Infection prevention and control programs are essential to antibiotic stewardship efforts
Arlington, Va., March 26, 2018 -- Infection prevention and control (IPC) and antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs are inextricably linked, according ...
Carbohydrate biomarker improves screening for breast cancer patients
Credit: Bernie Poitras, Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) People diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer have a five-year survival rate of more ...
Britain’s emissions dropped by 6 percent in 2016 by switching from coal to natural gas
University of Sheffield analysis considered the rapid switch from coal to natural gas generation in Britain in 2016, and found ...
Sewage Sludge Leads to Biofuels Breakthrough
Credit: (Credit: Chickmarkley) Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
The structure is decisive
Blue-green algae are one of the oldest organisms in the world and have an important role to play in many ...
Alberta’s boreal forest could be dramatically altered by 2100 due to climate change, study says
EDMONTON (Monday, March 26, 2018)--Half of Alberta's upland boreal forest is likely to disappear over the next century due to ...
New laser technique may help detect chemical warfare in atmosphere
Credit: UCF: Karen Norum The Department of Homeland Security could benefit from a reliable, real-time instrument that could scan the ...
The rhythm of genes: How the circadian clock regulates 3-D chromatin structure
EPFL biologists and geneticists have uncovered how the circadian clock orchestrates the 24-hour cycle of gene expression by regulating the ...
Keeping the genetic code
Credit: iStock/Meletios Verras (BOSTON) -- Many life-threatening diseases are caused or exacerbated by a mere change of a single nucleotide ...
Analysis of the 9p21.3 sequence associated with coronary artery disease
Credit: Natalay Kouprina, email: [email protected] Before a conclusive link between the SDs and the cardiovascular diseases can be made, further ...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs?
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before ...
Novel blueprint for faster implementation of more evidence-based healthcare solutions
Credit: Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science INDIANAPOLIS -- Scientist-clinicians from the Indiana University Center for Health ...
How did the guppy cross the ocean?: An unexpected fish appears on a volcanic archipelago
Credit: Marcelo Brito While people tend to describe tropical oceanic islands as 'paradises on Earth' and associate them with calm ...
Looking deeper into brain function
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich To uncover connections between brain regions and specific cognitive functions, neuroscientists have long made extensive use ...
Canadian neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Kinsmen Lab. of Neurological Research VANCOUVER, BC (March 26, 2018): A Vancouver-based research team led by Canada's most cited ...
Vampire bat immunity and infection risk respond to livestock rearing
Athens, Ga. - The availability of livestock as a food source for vampire bats influences their immune response and infection ...
First IVF bison calf joins NoCo herd
Credit: Mary Guiden/Colorado State University And then there were... 44. Eight bison -- four calves and their mothers -- were ...
Insect toxin detected in the world’s longest animal
Credit: Photo Erik Jacobsson The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 metres ...
Drug reduces inflammation in stroke patients
An anti-inflammatory drug given to patients in the early stages of a stroke has been shown by researchers at The ...
Increase in number of places for local medical students
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London has been allocated an additional ...
