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‘Transformative’ research unrealistic to predict, scientists tell granting agencies
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research-funding agencies that require scientists to declare at the proposal stage how their projects will be "transformative"...
Simplifying information aids fight against childhood obesity, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Providing simplified health information designed for parents with low health literacy helps all families in childhood...
Mini form of replacement gene can delay degeneration in leber congenital amaurosis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct.5, 2017 -- A new study demonstrates success in using a...
NIH awards Wayne State $2M to analyze 20 years of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders data
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which result from maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, is the...
Nerve study shows how cells adapt to help repair damage
Genetic processes that allow cells to transform so they can mend damaged nerves have been identified by scientists. Their insights...
IUPUI microbiologists uncover clues to clustering of lethal bacteria in CF patients’ lungs
Credit: Indiana University Communications INDIANAPOLIS -- Individuals with cystic fibrosis, or CF, have a high risk of chronic pneumonia because...
Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings Rochester, MN, October 5, 2017 - Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of...
Air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institute supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation,...
RUDN chemists identified the structure of the agent causing mutations in lionfish embryos
Credit: Fedor Zubkov Researchers from the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have refined our understanding of the structure...
Dundee scientists solve 3-D structure of key defense protein against Parkinson’s disease
Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the structure of a key enzyme that protects the brain against Parkinson's...
Researchers get straight to the heart of piezoelectric tissues
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2017 -- For years, scientists have wondered whether the heart and adjacent vessels might have evolved...
Brain study reveals how insects make beeline for home
Scientists have discovered how the wiring of bees' brains helps them plot the most direct route back to their hive....
Sperm banking is underutilized by adolescent and young adult cancer patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A comprehensive study of adolescent and young adult cancer patients found...
Mystery of breast cancer risk gene solved, 20 years after its discovery
New Haven, Conn.-- More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast...
Cell stress response sheds light on treating inflammation-related cancer, aging
Credit: Maria Grazia Vizioli and Zhixun Dou, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- Stress - defined broadly...
Imaging agents developed to better monitor growth of tumours
Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the...
Delays for melanoma surgeries linked to insurance type
CHAPEL HILL -- A retrospective review of several thousand melanoma cases in North Carolina found that Medicaid patients were more...
Blood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients
CHAPEL HILL - A blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat...
New use for alcohol aversion drug in treatment of chemo resistant lung cancer found
Scientists have had positive results from a laboratory-based study using a well-known alcohol aversion drug to try to combat chemotherapy...
Health care professional’s recommendation important factor for chemoprevention decisions
Bottom Line: A health care professional's recommendation was the most important factor driving decisions by women at high risk for...
