Gabapentin co-use may increase risk of fatal opioid overdose
Co-prescription of the anticonvulsant gabapentin is associated with an increased risk of opioid-related death in people who are prescribed opioid...
Ammonia emissions unlikely to be causing extreme China haze
Credit: Georgia Tech As China struggles to find ways to remedy the noxious haze that lingers over Beijing and other...
New information on a major player in chronic visceral leishmaniasis
In an article in the latest issue of Plos Pathogens, INRS professor Simona Stäger and her team show how the...
‘CRISPR-Gold’ fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in mice
Credit: Murthy/Conboy/Nature Biomedical Engineering Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have engineered a new way to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing...
Got a picky eater? How ‘nature and nurture’ may be influencing eating behavior in young children
URBANA, Ill. - For most preschool-age children, picky eating is just a normal part of growing up. But for others,...
Six for six
UC Santa Barbara's Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its sixth consecutive multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...
Genetic targets to chemo-resistant breast cancer identified
Credit: NCI DALLAS - Oct. 3, 2017 - Research led by Dr. Carlos Arteaga, Director of the Harold C. Simmons...
NIH awards $2.4 million to MPFI scientist to study neural circuits in the visual cortex
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Dr. David Fitzpatrick, Scientific Director and CEO at the Max Planck Florida Institute...
Designer biosensor can detect antibiotic production by microbes
Credit: Edward Kalkreuter Researchers from North Carolina State University have engineered designer biosensors that can detect antibiotic molecules of interest....
Benchmarking computational methods for metagenomes
They are everywhere, but invisible to the naked eye. Microbes are the unseen, influential forces behind the regulation of key...
Surrounded by potential: New science in converting biomass
Credit: Igor Slowing In every plant--from trees to crops--there exists a substance that makes up its wood or stems, fiber,...
New method to measure cell stiffness could lead to improved cancer treatments
Credit: Angelyn Nguyen/UCLA UCLA biophysicists have developed a new method to rapidly determine a single cell's stiffness and size --...
Too little is known about wildfire smoke
How do fire-suppression chemicals and pesticides affect wildfire smoke and the health of those who breathe it? UC Davis graduate...
PSU study tracks potentially harmful species from Japanese tsunami to American shores
(Portland, Ore.) Oct. 3, 2017 - Nearly 300 aquatic species have landed on American shores since the 2011 Japanese tsunami...
Breakthrough cancer treatment brings hope and challenges
The first gene therapy for cancer, approved by the Food Drug Administration in August, will transform the treatment of a...
NJIT device aimed at early detection of deadly diseases wins NJ Health Foundation backing
New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded NJIT engineer Eon Soo Lee a $50,000 Innovation Grant to develop a nanotechnology-enhanced...
Unexpected findings uncover new understanding of gene expression
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that the catalytic activity of the fly enzyme Trr and mammalian MLL3/MLL4 -- members of...
UK researchers seek to identify ways to relieve post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2017) -- Of the 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, a significant number experience...
New system finds and targets vulnerabilities in lung cancer cells
Genetic changes that help lung cancer thrive also make it vulnerable to a promising experimental drug, according to a study...
Genetic test successfully detects some asymptomatic pancreatic cancers
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2017 - A genetic test developed at UPMC proved highly sensitive at determining which pancreatic cysts are...
