Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON (May 9, 2018) -- The Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at...

Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment

May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead...

Lesbian, bisexual women may be more likely to develop diabetes due to stress

In a newly published study involving 94,250 women across the United States, researchers found that lesbian and bisexual (LB) women...

Gene study spots clues to heart risk for statin patients

A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving...

Spectrum Health’s Tina Freese Decker named one of top 25 COOs in Healthcare 2018

Credit: Courtesy of Spectrum Health GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The editors of Modern Healthcare have named Tina Freese Decker, Spectrum...

Neuroinflammation seen in spinal cord, nerve roots of patients with chronic sciatica

A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic...

Genetic counseling and testing proposed for patients with the brain tumor medulloblastoma

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers have identified six genes that predispose carriers to develop the brain tumor medulloblastoma...

TGen develops quality-control test for detecting cancer in blood

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 9, 2018 -- Imagine how much patients could benefit if you could discover the presence of...

Gene disruption signals cerebral palsy and autism link

University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered a genetic signal common to both cerebral palsy and autism. The finding comes from...

UTA study finds art therapy helps veterans cope with trauma

May 10, 2018

Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found that 98 percent of veterans participating in the...

New pulmonary hypertension treatment target in the bull’s-eye

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. - (May 8, 2018) - A new and early target for...

Our vulnerable nervous system: What affects its protective sheaths?

According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis...

New biomarker identified for early diagnosis of lung cancer

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 - High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been...

Uterine cancer survivors are more likely to have cardiovascular problems

A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that survivors of uterine cancer are more likely...

Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement

Credit: Video edited and produced by Girupakaran Sivalingam, Bill Crowther and Mostafa Nabawy. Sound design by Conor Marsh. Music: The...

Malaria parasite accumulates undetected in bone marrow

Washington, DC - May 8, 2018 - A Plasmodium vivax infection is like an iceberg: It's dangerous, in part, because...

Prolonged exposure to air pollution leads to genetic changes in rat brains, study finds

LOS ANGELES -- May 8, 2018 -- Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin...

Symptoms of osteoarthritis lessened with simple changes to the diet

One gram of fish oil a day could help reduce the pain of patients with osteoarthritis, a new study in...

Transitional methods for determining causes of death

Credit: Photo by Margareta G. Kubista Improved tools are now underway for determining the causes of death in settings where...

Tracing the footprints of a tumor: Genomic ‘scars’ allow cancer profiling