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New predictive models may transform personalized treatment of infectious disease
Credit: Penn State A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward grant will allow Penn State's Steven Schiff and...
New algorithm efficiently finds antibiotic candidates
PITTSBURGH--If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, it's best to know what hay looks like. An international team...
Research brief: Primary care strategies to improve health of chronic disease patients
Improving primary care for patients with chronic illness is critical to improving healthcare quality, value and patient experience. Primary care...
UCI researcher awarded NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Irvine, CA - October 2, 2018 - University of California, Irvine Neuroscientist Medha Pathak, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology...
Stage four sarcomatoid kidney cancer patient first to show complete response to immunotherapy
Credit: John Wallace at VCU Massey Cancer Center "You see this place on the image? That's where your kidney was,"...
In tiny worms, researchers find spiking neurons — and clues about brain computation
Credit: Qiang Liu/The Rockefeller University Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not a computer. However brains do, in their...
Hopkins researchers use endoscope to deliver gene therapy in animal study
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Fixing or replacing faulty genes has emerged as a key to unlocking cures for numerous devastating...
Take my hand and ride with me — Over the genome
The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained...
Insomnia therapy may slow or reverse cortical gray matter atrophy in fibromyalgia
Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - Preliminary findings from a pilot study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy...
Studying sea slugs, looking ahead to better robots
Credit: Mike Scott/Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--As 2-pound sea slugs tug and feed on bits of seaweed, researchers from Case...
New technique uses umbilical cord stem cells for early repair of cleft palate
October 2, 2018 - A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair...
UM researchers publish discoveries on antibiotic resistance
Credit: Courtesy of Patrick Secor MISSOULA - University of Montana researchers recently published their new insights into how pathogenic bacteria...
Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing
1. Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2042 URLs go live when the embargo lifts Patients who received...
‘Spacesuits’ protect microbes destined to live in space
Credit: Peidong Yang lab, UC Berkeley Just as spacesuits help astronauts survive in inhospitable environments, newly developed "spacesuits" for bacteria...
CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry
ITHACA, NY - You might not have heard of the groundcherry, or at least, never tasted one. But that could...
New tool developed at Brown will aid in understanding brain signals
Credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The human brain contains about 90 billion neurons, but Stephanie Jones, an associate...
Animal study suggests deep space travel may significantly damage GI function in astronauts
WASHINGTON -- Simulations with animal models meant to mirror galactic cosmic radiation exposure to astronauts are raising red flags for...
Finding middle ground on the range
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Cattle ranching and conservation may seem an unusual pair in the American West, but new research...
‘Turbocharging’ photosynthesis in corn hikes yield
ITHACA, N.Y.- Scientists from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have boosted a carbon-craving enzyme called RuBisCO to...
Stanford students deploy machine learning to aid environmental monitoring
Credit: NASA As Hurricane Florence ground its way through North Carolina, it released what might politely be called an excrement...
