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New study shows drug that kills mosquitoes could be used to fight malaria
Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have shown the large potential impact of a completely new type...
2018 HFSP Career Development Awards
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 11 Career Development Awards (CDA). The awards are for the...
A moveable feast: Antibiotics give C. diff a nutrient-rich environment, no competition
Credit: Dr. Rajani Thanissery Using a mouse model, researchers from North Carolina State University have found that antibiotic use creates...
UTSW study helps explain launch switch for most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 28, 2018 - A delicate balance during brain development could have profound...
Automated electric taxis could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and costs
Word on the street is that self-driving cars are the next big thing. But current vehicles emit a lot of...
Meditate regularly for an improved attention span in old age
Regular and intensive meditation sessions over the course of a lifetime could help a person remain attentive and focussed well...
Stand Up To Cancer grants encourage ‘innovation in collaboration’
Credit: Photo by ©AACR/Todd Buchanan 2018 PHILADELPHIA - March 28, 2018 - To strengthen collaboration among scientists conducting cancer research,...
USDA invests in research to develop genetic control of waterhemp
Credit: Pat Tranel, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a...
Sensors to prevent Parkinson’s patients from falling
A groundbreaking project for Parkinson's patients from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) titled 'MoveIT' has...
Study changes long-held concepts of cell decoding
Credit: Courtesy: NIDA IRP and Dr. Sergi Ferré Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program...
Jefferson and Einstein intend to merge
Credit: Einstein Healthcare Network Leadership from Jefferson and Einstein Healthcare Network announced today the signing of a non-binding Letter of...
The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reports that modern cosmetic surgical procedures
Credit: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery NEW YORK, NY (March 28, 2018) - New data from the American Society...
Increase in heart rate as blood pressure falls could be early sign of neurological disease
A simple bedside test that matches a change in heart rate with a drop in blood pressure after a patient...
Towards greater MRI sensitivity by harnessing quantum hyperpolarization
Credit: David Broadway, University of Melbourne Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a technique which could increase the...
Brain-wide tracing of single neurons reveals breadth of information transfer from visual cortex
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre An international collaboration of neuroscientists have today published a paper in Nature demonstrating the breadth of...
Scientists find link between congenital cardiac malformation and adult adrenal cancer
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A.--An international team led by Dr. Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., of UT Health San Antonio, discovered a...
Novel research involving cicadas explores way to restore silenced voices
Credit: Photo by Mary Donaldson, Vanderbilt A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University...
Largest-ever genetic study of stroke provides new insight into the disease
An international research group, including scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, studying 520,000 people from around the...
GHIT Fund launches next phase focusing on access & delivery, bringing total investment to US $123 million
TOKYO, JAPAN (March 29, 2018)--The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund today announced a total of 1.6 billion yen (US$15.5...
DNDi, GSK, and University of Dundee to identify drug candidates to treat leishmaniasis and Chagas
Geneva / Brentford / Dundee - 27 March 2018 - The not-for-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
