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Report identifies characteristics of microorganisms most likely to cause a global pandemic
Credit: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Infectious disease preparedness work focuses predominantly on an historical list of pathogens derived...
Assessment of biomarkers of subconcussive head trauma
Credit: © 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Charlottesville, VA (May 29, 2018). Researchers from The Sport Science Center at...
New drugs could also be deployed against lung and pancreatic cancers
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / Technical University of Munich A new anti-cancer drug may be effective against a wider range of...
Research on immune response to PCV in preterm infants earns ESPID-PIDJ Award
May 29, 2018 - A study showing that pneumococcal vaccination produces a lasting antibody response in preterm infants has been...
Young women at high genetic risk of breast cancer — plastic surgeons play key role in treatment
May 29, 2018 - With available testing for breast cancer risk genes, some women are learning at young ages that...
Oxytocin, vasopressin flatten social hierarchy and synchronize behaviors
Oxytocin's effects on human social behavior aren't clear. Some studies reveal significant positive changes, yet others show none at all....
Tufts CTSI and MIT announce research collaboration
Leaders from Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced today a new collaboration...
MSU neuroscientist publishes research that opens door for brain disorder therapies
Credit: MSU photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - A Montana State University neuroscientist who studies vision and visual attention has...
Self-tuning brain implant could help treat patients with Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Image courtesy of Ken Probst/Starr lab Deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinson's disease symptoms for 25...
Genomic medicine may one day revolutionize cardiovascular care
DALLAS, May 29, 2018 -- A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association summarizes the state-of-the-science of genomic medicine...
Charité gains new Collaborative Research Center for diagnostic imaging
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) At the meeting of the German Research Foundation's review panel on May 17, Charité -- Universitätsmedizin...
Wake Forest researchers create advanced brain organoid to model strokes, screen drugs
Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 29, 2018 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have developed a...
Dr. Ana Tuya Fulton named fellow of American Geriatrics Society
Credit: Care New England Ana Tuya Fulton, MD, FACP, executive chief of geriatrics at Care New England and medical director...
High-risk, undertreated mystery heart attacks occurring more commonly in women
Credit: Ross Neitz A whole new category of heart attack, not caused by obstructed arteries, is more common and higher...
High protein diet associated with small increased heart failure risk in middle-aged men
DALLAS, May 29, 2018 - For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk...
Positive recommendation IDMC to Zepsyre® to continue Phase III trial small-cell lung cancer
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar has announced today that the Independent Data Monitoring Committee has notified the Company of its recommendation that the...
WIC participation better among vulnerable, US citizen children whose mothers are eligible for DACA
Results of a study of nearly 2,000 U.S. citizen children and their mothers add to growing evidence of the multigenerational,...
Agenda now available for the Structural Heart Disease Summit 2018
WHAT: New this year, Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) 2018, featuring practical clinical workshops, innovation sessions, and live case demonstrations, is...
Olfactory receptor as therapeutic target in bladder cancer
Credit: RUB, Marquard Researchers from Bochum have detected an olfactory receptor in the human bladder that might prove useful for...
Surgical outcomes equivalent whether physician anesthesiologist assisted by nurse anesthetist or AA
CHICAGO - Patients who undergo inpatient surgery experience no difference in death rates, hospital length of stay or costs between...
