Deadly duet
Credit: Bastian Braeuning / TUM Pore-forming toxins are common bacterial poisons. They attack organisms by introducing holes in cell membranes. ...
Antipsychotic medications may result in increased risk of gestational diabetes
An increasing number of women are treated with antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy even though safety questions remain unanswered. Certain antipsychotic ...
Researchers teach robots to touch
(University of Helsinki) Touching and grasping objects are surprisingly complex processes, an area where contemporary robots are still clumsy. Principal ...
OU-led research team accelerating antibiotic discovery with $5.7 million NIH grant
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma professors, Helen Zgurskaya and Valentin Rybenkov, and team are addressing the challenge and ...
Mayo Clinic implements Epic electronic health record at its Rochester campus
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic continues its move to a single, integrated electronic health record and billing system with the ...
Kidney cells from amniotic fluid obtained from cesarean section at delivery
Credit: Rahman MS, Spitzhorn LS, Wruck W, Hagenbeck C, Balan P, Graffmann N, Bohndorf M, Ncube A, Guillot PV, Fehm ...
Study adds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states
Credit: Photo by Kaitlin Southworth CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can ...
Brain activity helps explain diabetics’ negative feelings, risk for depression
Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - For millions of Americans who are obese and living with diabetes ...
C-Path receives COA qualification from FDA for the non-small cell lung cancer SAQ
TUCSON, Ariz. - May 7, 2018 -- Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium announces its second clinical outcome ...
Application of human induced pluripotent stem cells in precision medicine
Researchers at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully demonstrated the use ...
Molecule that supports blood-cell production under dietary stress is identified
Credit: Kanazawa University The production of blood cells is regulated by so-called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which reside in bone ...
A more affordable drug for neuroendocrine tumors diagnostics passing preclinical tests
Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Leading researchers, physicists, and materials scientists of the Research School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences ...
HKU AIDS Institute invents universal antibody drug for HIV-1 prevention and immunotherapy
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by scientists at AIDS Institute and Department of Microbiology, Li ...
Carnivores in captivity give birth at the same time of year as those in the wild
Credit: (Image: Zoo Zürich / Enzo Franchini) Many species have a specific mating season when living in their natural habitat. ...
New insights into blood vessel growth
FRANKFURT. How new blood vessels form in mammals, for example during development or after injury, was so far not known ...
Toxicity and other health risks of electronic tobacco heating system
The project was implemented in accordance with the request of the Government of Russian Federation on the evaluation of non-medicinal ...
Karger Publishers partners with BenchSci
Karger Publishers, a globally active medical and scientific publishing company, partners with BenchSci, a life science machine learning startup, to ...
Continuous consumption of pangasius exposes to dangerous mercury levels
The pangasius, originally from Vietnam, is one of the most consumed fish in the world for its low cost, mild ...
HSS researchers launch study to measure bone effects of new rheumatologic agent
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have launched a pilot study to see how a drug that treats several ...
Proper burial of dead cells limits inflammation
Credit: UofL If dead cells accumulate in the body, they can contribute to inflammation and pre-dispose individuals to multiple chronic ...
