2018 HFSP Career Development Awards
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 11 Career Development Awards (CDA). The awards are for the...
Stand Up To Cancer grants encourage ‘innovation in collaboration’
Credit: Photo by ©AACR/Todd Buchanan 2018 PHILADELPHIA - March 28, 2018 - To strengthen collaboration among scientists conducting cancer research,...
Jefferson and Einstein intend to merge
Credit: Einstein Healthcare Network Leadership from Jefferson and Einstein Healthcare Network announced today the signing of a non-binding Letter of...
Brain-wide tracing of single neurons reveals breadth of information transfer from visual cortex
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre An international collaboration of neuroscientists have today published a paper in Nature demonstrating the breadth of...
Largest-ever genetic study of stroke provides new insight into the disease
An international research group, including scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, studying 520,000 people from around the...
Phase I HIV vaccine trial to begin
WORCESTER - A Phase I clinical trial testing the safety of vaccines that might have the potential to prevent HIV...
Relationship changes after bariatric surgery
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Individuals who have undergone bariatric surgery have a higher probability of getting married, separating from...
PSU researcher to examine volcanic ash to aid evacuations
Helping emergency responders predict where ash from exploding volcanoes will fall and how heavy it will accumulate is the focus...
West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
Credit: Robert Gill/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - March 28, 2018 - The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically...
A high-specificity test detects prior infection by Zika virus
A test that detects antibodies against Zika virus in samples of blood serum with high specificity - and hence a...
Wayne State University searches for new directions to treat Barth syndrome
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT -- The Barth Syndrome Foundation recently announced awardees from its 2017 grant cycle. Miriam Greenberg,...
Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-or the rheumatic fever...
Bovine genetics: The startling diversity of Bua cattle
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) In a study of the genetic structure and population dynamics of a unique breed of cattle that is...
Potential biomarkers in animals could signal Ebola virus infection before symptoms appear
Scientists have identified potential biomarkers in nonhuman primates exposed to Ebola virus (EBOV) that appeared up to four days before...
Turtle shells help decode complex links between modern, fossil species
Credit: Coleman Sheehy / Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine that Labradors and golden retrievers died out a million years...
Researchers identify chemical compound that inhibits Ebola virus replication
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--An organic chemical compound shows effective antiviral activity against Ebola virus and several other viruses, according...
A moveable feast: Antibiotics give C. diff a nutrient-rich environment, no competition
Credit: Dr. Rajani Thanissery Using a mouse model, researchers from North Carolina State University have found that antibiotic use creates...
USDA invests in research to develop genetic control of waterhemp
Credit: Pat Tranel, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a...
The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reports that modern cosmetic surgical procedures
Credit: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery NEW YORK, NY (March 28, 2018) - New data from the American Society...
Scientists find link between congenital cardiac malformation and adult adrenal cancer
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A.--An international team led by Dr. Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., of UT Health San Antonio, discovered a...
