Health
Reducing high school prescription drug abuse through a hybrid prevention program
George Mason University receives funding for Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin to test an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program using hybrid...
UofM/UTHSC grant competition yields 23 COVID-19 research proposals
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (July 1, 2020) - The University of Memphis (UofM) and the University of Tennessee Health Science...
Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices reveals regeneration of beta cells
Breakthrough technology to preserve live pancreatic tissue for at least 10 days provides a window into the organ's ability to...
NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and managing disease risk
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five yearsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila...
Feeds of the future
University of Göttingen research team investigates the influence of insect and microalgae feeds on meat qualityCredit: Quality of Animal Products,...
A simpler way to make sensory hearing cells
Credit: Image by Yassan Abdolazimi/Segil Lab/USC Stem Cell Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratories of Neil Segil and Justin...
Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year,...
Why memory-forming neurons are vulnerable to Alzheimer’s
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University When Alzheimer's disease strikes, the entire brain doesn't crumble...
Clinical-grade wearables offer continuous monitoring for COVID-19
Sticker-like medical device streams symptom data to physiciansCredit: Northwestern University Stamp-sized device comprises a suite of clinical-grade sensors, including temperature...
The combination of four drugs at low doses is more effective in the treatment of a lu
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Inhibit the specific activity of a protein affected by a mutation using high doses...
B-cell protectors
Credit: Di Virgilio, MDC Whenever a germ gets into the human body, the immune system usually responds immediately to fight...
Federal grants support research to improve pandemic forecasting
Awards will advance UMass Amherst team's groundbreaking COVID-19 workCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician Nicholas Reich has been...
The “eyes” say more than the “mouth” and can distinguish English sounds
A new method to estimate English discrimination ability from human pupillary responseCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS...
Food taxes and subsidies would bring major health gains, study shows
Credit: University of Otago A consumer tax on the saturated fat, salt and sugar content of food, accompanied by a...
Exercise can slow or prevent vision loss, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Exercise can slow or prevent the development of macular degeneration and may benefit other...
R&D of mRNA vaccine production technology against COVID-19 and further new coronavirus
TMIMS and iCONM started joint researchCredit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine June 4, 2020 - Kawasaki / Japan: The Innovation...
Scientists use a Teflon pipe to make a cheap, simple reactor for silica particle synthesis
Functional silica beads for biomedical imaging, drug delivery and other important applications could be made using an easy new flow...
Research shows telehealth is an important tool for rural hospitals in treating COVID-19
Expansion can help US hospitals prepare for possible second waveCredit: Florida Atlantic University Rural hospitals are more likely than urban...
Hints at jaw evolution found in marsupials and monotremes
A connection between ear and jaw bones in marsupials and monotremes shortly after birth provides hints at the evolution of...
Designing anew: Radical COVID-19 drug development approach shows promise
University of Washington's Baker Lab uses de novo computational design on TACC systems to create new therapeuticsCredit: Ian C Haydon...
