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Children of mothers with type 1 diabetes have a higher body mass index
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Children of mothers with type 1 diabetes are at significantly...
Material formed from crab shells and trees could replace flexible plastic packaging
Credit: Brice Zimmerman, Georgia Tech From liquid laundry detergent packaged in cardboard to compostable plastic cups, consumer products these days...
New biotech graduate certificate program at USC bridges biology and business
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - July 23, 2018 - Getting new therapies to patients requires collaboration at the bench, the bedside,...
Build an ark? biologists discuss conservation prioritization
Credit: Florent Mazel LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- Conservation biologists recognize a sobering reality. "We're losing species left, right and center,"...
Enabling technology in cell-based therapies: Scale-up, scale-out or program in-place
Credit: Coleman Murray, University of California, Los Angeles Technologies that are reducing costs and changing the ways in which researchers...
The ‘secret sauce’ for high-performing NICUs
Credit: Children's National Health System Leaders of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the nation share the same play books...
Scientists uncover new connection between smell and memory
Credit: Afif Aqrabawi TORONTO, ON (Canada) - Neurobiologists at the University of Toronto have identified a mechanism that allows the...
Breakthrough in battle against type 2 diabetes
Credit: University of Stirling Experts from the University of Stirling have made a breakthrough in understanding how people respond to...
New stroke imaging technology could reduce potential for patient brain damage
San Francisco--A new study, presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 15th Annual Meeting, found that new stroke...
Greater efforts are needed to address ‘financial toxicity’ of cancer treatment
In addition to facing new concerns about their health, individuals who are diagnosed with cancer often worry about the financial...
In Southern Mozambique, only half of people diagnosed with HIV enroll in medical care
Credit: Author: Andalu Vilasanjuan HIV diagnosis is the first of many steps in the path to global disease control. However,...
Waters Corp. obtains rights to mass spectrometry imaging invented at Purdue University
Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT), Prosolia Inc. and the Purdue Research Foundation announced Monday (July 23) that Waters acquired exclusive rights...
A 3-D model of a human heart ventricle
Credit: Luke MacQueen/Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard SEAS Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle...
Curing breast cancer but at what cost? Patients report heavy financial toll
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As treatment for early stage breast cancer becomes less extensive and more...
Discovery reveals how obesity causes disease — and two ways to stop it
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why...
Largest genetic database on Alzheimer’s disease now re-open for business
PHILADELPHIA - The National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) will begin making large-scale DNA...
MDI Biological Laboratory to sponsor ‘Live Longer, Live Better’ lecture series
How close is medicine to an anti-aging pill? Can anti-aging therapies delay the onset of age-related degenerative diseases? What lifestyle...
Mandate patient access to primary care medical records
Canada's provincial governments should mandate patient access to their electronic medical records, argue authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian...
We can feed the world if we change our ways
Current crop yields could provide nutritious food for the projected 2050 global population, but only if we make radical changes...
A promising approach to translational research on stem cells for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 23, 2018--A major factor underlying Parkinson's Disease (PD) pathology is...
