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Diehl to receive GSA’s 2018 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Single-step nasal spray naloxone easiest to deliver according to new research
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Single-step nasal spray naloxone is the easiest to deliver, according to new research led by faculty at...
HKBU scholars in world-first breakthrough for difficult-to-treat breast cancer
Credit: HKBU Chemists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have discovered the use of a metal compound that inhibits the...
Jefferson and Monell Center sign agreement of cooperation
PHILADELPHIA (August 29, 2018) -- The Monell Center and Jefferson (Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University) announced today the signing...
Research study sheds new light on relationship between genes and bone fracture risk
Boston (August 29, 2018)--A paper titled "Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and...
Chemotherapy may lead to early menopause in young women with lung cancer
CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 29, 2018)--A new study suggests chemotherapy may cause acute amenorrhea leading to early menopause in women with...
Dectin-1-mediated pain is critical for the resolution of fungal inflammation
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Candida albicans infection (candidiasis) can cause skin, genital, or oral pain. Many studies have...
Celebrity culture likely contributed to destigmatizing out-of-wedlock childbirth
BUFFALO, N.Y. - In 1992, former Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the sitcom character Murphy Brown's decision to have a...
Better assessments for early AMD
Credit: © Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn The European MACUSTAR consortium is conducting a multi-country clinical study on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) coordinated...
New research: Ketamine activates opioid system to treat depression
Washington, D.C., -- A new study appearing online today from the American Journal of Psychiatry finds that ketamine's acute antidepressant...
New strategic funding to metabolic research at the University of Copenhagen
Metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, are a huge societal challenge and represent a global health problem....
Tight-knit teammates may conform to each other’s behavior
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Good relationships between teammates are essential to a team's success, but athletes who feel more closely...
$3.8 million NIMH grant to diagnose suicidal thinking using brain imaging
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University To build on a groundbreaking study that used brain imaging to identify individuals with suicidal thoughts,...
Failing immune system ‘brakes’ help explain type 1 diabetes in mice
Immune reactions are usually a good thing--the body's way of eliminating harmful bacteria and other pathogens. But people also rely...
CNIO researchers find first indicators of prognosis for the most aggressive breast cancer
Credit: CNIO The rarest, but also the most aggressive and hard to treat form of breast cancer, is known as...
EPFL’s Blue Brain Project open sources interactive visualization tool — RTNeuron
Credit: EPFL / Blue Brain Project The aim of the Blue Brain Project is to build accurate, biologically-detailed, digital reconstructions...
Scientists in Fiji examine how forest conservation helps coral reefs
Credit: Stacy Jupiter/WCS Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), and other groups...
Tree swallow study: Stressful events have long-term health impacts
ITHACA, N.Y. - Little is known about how brief yet acute stressors - such as war, natural disasters and terror...
Purdue researchers developing novel biomedical imaging system
Credit: (Purdue Research Foundation Image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that...
Three previously unknown ancient primates identified
Credit: Painting on marble by Randwulph AUSTIN, Texas -- Biological anthropologists from The University of Texas at Austin have described...
