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Imaging technique for treating heart condition should be more widely used to minimize radiation exposure
NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) - A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to...
USDA awards $6.6 million to combat childhood obesity
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Ethnicity and breastfeeding influence infant gut bacteria
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 1, 2017) - The bacteria in a child's gut appears to be influenced as...
New teen drivers 3 times as likely to be involved in a deadly crash
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2017) - New teen drivers ages 16-17 years old are three times as likely as adults to...
Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off with support from CZI
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which is using sequencing technology to...
HMGB1 may be linked to immunosuppression in patients who survive septic shock
A new study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests a new approach to treating patients with sepsis,...
Emotions expressed by the dying are unexpectedly positive
Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience--we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we...
Omega-3 fatty acid stops lupus trigger, but how?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have received a $2.3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to...
Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer
Credit: (c) ITMO University Russian physicists from ITMO University have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated...
Immunology: How ancestry shapes our immune cells
Virtually the entire population of sub-Saharan Africa, and some 70% of African Americans, carry a gene variant (allele) which results...
Researchers identify specific neurons that distinguish between reality and imagination
Credit: Western University New Western University research shows that neurons in the part of the brain found to be abnormal...
In utero tobacco exposure can lead to executive function issues in adolescents
Boston - Prenatal tobacco exposure is known to have negative short-term impacts including preterm birth, low birth weight and subsequent...
New consensus document for appropriate use of drug testing in clinical addiction medicine
June 1, 2017 - A new Consensus Document from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) provides practical, evidence-based recommendations...
New approach to antibiotic therapy is a dead end for pathogens
Credit: Camilo Barbosa/Dr. Philipp Dirksen The World Health Organization WHO is currently warning of an antibiotics crisis. The fear is...
The art of folding mitochondrial membranes
Credit: Image: Daumke lab, MDC Oliver Daumke's lab figures out how the inner membranes of mitochondria "get their groove" and...
Phagocytes in the brain: Good or bad?
The precise impact of the microglia in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's remains unclear. In the brain, microglial...
Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH study suggests
Credit: J. Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of...
Video shows invasive lionfish feasting on new Caribbean fish species
Credit: Carole Baldwin/Smithsonian Institution The showy lionfish, a predator with venomous spines that has invaded Caribbean coral reefs, has found...
Immune responses from early study of novel sarcoma vaccine
SEATTLE -- June 1, 2017 -- The critical component of an experimental vaccine led to an escalating immune response in...
Why pot-smoking declines — but doesn’t end — with parenthood
Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents -- but they don't necessarily quit. The influence of a...
