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Loyola developing new treatment for stroke and spinal cord injury
MAYWOOD, IL. -- Loyola Medicine has launched a research program to study a new treatment approach for stroke and spinal...
How to make a lab-on-a-chip clear and biocompatible (with less blood splatter)
Credit: Sanaz Habibi and Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to...
New function of a key component in the immune system discovered
The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria,...
Rush wins 2018 Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D., Quality Leadership Award
Credit: Rush Production Group Rush University Medical Center today received the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, given annually...
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...
Participants in dementia prevention research motivated by altruism
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators across the country, report that people who participate...
nTIDE September 2018 Jobs Report: Promising job gains for americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - October 5, 2018. The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities resumed their...
Tumor necrosis associate with atherosclerotic lipid accumulation
Inflammation is currently a well-documented component of atheroslcerosis pathogenesis, which plays a role at each stage of the disease development....
Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors
Credit: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Michigan State University New research suggests that protecting the Amazon rainforest from deforestation may...
Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas
In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they have synthesised an...
Successful mouse couples talk out infidelity in calm tones
Credit: Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond Life Sciences Center MADISON -- California mice are relatively solitary animals, but put two...
Determining cell fate and the onset of Crohn’s disease
Credit: University of Houston How cells talk to each other, and what they say, has long held fascination for Seema...
UCLA researchers discover aggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms
Credit: Jung Wook Park & Owen Witte UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small...
Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Credit: UZH In 2009, BEF-China began as a unique forest biodiversity experiment in collaboration between institutions in China, Germany and...
The FASEB Journal: Animal study suggests ketone supplement more effective for weight loss
New study suggests ketone supplement more effective than low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diets at reducing body weight in mice A study...
Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury
Credit: Image courtesy of Drs. Gomez-Pinilla and Yang, University of California, Los Angeles. Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects...
Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according...
Prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellows include UT Austin’s inventor of ‘cancer pen’
Credit: Wyatt McSpadden/Univ. of Texas at Austin Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, an assistant professor of chemistry at The University of Texas...
Translational research on recurrent metastatic neuroblastoma at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Neuroblastoma, a disease of immature nerve cells, is the most common solid tumor cancer occurring in children. About 700 new...
Mayo researchers ID potential new treatment for one type of triple-negative breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the drug estradiol as a potential new treatment for a subset of...
