Researchers discover new antibiotics by sifting through the human microbiome
Credit: Sean Brady Most antibiotics in use today are based on natural molecules produced by bacteria--and given the rise of...
Inactive patents: Innovate more, search less
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Many innovators and inventors feel they have squandered hours fruitlessly rifling through old patents on...
A possible explanation for recurring breast cancer
In October, we mourned those who died of breast cancer and celebrated all of the women (and men) who have...
Wide variability in generic heart failure drugs can make them unaffordable to uninsured
Credit: Photo by Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University. ST. LOUIS - New research from Saint Louis University finds that the...
Cedars-Sinai receives $1.2M grant from California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 15, 2016) -- Cedars-Sinai health investigators will use a $1.2 million grant from a state precision medicine...
Research finds Zika virus can live for hours on hard, non-porous surfaces
DENVER (Nov. 15, 2016) -- The Zika virus is most commonly transmitted in humans as the result of a bite...
Do extremely reddened quasars extinguish star formation?
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their...
Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for sixth consecutive year
LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) For the sixth consecutive year, the Salk Institute's strong financial health and commitment to accountability and...
‘Origami’ rapid malaria test receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Credit: Lauren Gibson / Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University headed by Stevenson Professor...
UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative
Credit: Matt Herp / ADA Irvine, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016 -- University of California, Irvine health policy researchers have been...
Researchers question if banning of ‘killer robots’ actually will stop robots from killing
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A University at Buffalo research team has published a paper that implies that the rush to ban...
Can artery ‘banks’ transform vascular medicine?
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- The prospect of creating artery "banks" available for cardiovascular surgery, bypassing the need...
Hawai’i researchers link quality of coastal groundwater with reef degradation on Maui
Credit: University of Hawaii Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the...
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and partners to receive $1.2 million grant from CIAPM
Oakland, CA (November 15, 2016) - A team at the Oakland and San Francisco campuses of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals,...
Malaria research at CU Anschutz receives Gates Foundation support
Credit: University of Colorado The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations...
Appendicitis patients can safely leave hospital the same day of their operations
CHICAGO (November 15, 2016): Patients with acute appendicitis who undergo laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical remove of the appendix) do not experience...
New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas
Credit: Image by Brelon J. May, courtesy of The Ohio State University. COLUMBUS, Ohio--For the first time, researchers have created...
Preventing adolescent substance use may need to start in early childhood
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions suggests the approach to preventing alcohol and...
‘Princess Leia’ brainwaves help sleeping brain store memories
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) Every night while you sleep, electrical waves of brain activity circle around each...
NIH scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
WHAT: Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98...
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