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Occupational exposures linked with increased risk of COPD
Credit: Photo by , via Wikimedia Commons... An international team led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health...
Karun Singh is the 2018 Canadian Association for Neuroscience Young Investigator awardee
Credit: McMaster University The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) is proud to announce that Karun K Singh, from McMaster University,...
University of Michigan professor, graduate work together to empower Sudanese women
ANN ARBOR--South Sudanese women have among the highest fertility rates and maternal death rates in the world, yet cultural norms...
Research reveals key factors to support quality of life in dementia
Credit: University of Exeter A robust research analysis has identified what factors can be targeted to support people to live...
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Peter Baumann
Credit: photo/©: Svea Pietschmann, Humboldt-Stiftung Molecular biologist Professor Peter Baumann of Mainz University received an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship. Germany's...
UTSA researcher identifies barriers impacting PrEP use among Latino gay and bisexual men
A new study led by a UTSA researcher examines the social perceptions of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication to prevent...
For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed
May 9, 2018 - A technique of magnetic stimulation of the brain can increase walking speed in patients who are...
Basing everyday decisions on risk of pain or loss linked to increased anxiety
Scientists have shone new light on how the human brain uses past experiences and generalizes them to future events, helping...
£4 million bid to find therapies that prompt damaged tissues to repair
(University of Edinburgh) Stem cell scientists are to join forces with doctors to investigate methods of promoting tissue repair in...
An AI oncologist to help cancer patients worldwide
Credit: Carlos E. Cardenas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Before performing radiation therapy, radiation oncologists first carefully review medical images of...
Facebook app offers opportunity to help unpaid Alzheimer’s caregivers via friendsourcing
Credit: IU School of Social Work INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at IUPUI have developed a Facebook app that, a study shows,...
X-ray laser opens new view on Alzheimer’s proteins
A new experimental method permits the X-ray analysis of amyloids, a class of large, filamentous biomolecules which are an important...
Axial reports findings of elevated 4-EPS in children with ASD
BOSTON and Pasadena, Calif., May 9, 2018 - Axial Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company building a unique class of microbial-inspired therapeutics...
Two Penn clinicians among this tear’s Melanoma Research Foundation honorees
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is honoring two Penn clinicians for their tireless work in...
Global Health Center at Georgetown announces new program focused on biosafety, biosecurity
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON (May 9, 2018) -- The Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at...
Major enhancement to in vitro testing of human liver-stage malaria
Credit: John Adams, PhD, University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (May 9, 2018) A newly developed technique allows researchers to...
New CAR T case study shows promise in acute myeloid leukemia
TAMPA, Fla. - Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy, also known as CAR T therapy, was named the biggest research breakthrough...
For how long will the USA remain the Nobel Prize leader?
Credit: Claudius Gros, Goethe University FRANKFURT. Since first being awarded in 1901, most Nobel Prizes for science have gone to...
Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment
May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead...
TGen develops quality-control test for detecting cancer in blood
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 9, 2018 -- Imagine how much patients could benefit if you could discover the presence of...
