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Scleroderma study: Hope for a longer life for patients with rare…
Credit: UVA Health System An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem...
How will genomics enter day-to-day medicine?
A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....
Statins may lower risk of heart disease in people with sleep apnea
IMAGE: Arrows indicate that more CD59 is drawn into the cell in people with sleep apnea who are not taking...
Study: Most families in low-income countries don’t have soap at home
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – Washing with soap and water is second nature for many. But in many...
D’Angelo receives American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 1, 2017 – Maximiliano D'Angelo, Ph.D., an assistant professor...
Federal report recommends teaching self-regulation in schools
Credit: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. A new federal report recommends that schools emphasize building children's "self-regulation" skills in...
Unraveling the genetics of disc disease in dogs
Credit: Katy Robertson Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease — a common cause of back pain,...
Precision medicine advances pediatric brain tumor diagnosis and…
Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (January 19, 2017) — Precision medicine – in which diagnosis and treatments are keyed to the...
Trial looks at whether compound relieves cognitive deficits after…
Dr. Nancy Sweitzer: “I think it’s a great Arizona story that we had this confluence of expertise across very different...
Why chemists marched for science (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 28, 2017 — Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., and...
Spray painting biomaterials onto heart promotes cardiac repair after…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017–Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive...
DNA markers distinguish between harmless, deadly bacteria
Credit: NIAID LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 19, 2016 — The virulent pathogen that causes the disease tularemia, or "rabbit fever,"...
Hippo teeth reveal environmental change
Loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos can allow woody plants and non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach...
Penn team shows how seemingly acute viral infections can persist
Credit: University of Pennslyvania Infections caused by viruses, such as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, measles, parainfluenza and Ebola, are...
A star is born: Lesser-known brain cell takes center stage
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(June 6, 2017) Neurons have long enjoyed the spotlight in neuroscience–and for good reason: they are...
SU2C awards $11M in grants to investigate immunotherapies using AI…
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Santa Monica, CA (January 30, 2018) — Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) announces today a...
Gut’s microbial community shown to influence host gene expression
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — In our guts, and in the guts of all animals, resides a robust ecosystem...
Breaking legume’s crop wild relative barrier
Credit: PS Rao. Domesticating plants to grow as crops can turn out to be a double-edged scythe. On one hand,...
Computers create recipe for two new magnetic materials
Credit: Pelin Tozman, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland DURHAM, N.C. — Material scientists have predicted and built...
CancerLinQ partners with premier radiation oncology society
Credit: ASCO ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22, 2017 – CancerLinQ LLC and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) are partnering...
