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Breakthrough Prize to CSHL professor for SMA research
Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Adrian Krainer today received the 2019 Breakthrough...
New imaging tool captures how sound moves through the chinchilla ear
Credit: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new device that can be used...
Did eating starchy foods give humans an evolutionary advantage?
Found in saliva, the protein enzyme encoded by the AMY1 gene begins the digestive process by breaking down starch when...
Many infertile men have undiagnosed prediabetes
In a study of 744 infertile men, prediabetes was found in 114 (15.4 percent) of participants. Certain factors were linked...
Regulating microglial activity may reduce inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases
A group of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators is proposing that targeting immune checkpoints - molecules that regulate the activity...
Selfish people have fewer children and earn less money
Credit: Photo: Jonas Bilberg What happens to those who behave unselfishly and make sacrifices for the sake of others? According...
Researcher: Independence tests should ask more of seniors
RIVERSIDE, CAL. (http://www.ucr.edu) - A UCR psychology researcher says the bar is too low for "functional independence" in older adults,...
Psoriasis linked with need for cardiovascular interventions in patients with hypertension
Psoriasis is linked with increased risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, but its effect on the course of cardiovascular disease...
Sleeping beauty helps identify genes involved in a fatty liver-associated liver cancer
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - With an estimated twenty-thousand protein-coding genes in the human genome, pinpointing a specific gene...
Case Western Reserve researchers cure drug-resistant infections without antibiotics
Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are...
SVIN announces Mission Thrombectomy 2020 Pilot results at the World Stroke Congress
Montreal, Canada (October 17, 2018) - Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)...
Participating in sports during childhood may have long-term benefits for bone health
Participation in organized sport during childhood and adolescence is associated with bone mass at 20 years of age, according to...
New method uses just a drop of blood to monitor lung cancer treatment
Credit: Osaka University Dr Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the immune T-cell...
Social media buffers depression among older adults with pain
ANN ARBOR--With a few finger strokes or swipes on a computer or cell phone, seniors with pain reduce the risk...
Genomic analysis offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A surge in Lassa fever cases in Nigeria in 2018 does not appear to be linked to...
Many seemingly healthy children show signs of metabolic problems
More than a quarter of otherwise healthy six-year-old children may have metabolic risk factors that put them at increased risk...
Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney
There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the...
Thanks to $1.72M federal grant: UA researchers using green light for HIV-related pain
Credit: Photo: Bob Demers/UANews After proving surprisingly beneficial in human clinical trials at the University of Arizona for the treatment...
Does weight loss before surgery provide benefits?
For obese and overweight patients, it is common for various surgical procedures to be deferred until they have lost weight...
Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., receives prestigious Medal of Honor from American Cancer Society
Credit: Cleveland Clinic October 17, 2018, Cleveland: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Cleveland Clinic's Genomic Medicine Institute, is receiving...
