Research identifies unconventional immune cell capable of fighting viral infections
Research led by the University of Birmingham has identified a novel unconventional type of immune cell capable of fighting viral ...
Infants exposed to hepatitis C increasing, yet not adequately screened, MWRI study finds
PITTSBURGH, May 2, 2018 - Due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C virus (HCV) is increasing among pregnant women, resulting ...
Bloomberg era’s emphasis on ‘health in all policies’ improved New Yorkers’ heart health
From 2002 to 2013, New York City implemented a series of policies prioritizing the public's health in areas beyond traditional ...
How do cells sense glutamine and control their autophagy and activation?
Credit: Osaka University The human body consists of about 35 trillion cells, so it could be said that overall body ...
Where brain cells get their information may determine their roles in diseases
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(MAY 1, 2018) If 95 percent of your neighbors are chatty and outgoing, you probably know ...
Teen tanning addiction afflicts minorities in Los Angeles
Tanning addiction plagues teenage minorities in Los Angeles, and that dependency is associated with marijuana abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other ...
Orange county teen dating violence is twice the national average
Orange County teens are facing varied and more frequent types of dating violence than any generation before them. Chapman University ...
Traffic-related pollution linked to risk of asthma in children
Credit: BIDMC Media Services BOSTON - Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on ...
Army neuroscientists foresee intelligent agents on the battlefield
Credit: US Army photo by David McNally ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The battlefield of the future will be complex, ...
For high school baseball pitchers, extra throws on game day add up but go uncounted
For high school baseball pitchers, limiting throws during a game helps to prevent fatigue and injuries. But nearly half the ...
Strategy prevents blindness in mice with retinal degeneration
DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 million people worldwide live with inherited and untreatable retinal conditions, including retinitis pigmentosa, which ...
UCI participates in NIHs landmark precision medicine research
(University of California - Irvine) The University of California, Irvine and nationwide partners are launching a landmark $1.5 billion National ...
FDA approves CAR T therapy for large B-cell lymphoma developed at Penn
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval for a personalized cellular therapy ...
New research ranks the effectiveness of nonsurgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis
ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2018)--An estimated 45 percent of people are at risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in their ...
Researchers study how to improve southern sea otter survival
Credit: Ron Wolf University of Wyoming researchers have been studying how best to bolster the southern sea otter population, which ...
Novel theranostic approach for treating pancreatic cancer patients shows promise
Credit: RP Baum, THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Molecular Imaging, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany RESTON, Va - ...
Power to the preprint
Credit: PLOS Preprints are here!!! Starting today, authors submitting their manuscript to most PLOS journals* can also choose to post ...
Study challenges ‘shock and kill’ approach to eliminating HIV
Researchers have provided new insight into the cellular processes behind the 'shock and kill' approach to curing HIV, which they ...
Single injection treats hemophilia B for life, in proof-of-concept study
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2018) For most people with hemophilia B, whose bodies can't properly form blood clots, ...
Scientists identify two hormones that burn fat faster, prevent and reverse diabetes in mice
Credit: Elaine Schmidt/UCLA Health FINDINGS UCLA geneticists have created a new technique to hunt for hormones that influence how organs ...
