Organoids created from patients’ bladder cancers could guide treatment
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (April 5, 2018)-Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers...
New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain
BOSTON - For hospitalized patients, pain is an all-too-common part of the experience. Even among U.S. patients who have not...
Can we imitate organisms’ abilities to decode water patterns for new technologies?
Credit: Brendan Colvert, Mohamad Alsalman, Eva Kanso The shape of water. Can it tell us about what drives romance? Among...
Review of Vitamin D Research identifies ethical issues in placebo use
WASHINGTON (April 5, 2018) -- Since World War II, medical ethics in research studies involving human subjects have shifted significantly....
‘Sleeping’ stem cells could aid brain repair
Credit: Andrea Brand/Leo Otsuki Scientists at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, have identified a...
Injecting gene cocktail into mouse pancreas leads to humanlike tumors
Credit: Dr. Bruno Doiron/UT Health San Antonio Novel technology developed at UT Health San Antonio gives rise to mouse pancreatic...
MRI analysis with machine learning predicts impairment after spinal injury, study shows
Leesburg, VA, April 2, 2018 - A test of machine-learning algorithms shows promise for computer-aided prognosis of acute spinal cord...
Parents struggle to discuss sex with LGBTQ teens
'My challenge is I have no idea what sex is really like for men, especially for gay men' Parents don't...
National Foundation for Cancer research scientists among the National Academy of Inventors’ class
BETHESDA, MD - In an event this afternoon at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, two funded scientists of...
More Americans aware of growing problem of opioid addiction
CHICAGO, April 5, 2018 -- A new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals the number...
More dairy associated with higher bone density and greater spine strength in men over 50
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), Wageningen University, Tilburg University, University of Reading, and Beth...
X-linked genes help explain why boys of all ages face higher respiratory risk
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Human airways already demonstrate gender-based differences in DNA methylation signatures at birth, providing...
Research predicts likelihood of HIV testing based on race, sex/gender & sexual orientation
A new study has identified factors that lead to increased HIV testing among young adults, specifically how a person's race,...
Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination
Credit: CWRU School of Medicine Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two...
Columbia scientists build better way to decode the genome
Credit: Credit: Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute The genome is the body's instruction manual. It contains the raw information -- in...
An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has...
New immunotherapy for lung cancer shows promise of success
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina In a groundbreaking development, results from a recent clinical trial to treat...
Climate change is wreaking havoc on delicate relationship between orchids and bees
Credit: University of Sussex The first definitive demonstration of climate change upsetting the vital interdependent relationships between species has been...
Better roads essential for safer cycling
Credit: QUT CARRS-Q A QUT-led study of Queensland motorists and cyclists recommends that efforts to improve cyclist safety during overtaking...
Bertarelli Symposium 2018 to tackle the mysteries of the senses
Our senses -- vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, pain -- form the very foundation of our ability to understand and...
