Scripps Florida team awarded $1.8 million grant to develop drugs for heart disease and rheumatoid ar
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Jan. 24, 2017 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps...
Medical, Scientific Image Analysis Vastly Improved by New Software
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Many current medical and scientific practices involve the analysis of highly complicated images, such as magnetic resonance...
Designing diagnostic labs that are safe, specific and sustainable
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New national Lyme Disease biobank to accelerate research by making samples available
Portola Valley, Calif., Jan. 24, 2017 - Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease...
Overall rate of death from cancer decreases in US
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New study finds where you live may determine likelihood of dying from cancer
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Penn researchers help unravel mysteries of pancreatic cancer’s resistance to standard therapies
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Small proteins help deliver receptors to the surface of our cells, ensuring their function and helping us avoid disease
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety...
Consumer-use baby monitors have little proven benefit for healthy infants
Credit: Childen's Hospital of Philadelphia It sounds simple and harmless--an electronic sensor attached to a baby's sock that monitors vital...
Swarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life
Credit: Scripps Oceanography/Jaffe Lab for Underwater Imaging Underwater robots developed by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
NAS honors five for major contributions in physical science and engineering
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences will honor five individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements...
Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars
Credit: NASA The presence of water on ancient Mars is a paradox. There's plenty of geographical evidence that rivers periodically...
New sensors can detect single protein molecules
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Large pre-ACA Medicaid expansion did not level health disparities in cancer surgery
Credit: Georgetown University WASHINGTON -- An analysis of the New York State's Medicaid expansion, which predated the 2010 Affordable Care...
News media registration open for ENDO 2017: The 99th Annual Meeting & EXPO in Orlando, Fla.
Washington, DC--Members of the media can now register to cover the latest advances in hormone health and science at ENDO...
Timing of chemo affects inflammation, mice study suggests
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The time of day that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs are given affects the amount of damaging inflammation...
Role of thrust and drag clarified for swimming microorganisms
Credit: Felderhof WASHINGTON, D.C., Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -- For years, B. Ubbo Felderhof, a professor at the Institute for...
Modeling the rhythmic electrical activities of the brain
Credit: Leandro Alonso WASHINGTON, D.C., January 24, 2017 -- Researchers studying the brain have long been interested in its neural...
Prenatal infection may alter brain development via epigenetic changes
Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 24, 2017 - Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk for psychiatric disorders in the child, but...
Can mushrooms help delay or prevent Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 24, 2017 -- Certain edible and medicinal mushrooms contain bioactive...
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