Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

Credit: Callahan et al./Boston Children's Hospital Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease in which abnormal cells build up...

How signals get inside cancer cells and spur aggressive growth

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The outside of a cancer cell is bombarded by signals. They come from...

Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty

Credit: Rob Jordan and Ian Fitzgerald A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of...

Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children

Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the...

UCI-Harvard research may help combat the deadly gastrointestinal infection C. diff

Credit: Rongsheng Jin, University of California, Irvine Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Harvard University have discovered how...

Beyond killing tuberculosis

May 13, 2018

Credit: DU CANE MEDICAL IMAGING LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Montreal, May 11 2018 -- Historically, our view of host defense against...

AGS deeply troubled by news of possible nursing home evictions following cuts to Medicaid

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today voiced concern over recent reports that budget cuts in Louisiana could terminate Medicaid benefits...

Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement

Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 10, 2018--Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at...

PATH statement on White House Summit on AI for American Industry

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers May 10, 2018, Washington, DC - The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in...

Rising religious ‘none’ rates linked to conservative Christian politics

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Religious "nones," people who do not officially associate themselves with a specific religion, are on the rise...

Most oncologists have discussed medical marijuana with patients

Data from a new survey show that as many as 80% of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their...

Untangling brain neuron dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A decay of brain function is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy...

Racial or ethnic discrimination impacts Latinas’ satisfaction with contraception services

Young Latina women who have experienced racial or ethnic discrimination are less satisfied overall with their contraceptive care, which could...

Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients

DENVER -Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of...

How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male

Credit: Images by Ge et al. DURHAM, N.C. -- Boy or girl? For those who want to influence their baby's...

Longenesis to present the latest advances in Blockchain and AI for healthcare at the Consensus 2018

Thursday, May 10, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Longenesis, a Hong Kong-based leader in applying the latest advances in deep learning...

Discovery of novel biomarker with remarkable specificity to rheumatoid arthritis

Tsukuba, Japan - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's...

Gadolinium deposition in the brain not dose dependent

Credit: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have determined that in children receiving...

Women seeking crowdfunding financing for start-ups are perceived as more trustworthy

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business start-ups, the...

Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections