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Critical limb ischemia treatment shows no improvement at three months
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Patients with foot ulcers or gangrene who received the experimental drug JVS-100 did not show...
A revolutionary technique allows to image all the cells in a region of the brain
Credit: © Jan Tønnesen & Valentin Nägerl. Microscopy is a basic tool in research into the biology of any organism...
The changing voices of North Atlantic right whales
Researchers have found that right whale calls, much like human voices, change as individuals age. In a study published in...
Glass matters
Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography...
Scientists use nanotechnology to detect molecular biomarker for osteoarthritis
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Photography WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 12, 2018 - For the first time, scientists at...
Bush-crickets could lead to sensors which more accurately mimic true hearing
A new research project which will examine the three steps of hearing in the bush-cricket's ear could lead to improved...
Would you pay for an Ebola vaccine? Most say yes.
Credit: George Mason University The 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak was the deadliest in history, infecting more than 28,000 people...
The Alps are home to more than 3,000 lichens
Credit: Dr Peter O. Bilovitz Historically, the Alps have always played an emblematic role, being one of the largest continuous...
What if we could predict when an athlete was going to be injured?
McLean, Va. (March 12, 2018) - Thousands of athletes showcased their abilities for the world in PyeongChang, South Korea, in...
Researchers issue first-annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards"...
Study finds early signatures of the social brain
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else's...
A robust method to study cancer heterogeneity in liquid biopsy
Credit: Fig. 8 Ferrarini A, Forcato C, Buson G, Tononi P, del Monaco V, Terracciano M, et al. (2018) A...
Study identifies 76 quality indicators essential for emergency care systems in Africa
NEW YORK (March 12, 2018)-- The need for emergency care in low-income and middle-income countries has never been greater, but...
New CMU and Pitt research finds the brain is less flexible than we thought when learning
PITTSBURGH - Nobody really knows how the activity in your brain reorganizes as you learn new tasks, but new research...
CRISPR helps find new genetic suspects behind ALS/FTD
Credit: Courtesy of Gitler Lab, Stanford University, CA. NIH-funded researchers at Stanford University used the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to...
Water troughs are key to E. coli contamination in cattle
ITHACA, N.Y. - A major study led by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine researchers reveals for the first time...
Canakinumab reduces risk of cardiovascular events in populations with unmet clinical need
Two new analyses of data from more than 10,000 heart attack survivors worldwide were presented by investigators from Brigham and...
Nightingale to accelerate personalized medicine by analyzing 40,000 blood samples
Credit: Nightingale Health Ltd. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized biomarker testing technology for chronic disease screening,...
Drug stops dangerous bleeding in patients taking factor Xa inhibitors
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- The experimental drug andexanet was associated with control of serious bleeding in patients taking a...
Marine exploration sensing with light and sound
Credit: © 2018 Abdulkadir Celik Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit high-quality, real-time data could transform our understanding of...
