Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine enters clinical testing
Credit: NIAID A Phase 1 clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of an investigational vaccine against respiratory syncytial...
Western researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent…
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse...
NASA study shows that space travel affects spine of astronauts
Oct. 25, 2016 – How does space travel affect the spine? Astronauts on long missions in space have atrophy of...
Scientists discover blood sample detection method for multiple sclerosis
Credit: University of Huddersfield A METHOD for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of...
Reservoir divers: Select antiviral cells can access HIV’s…
Credit: Rama Rao Amara, Emory Vaccine Center When someone is HIV-positive and takes antiretroviral drugs, the virus persists in a...
Mount Sinai heart initiates study of worksite lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiac…
World-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, is undertaking...
‘Innovator’ award for new leukemia immunotherapies
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Marie Bleakley, a pediatric oncology physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
Night owls have larger social networks than early birds
Credit: Jari Saramäki, Talayeh Aledavood / Aalto University Using anonymous mobile phone data, Aalto University doctoral researcher Talayeh Aledavood has...
A protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease may also be implicated…
Credit: University of Bergen, Norway University of Bergen, Norway, August 2, 2017 – Rare mutations in the amyloid precursor protein...
Coarse particulate matter may increase asthma risk
Credit: ATS Dec. 12, 2017–Children exposed to coarse particulate matter may be more likely to develop asthma and to be...
Cardiologist Stavros Drakos, MD, named on Forbes’…
Credit: University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah — Dec. 6, 2017 — University of Utah Health cardiologist Stavros...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to…
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell...
Los Alamos research fundamental to first efficacy study for mosaic HIV-1 preventive…
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 30, 2017 — Just in time for World AIDS Day (Dec....
Blood sample new way of detecting cancer
A new RNA test of blood platelets can be used to detect, classify and pinpoint the location of cancer by...
Cancer survivors less likely to receive callbacks from potential…
Job applicants who are cancer survivors are less likely to receive callbacks from potential retail employers than those who did...
Diagnostic biomarkers in saliva show promise in recognizing early…
Credit: Beaumont Your spit may hold a clue to future brain health. Investigators at the Beaumont Research Institute, part of...
Penn researcher calls on the scientific community to defend individuals with disabilities
Credit: Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
What will it take to protect hospital patients from UTIs? National effort shows promise
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and...
Key barriers to quality end-of-life care for ethnic minorities
New Rochelle, NY, Nov. 18, 2015 — A new study identifies six main patient-reported barriers to receiving quality end-of-life (EOL)...
Critical link between obesity and diabetes has been identified
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 28, 2017 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified a major mechanism by which obesity...
