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Nanopore technology with DNA computing easily detects microRNA patterns of lung cancer
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (14), pp 8531-8537. Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society Small...
Protein dynamics: Molecular machines at work
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a special fluorescence-based imaging technique to track the shape changes that occur...
New details of HIV life cycle
Credit: Evan Krape Research by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details...
New method measures single molecules from nanoliter of blood in real time
Credit: Giovanni Maglia, University of Groningen University of Groningen scientists, led by Associate Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia, have...
Digital marketing exposure increases energy drink usage among young adults
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, October 5, 2018 - Energy drinks represent a new category of nonalcoholic...
Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
Credit: Levchenko Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities...
Energy-insecure New Yorkers face multiple health risks
Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric...
Cancer death disparities linked to poverty, lifestyle factors nationwide
New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across...
Health insurer policies may discourage use of non-opioid alternatives for lower back pain
Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy,...
Study finds standard treatment for common STD doesn’t eliminate parasite in some women
A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could...
Cleaning procedure prevents therapy dogs from spreading MRSA to children with cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA),...
Could treating psoriasis in the future be as easy as going online?
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - For approximately 8 million Americans, visiting a doctor regularly is the key to...
American hospitals make it too hard for patients to access medical records
Many top hospitals in the United States are making it unduly confusing or expensive for patients to gain access to...
ACMG awarded five-year, $13 million contract renewal to continue newborn screening efforts
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for...
Boston Medical Center, Boston University receive $1.58M CDC grant in efforts to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
BOSTON-- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible...
New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting
Following a review of the latest evidence --including a range of recent trials of drug and lifestyle interventions -- the...
Studies needed on impact of cannabis use on puberty
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Oct. 5, 2018) - McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies...
Gene signature predicts outcome after spinal cord injury
Scientists have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans,...
Loyola neurologist receives Presidential Citation from Neurocritical Care Society
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine neurologist Michael Schneck, MD, is a 2018 recipient of a Presidential Citation...
The urban training intervention increases physical activity in COPD patients
Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy...
