Penn State researchers receive grant to develop new contraception…
Credit: Francisco Diaz lab Two Penn State researchers have received a grant through the Grand Challenges Explorations program — an ...
New ASTRO template helps radiation oncologists guide cancer survivors…
Fairfax, Va., November 23, 2015 – A new template published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) standardizes and ...
How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of ...
Adaptive management of soil conservation is essential to improving water quality
Credit: Helen Jarvie The quality of our rivers and lakes could be placed under pressure from harmful levels of soluble ...
Can mice really mirror humans when it comes to cancer?
Credit: G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new Michigan State University study is helping to answer a pressing question ...
CK5 marks cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer shows that protein cytokeratin ...
Study in mice may reveal insights into causes of miscarriages for some…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 9, 2017–Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have identified how natural killer cells ...
Researchers use video gamelike test to study learning and recovery in stroke patients
Credit: Johns Hopkins Media A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers ...
Point/counterpoint debate takes aim at the opioid epidemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 11, 2017 –Two experts with opposing views squared off on ...
Team uncovers novel epigenetic changes in leukemia
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A — UT Health San Antonio researchers discovered epigenetic changes that contribute ...
Basic research led to first FDA-approved immunotherapy for pediatric…
IMAGE: This is Araz Marachelian, MD clinical investigator at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Director, NANT Consortium. Credit: Children's Hospital ...
A popular bottle-breaking trick is giving insight to brain injuries
Credit: BYU Photo As many YouTube videos show, striking the top of a liquid-filled bottle can shatter the bottom. Now ...
Brain imaging of premature babies to find biomarkers for…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Natasha Leporé, PhD, a principal investigator in the Department of Radiology and Imaging at Children's ...
Artificial blood vessels mimic rare accelerated aging disease
Credit: Progeria Research Foundation DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers have grown miniature human blood vessels that exhibit many of the ...
Individual mycobacteria respond differently to antibiotics based on growth and timing
Credit: Kelvin Ma/Tufts University BOSTON (June 30, 2016) — Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the ...
One more reason to focus on prenatal care — Stronger muscles for newborn babies
Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome Research Institute. Born too soon, she weighed just over 1 pound at ...
Scientists unravel how protein impacts intellectual disability
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – April 25, 2017 – Your brain needs just the right balance between ...
Study answers why ketamine helps depression, offers target for safer…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – June 21, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a key protein that ...
Researchers find brief, intense stair climbing is a practical way to boost fitness
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University There are no more excuses for being out of shape. Researchers at McMaster University have ...
Zika virus damages placenta, which may explain malformed babies
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Oregon – Though the Zika virus is widely known for a recent outbreak that caused children to ...
