Gifted Lancaster scientist invited to meet Nobel Laureates
Credit: Lancaster University Dr Rhiannon Edge from Lancaster Medical School has been invited to the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting....
Where language pionieer Paul Broca and alien music meet
Credit: Nature Scientific Reports Vincent Cheung, along with Angela Friederici, has been investigating non-local dependencies in music and trying to...
Rice U. lab surprised to find its drug-delivery system can help even without drugs
Credit: Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University Sometimes when you're invested in a project you fail to notice things that turn out...
First subject enrolled in Phase I clinical trial of its non-opioid analgesic STR-324
Geneva 13th March 2018 - The Stragen group announced today the enrollment of the first subject to participate in a...
Long-term proton pump inhibitor use does not increase hip fracture risk among Alzheimer’s patients
Long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use does not increase the risk of hip fracture among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according...
NIDA’s 2018 Avant-Garde awards highlight immune response and killer cells
Credit: NIDA With diverse proposals focused on everything from natural killer cells to therapeutic vaccines to treat HIV, three recipients...
NIH scientists describe potential antibody treatment for multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae
Credit: NIAID Researchers are developing a promising alternative to antibiotic treatment for infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria resistant to...
Biophysicists discover how small populations of bacteria survive treatment
Small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics,...
Into the OR in VR: Doctor harnesses virtual reality as powerful teaching tool
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Physicians, trainees and even laypeople can now experience what it's like inside the...
High prices are just one reason Americans spend more on healthcare than Europeans
PHILADELPHIA -- High drug prices as well as the excessive use of imaging and surgical procedures, and excessive administrative burdens...
Key drivers of high US healthcare spending identified
Key takeaways: In 2016, the U.S. spent nearly twice as much as other high-income countries on healthcare, yet had poorer...
Wide variation found among US counties for death from alcohol and drug use, suicide and interpersonal violence
Bottom Line: Deaths from alcohol and drug use disorders, self-harm and interpersonal violence varied widely among U.S counties. Why The...
US continues to spend much more on health care than other countries, driven by prices of physician and hospital services, pharmaceuticals
Bottom Line: The United States spent nearly twice as much as other high-income countries on medical care but did less...
Scientists create hybrid nanomaterials in fight against cancer and bacteria
Credit: ©NUST MISIS Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), the State Research Center for...
UH optometrist investigates changes in eye structure in astronauts
Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, March 13, 2018 -- Astronauts who spend time aboard the International Space Station return to...
Hunger guides mountain lions’ actions to enter residential areas
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife In late February, CBS News Denver reported that mountain lion sightings were on the rise...
Schedule announced for Nutrition 2018 Meeting
Can food allergies be prevented? Does what we eat affect our susceptibility to diseases like dementia or cancer? Why does...
Shaken, and stirred: Scaling up bioreactors’ fluid dynamics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2018 -- Bioreactors are widely used to produce different therapeutics in the biopharmaceutical and regenerative medicine...
The thousand-year-old egg (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 -- Century eggs, or pidan, are a preserved food made by...
Researchers develop spectroscopic thermometer for nanomaterials
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy; photographer Jason Richards OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 13, 2018--A scientific team...
