Most widely prescribed diabetes drug improves nicotine withdrawal symptoms in animal model
Credit: Julie Blendy, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; PNAS PHILADELPHIA - Metformin, the most widely used medication...
ACR responds to HHS benefit and payment parameters final rule
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed concern that the 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters final...
INRS awarded over $1.57 million in funding for new research facilities
INRS will receive over $1.57 million in funding for four new facilities to produce innovative research and train highly qualified...
Duel of the inflammatory master regulators: Insights for drug discovery
Credit: from Hudson et al Nature Communications 2018 Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the...
Russian-born Research Results in Pharmacology moves to high-tech journal platform ARPHA
Credit: Research Results in Pharmacology and ARPHA Since 2015, Belgorod National Research University's forward-thinking open-access and peer-reviewed scholarly journal Research...
Imagining an object can change how we hear sounds later
Seeing an object at the same time that you hear sound coming from somewhere else can lead to the "ventriloquist...
How advanced nanotechnology can improve cancer care
A new Tel Aviv University study addresses the challenges of nanoparticle-based cancer-targeting strategies. It also suggests ways of refocusing the...
ArunA biomedical study published in Stroke, exosomes improved recovery in stroked pigs
ArunA Biomedical today announced the publication of data demonstrating that neural stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (NSC EVs) improved tissue and...
AGS honors expert & emerging geriatrics leaders at 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting (#AGS18)
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals...
Emergency physician honored at #AGS18 for research to combat abuse of older people
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Advancing care for older people across health specialties, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and...
Look! Down in the petri dish! It’s a superplatelet!
Credit: Michael Smith Laboratories Blood platelets have one main job: Stop bleeding by forming clots. Sometimes, however, these tiny cell...
Dietary lipids play diverse roles in disease
This month's issue of the Journal of Lipid Research features studies examining how fats in the diet affect health, including...
Lung stem cells repair airways after injury
Credit: Cell Stem Cell The human airway is a system of branching tubes that connects the nose and mouth with...
Signs of early aging more likely among adolescent & young adult cancer survivors
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 12, 2018 -- Researchers have reported a higher prevalence of...
CU Anschutz scientists awarded $3.8 million Department of Defense grant
AURORA, Colo. (April 12, 2018) - Scientists from the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School...
LJI researchers are one step closer to an effective anti-atherosclerosis vaccine
Credit: Dr. Klaus Ley, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--In the disease atherosclerosis, cholesterol-containing plaques form...
Researchers optimize lung stem cell engineering process
Boston - The Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center has engineered two new categories...
UMass Amherst geoscientist on NASA mission to improve astronaut experience
Credit: Will Daniels AMHERST, Mass. - Geoscientist Will Daniels, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Climate System...
Inhibiting metabolism found to be effective in treating aggressive form of lung cancer
FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center have found that two targeted therapies could be more effective...
A simple tool for doubling down on disease control
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON -- It's a simple idea: Pair the control of a neglected tropical disease with...
