City College-bred fruit flies, parasites, in space odyssey
Credit: NASA Hurtling around Earth, at 17,500 mph some 248 miles in space, is a small swarm of City College ...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches NuProbe to facilitate global precision medicine
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- NuProbe Global will commercialize the Wyss Institute's DNA nanotechnology-based variant-detecting method as ...
The role of ‘extra’ DNA in cancer evolution and therapy resistance
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Response to standard-of-care treatment is poor, with a ...
Special series examines the use of pasteurized donor human milk for vulnerable infants
While the health effects of breastfeeding are well-recognized and apply to both mothers and children, some mothers may not be ...
Cigarillo packaging can influence product perception, study finds
CHAPEL HILL - Text and pictorial warnings about the health effects of little cigars and cigarillos didn't fully curtail the ...
Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Regular physical activity may help older women increase their mobility, but muscle strength ...
New cell therapy aids heart recovery — without implanting cells
Credit: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic/Columbia Engineering New York, NY -- April 23, 2018 -- Heart disease is a major global health problem--myocardial ...
BU medical student receives student fellowship from Alpha Omega Alpha
(Boston)--Melissa Chua, a fourth-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) ...
Johns Hopkins performs first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world
Credit: Devon Stuart for Johns Hopkins Medicine Many soldiers returning from combat bear visible scars, or even lost limbs, caused ...
Dementia trend shows later onset with fewer years of the disease
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear: ...
New study shows prenatal cannabis use associated with low birth weights
AURORA, Colo. (April 23, 2018) - With marijuana use during pregnancy on the rise, a new study led by the ...
Watch your step: How vision leads locomotion
Credit: Photo by Michelle Chiou Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of ...
Scientists identify genetic catalysts that speed up evolution of antibiotic resistance
Researchers at Oxford University have shown that it is possible to identify genetic catalysts that accelerate the evolution of antibiotic ...
Size, structure help poziotinib pose threat to deadly exon 20 lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A drug that failed to effectively strike larger targets in lung cancer hits a bulls-eye ...
Acute aortic dissection should be suspected with pulse or neurologic deficit and hypotension
In the appropriate clinical setting, suspicion for acute aortic dissection should be raised when patients present with findings that have ...
Caregivers can help assess whether older adults are dealing with delirium
Delirium is a sudden change in mental status that often occurs when older adults are in the hospital or after ...
BU: Guns used in cross-border crimes originate from states with more lax laws
Opponents of gun control have frequently pointed to high rates of gun violence in cities such as Chicago to argue ...
Nation’s oldest and largest conservation tillage event marks 30th Field Day
MILAN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day on ...
Bias keeps women with higher body weights away from the doctor — Drexel study
A study out of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health linked past experiences with bias and discrimination and avoidance ...
£1 million toolkit to calculate economic value of urban greenspace
(University of Exeter) £1 million is being invested in an online toolkit designed to empower cities and developers to accurately ...
