Health
How the brain’s immune system could be harnessed to improve memory
Unexpected results expand our understanding of memory formation and the role of neuroinflammation in memory lossCredit: Alita Soch When it...
A happy partner leads to a healthier future
Science confirms: 'happy wife, happy life.'Credit: Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Science now supports the saying, "happy wife, happy...
Creating the ideal nasal tip contour
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 10, 2020--The dramatic shift in how nasal tip surgery is...
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humansCredit: Photo courtesy of Linfa Wang, Duke...
Finding a cure for Fido’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves
Credit: The Jackson Laboratory Cancer research using experimental models--everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumors transplanted in...
$2.8 million grant to fund bioprinting for reconstruction of face, mouth, skull tissues
Credit: Kerim Moncal, Ozbolat Lab, Penn State Seamlessly correcting defects in the face, mouth and skull is highly challenging because...
Seurat therapeutics announces novel mechanisms from rat migraine model of intranasal IGF-1
Credit: Graphical article summary from Won L and Kraig RP, Brain Research, 2020 Seurat Therapeutics, Inc. (Seurat) announced today the...
Alcoholism in the family affects how your brain switches between active and resting states
Credit: James Steinberg WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- You don't have to be a drinker for your brain to be affected...
Investigational drugs didn’t slow cognitive decline in rare, inherited Alzheimer’s, initial analysis indicates
Top-line data reported from international trialCredit: Huy Mach/Washington University An international clinical trial evaluating whether two investigational drugs can slow...
Common medication may lower risk of ‘broken heart’ during bereavement
Credit: Pixabay The increased risk of heart attack or "a broken heart" in early bereavement could be reduced by using...
Research uncovers new path for melanoma detection and treatment
Credit: Edith Cowan University A new way to spot melanoma cells circulating in the blood has the potential to significantly...
Inequitable medicare reimbursements threaten care of most vulnerable
Credit: Saint Louis University Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients...
Discovery paves path forward in the fight against the deadliest form of malaria
Credit: the global panorama Scientists have identified a key molecule involved in the development of cerebral malaria, a deadly form...
New CAR-T target yields promising results for multiple myeloma
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Too many patients with cancers like multiple myeloma relapse after treatment....
Bright idea in dentist’s office leads to innovative smoking cessation project
Results from this study recently published online in Addiction found primary care physicians providing smokers with a free, two week...
New details on how a viral protein puts the brakes on virus replication
Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado State University has used computational chemistry, biochemistry and virology...
No clear path for golden rice to reach consumers
Seed choice study reveals flawed assumptions behind hotly debated GMOCredit: Courtesy Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University in St. Louis Heralded...
Supervisors share effective ways to include people with disabilities in the workplace
Experts report initial results practical implications of the 2017 Kessler Foundation National Employment and Disability Survey: Supervisor PerspectivesCredit: UNHIOD East...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $1.67 million federal grant to study gut immunity
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Tim Denning, professor and associate director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State...
Cervical cancer screening saves lives
UNM study shows 3-year screening interval protective against cervical cancerCredit: The University of New Mexico Cervical cancer is the third...
