Inequality and social exclusion drive mental health problems in…
Credit: Lena Mustonen/Umeå University A survey of nearly 1000 households in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand showed that six ...
3-D-printable implants may ease damaged knees
Credit: Feichen Yang DURHAM, N.C. — A cartilage-mimicking material created by researchers at Duke University may one day allow surgeons ...
USDA’s NIFA invests in integrated biorefinery optimization
Credit: Photo courtesy Three Rivers Energy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of ...
Targeted treatment could prevent spread of pancreatic cancer, heart…
Credit: University of Cincinnati Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have shown that a new targeted ...
T-cells engineered to outsmart tumors induce clinical responses in relapsed Hodgkin…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(Jan. 16, 2018)-Tumors have come up with ingenious strategies that enable them to evade detection ...
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers and BRCA
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD ...
E. coli: The ideal transport for next-gen vaccines?
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – Most people recoil at the thought of ingesting E. coli. But what if ...
Air pollution casts shadow over solar energy production
Credit: Michael Bergin, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air ...
Climate tipping points: What do they mean for society?
Credit: NASA The phrase "tipping point" passed its own tipping point and caught fire after author Malcolm Gladwell's so-named 2000 ...
Inflammatory complications of immunodeficiency disease may benefit from imaging technique
Credit: (c) S.Jolles, University Hospital of Wales A new proof of concept study has shown that an imaging technique more ...
Most of last 11,000 years cooler than past decade in North America, Europe
Credit: David Foster University of Wyoming researchers led a climate study that determined recent temperatures across Europe and North America ...
Beauty business based on MIT bioengineering
Jennifer Aniston is co-owner of Living Proof, a hair care company whose products are based on discoveries at MIT's Langer ...
Vestibular function declines starting at age 40
Credit: Garyfallia Pagonis of Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Boston, Mass. — A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye ...
Confronted with bacteria, infected cells die so others can live, Penn study finds
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The immune system is contantly performing surveillance to detect foreign organisms that might do harm. But ...
The delights of dirt
Credit: Springer Soil can be beautiful, odiferous, slimy or sublime. It provides simple pleasures, such as its rich earthy scent ...
Researchers find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in aged chimpanzee brains
Credit: iStock ATLANTA — The brains of aged chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, show pathology similar to the human Alzheimer's ...
‘Hypermutators’ drive pathogenic fungi to evolve more…
Credit: Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman — Duke; Valerie Knowlton – NC State DURHAM, N.C. — Mutations tend to get ...
American Geriatrics Society voices opposition to amended American Health Care Act
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Following a review of the recently released MacArthur Amendment to the American Health Care ...
New mapping tool tracks elk migration to reduce brucellosis risk
Credit: Mark Gocke Wildlife managers and ranchers in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem soon will have a new mapping tool for ...
UTHealth experts take part in US Surgeon General’s first youth…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 8, 2016) – Researchers from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at ...
