Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 7, 2018)- Technology that allows BMW's assembly lines to run more...
Oilseed crop’s waste product yields compounds that protect skin from the sun
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Meadowfoam, a native Pacific Northwest plant cultivated as an oilseed crop, has emerged as a potential new...
UCalgary scientists discover a new way to battle multiple sclerosis
Credit: Cumming School of Medicine Ridiculous. That's how Andrew Caprariello says his colleagues described his theory about multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Women’s preference for masculine faces not linked with hormones
Credit: ©Jones et al Data from almost 600 participants show that women's perceptions of male attractiveness do not vary according...
Ontology-based surgical subtask automation, automating blunt dissection
Credit: World Scientific In a paper to be published in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, a team of researchers...
Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A team of scientists from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The...
Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at...
EPO protects preemies’ brains by modifying genes essential for generating new brain cells
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018) - Erythropoietin (EPO) helps to protect and repair vulnerable brains though it...
COstatus monitor provides direct measure of neonates’ cardiac output
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Clinicians caring for vulnerable babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) need...
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies’ brain development?
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-The volume of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and calories consumed by very vulnerable preemies...
Depression among parents of newborns can persist 6 months after NICU discharge
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Young parents who have less education and care for more than one child...
Targeted ‘click-to-release’ chemotherapy gives good results in mice
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy)...
First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance
Credit: Ben-Gurion University NEW YORK...May 3, 2018 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have...
