Pediatric medication poisonings more likely in poor, rural areas
IMAGE: Children younger than 5 who live in economically disadvantaged areas had a greater risk of medication poisoning that resulted...
‘Buying time’ for natural killer cells could enhance…
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A team of researchers from Australia and France have uncovered new...
New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread...
SLU surgeons study ‘awake aneurysm surgery’ for better…
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS — In a first time study published in the August edition of the Journal...
Discovered in plants a mechanism that corrects defects in protein…
Credit: Ernesto Llamas Various human nervous system diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases, are...
Researchers develop spectroscopic ‘science camera’ system…
Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two...
NIH launches initiative to develop long-acting HIV treatment and prevention tools
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched a major initiative...
FDA approves personalized cellular therapy for advanced leukemia developed by University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – In a landmark decision for the field of cancer immunotherapy, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Sensor sees nerve action as it happens
DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke and Stanford Universities have devised a way to watch the details of neurons at...
UTMB researchers find first direct evidence that A. aegypti mosquito transmits Zika virus
GALVESTON, Texas – In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were the first...
Multimodal intervention can reduce PIVC insertion in the emergency department
Credit: Kirsty Challen, BSc, MBChB, MRes, PhD, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom. DES PLAINES, IL–Peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) insertion in...
PCORI Board approves $97.9 million to Support Patient-Centered…
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $97.9 million to fund 11 studies comparing different approaches...
Computational method identifies existing drugs with virus-fighting potential
Credit: Isabel Odriozola, Flickr A new, computer-based screening method could reveal the virus-fighting potential of drugs originally developed to treat...
Potential treatment for pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia found in a vitamin
Credit: None Scientists in Japan and the US have found that vitamin B3 nicotinamide may help treat pregnant women who...
Advanced MRI can detect placental perfusion abnormalities in pregnancies complicated by fetal CHD
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – (Jan. 4, 2018) – In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease (CHD),...
Surprising health changes among postmenopausal women who marry or…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 6, 2017–Contrary to previous data, a new study finds that...
UChicago studies ranked 1 & 2 in Clinical Research Forum’s Top 10
Credit: Carole Ober, University of Chicago The Clinical Research Forum, a national organization of senior researchers and thought leaders from...
Routing gene therapy directly into the brain
Credit: Biffi lab / Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center A therapeutic technique to transplant blood-forming (hematopoietic) stem cells...
Highly pathogenic A(H7N9) virus mutation does not change risk to humans
Credit: ECDC In February 2017, a new A(H7N9) virus — indicating high pathogenicity in poultry — was detected in three...
Brain scan study adds to evidence that lower brain serotonin levels…
Credit: Gwenn Smith lab In a study looking at brain scans of people with mild loss of thought and memory...
