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SCAI releases consensus guidelines for PVD device selection
SAN DIEGO - The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released new guidelines to address the selection of...
Brain cell’s Achilles’ heel may prompt hydrocephalus
Credit: Courtesy of Chay Kuo, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- Viruses may spark hydrocephalus by exploiting a suprising weakness of...
Mediterranean diet boosts beneficial bacteria
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - April 25, 2018 - Here's another reason to eat a Mediterranean-type diet: It's good for your gut....
ASHG announces 2018 winners of international DNA Day Essay Contest
Credit: Stephanie Peborde BETHESDA, MD - As part of its celebration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human...
Oxidative stress makes difference between metabolically abnormal and healthy obesities
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University clarified that deletion of adipose oxidative stress (Fat ROS) decreased lipid accumulation in...
Bacteria boost antifungal drug resistance in severe childhood tooth decay
Early childhood caries, a form of severe tooth decay affecting toddlers and preschoolers, can set children up for a lifetime...
Researchers 3-D print electronics and cells directly on skin
Credit: McAlpine group, University of Minnesota In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized,...
Culprit in reducing effectiveness of insulin identified
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University discovered that Stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1) secreted from adipocytes reduced the effectiveness of...
Back in black for singletons trying to find love
Black beats red as the colour of choice when it comes to finding new love, according to new research based...
UNC researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination
CHAPEL HILL - Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger...
Looking past peer influence: Genetic contributions to increases in teen substance use?
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Parents and adults spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of friends and peers...
Research identifies easier way to predict how chemical compounds will interact
New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programmes could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by...
Study: Drug-filled, 3-D printed dentures could fight off infections
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. denture-wearing population suffer frequent fungal infections...
Heart disease may only be a matter of time for those with healthy obesity
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - April 24, 2018 - People who are 30 pounds or more overweight may want to slim down...
Fruit fly study identifies new gene linked to aortic aneurysms
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An interdisciplinary team of researchers has identified a new gene linked to human aortic aneurysms....
More than 1 in 20 US children and teens have anxiety or depression
April 24, 2018 - About 2.6 million American children and adolescents had diagnosed anxiety and/or depression in 2011-12, reports an...
Five ways to help cancer patients avoid the emergency room
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations are debilitating for patients with cancer and far too...
The dispute about the origins of terahertz photoresponse in graphene results in a draw
Credit: Lion_on_helium, MIPT press office Physicists at MIPT and their British and Russian colleagues revealed the mechanisms leading to photocurrent...
New robot for skull base surgery is very accurate and alleviates surgeon’s workload
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/Eindhoven University of Technology Drilling out a hole in the skull base has to be done with...
Natural barcodes enable better cell tracking
Each of us carries in our genomes about 10 million genetic variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which represent a...
