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Credit: Kessler Foundation & UNHIOD East Hanover, NJ -July 7, 2017. Americans with disabilities continued to engage in the labor...

Hospitalized older adults may need more help selecting skilled nursing facilities

More than 20 percent of all hospitalized older adults who use Medicare will be admitted to a skilled nursing facility...

Diabetes complications are a risk factor for repeat hospitalizations, study shows

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For patients with diabetes, one reason for hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmission is severe dysglycemia (uncontrolled hyperglycemia...

Diatoms have sex after all, and ammonium puts them in the mood

CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, thought to be asexual does reproduce sexually,...

Researchers report chemical reaction with potential to speed drug development

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 2017 - Chemists have long sought to develop new reactions for the direct conversion...

Litter bugs may protect chocolate supply

Credit: Natalie Christian Those who crave brownies or hot cocoa may be happy to hear that heroes too small to...

NYU to investigate the biology of sex differences in oral cancer pain

Nicole Scheff, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, director of the NYU Bluestone Center...

Nanoparticles coated with antibiotic eliminate drug-resistant bacteria

July 10, 2017

Credit: Mateus Borba Cardoso A new strategy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been described by Brazilian researchers in Scientific Reports,...

Lymph node metastases may not always be the source of cancer’s spread to other organs

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found that the traditional model for the spread of carcinoma,...

Researchers publish new findings on influence of high-fat diet on colorectal cancer

Thursday, July 6, 2017, Cleveland: Poor diet is associated with 80% of colorectal cancer cases, but the exact pathways by...

A new molecular scissors act like a GPS to improve genome editing

Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), led by the Spanish researcher Guillermo Montoya, have discovered...

Media registration open for the Advanced Breast Cancer Conference

Media can register now to attend the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference (ABC4) in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday 2...

Visualizing whole-body cancer metastasis at the single-cell level

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBic) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) have developed a method...

More than half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors

A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than...

New DNA-based strategy shows promise against a range of influenza viruses

PHILADELPHIA -- (July 6, 2017) -- A novel, synthetic, DNA-based strategy to provide protection against a broad array of influenza...

Single molecule microRNA technology proves useful for liver toxicity detection

Quanterix Corporation, a company digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health, and DestiNA Genomics...

For rodents, seeing is believing

It's never easy to orientate oneself in a new place - that applies to rats as well. Researchers from the...

Photo-responsive protein hydrogels as agent for controlled stem cell/protein release

Credit: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST Hydrogels, noted for their biomimetic properties, are the leading materials for biomedical...

How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma

Credit: (UZH) It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial...

NIH awards $8.6 million for bold bid to transform lung transplantation