Study: Wearable fitness monitors useful in cancer treatment
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 1, 2018 - Wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, that measure steps taken per...
Food for thought: Ketogenic diets reduce athletes’ anaerobic performance
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Athletes who turn to ketogenic diets to help their performance in high-intensity, short...
Gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase deficiency yields promising results
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2018--During the first 18 months after treatment with ali-pogene...
Blacks, whites equally as likely to be prescribed opioids for pain
ANN ARBOR--Racial disparities in pain management have been well-documented, with doctors historically more willing to prescribe opiates to whites than...
ISSCR 2018 to highlight research driving new discoveries and advances in regenerative medicine
Progress in stem cell research and its translation to medicine is the focus of the International Society for Stem Cell...
Mayo Clinic joins NIH in launching All of Us Research Program
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- On May 6, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will open national enrollment for the All of...
Formate prevents most folic acid-resistant neural tube defects in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Maternal folic acid supplementation has reduced the prevalence of neural tube defects, one of the...
Study shows sea turtle nesting beaches threatened by microplastic pollution
Credit: Victoria Beckwith TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Plastic is famous for its unyielding durability, making it perfect for consumer products but...
Innovative vaccine offers canine cancer patients a shot at a longer, happier life
Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer to affect dogs. It is a painful and aggressive disease. Affecting more than...
Scientists identify two hormones that burn fat faster, prevent and reverse diabetes in mice
Credit: Elaine Schmidt/UCLA Health FINDINGS UCLA geneticists have created a new technique to hunt for hormones that influence how organs...
Single injection treats hemophilia B for life, in proof-of-concept study
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2018) For most people with hemophilia B, whose bodies can't properly form blood clots,...
Study challenges ‘shock and kill’ approach to eliminating HIV
Researchers have provided new insight into the cellular processes behind the 'shock and kill' approach to curing HIV, which they...
Power to the preprint
Credit: PLOS Preprints are here!!! Starting today, authors submitting their manuscript to most PLOS journals* can also choose to post...
Novel theranostic approach for treating pancreatic cancer patients shows promise
Credit: RP Baum, THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Molecular Imaging, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany RESTON, Va -...
Researchers study how to improve southern sea otter survival
Credit: Ron Wolf University of Wyoming researchers have been studying how best to bolster the southern sea otter population, which...
New research ranks the effectiveness of nonsurgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis
ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2018)--An estimated 45 percent of people are at risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in their...
FDA approves CAR T therapy for large B-cell lymphoma developed at Penn
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval for a personalized cellular therapy...
UCI participates in NIHÂ’s landmark precision medicine research
(University of California - Irvine) The University of California, Irvine and nationwide partners are launching a landmark $1.5 billion National...
Strategy prevents blindness in mice with retinal degeneration
DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 million people worldwide live with inherited and untreatable retinal conditions, including retinitis pigmentosa, which...
For high school baseball pitchers, extra throws on game day add up but go uncounted
For high school baseball pitchers, limiting throws during a game helps to prevent fatigue and injuries. But nearly half the...
