Health
Stanford researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain's efficient and...
Low physical function increase the risk for bone loss in older hip fracture patients
Acknowledgement of the risk factors is important for bone health and overall recoveryCredit: University of Jyväskylä. Low physical function and...
Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases
Researcher Carmen Giordano received 2 more grants totalling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axisCredit: Politecnico di Milano They...
Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point...
Parents twice as likely to be concerned about ticks than of mosquitoes
Just 1 in 3 parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in...
Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - June 14, 2020 - Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target...
UCI researchers uncover cancer cell vulnerabilities; may lead to better cancer therapies
Monitoring RNA hotspots reveals target in cancer tumor cellsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - June 12, 2020 -...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.2 million to top clinical investigators
Credit: Stacey Kratz The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators. The recipients of...
Parasites and the microbiome
In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the...
Study links elevated levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with breast cancer risk
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina assess the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products...
Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers
Authors of Journal of the American College of Surgeons article report use of elastomeric masks reduces the number of N95...
School may be the key to improvement for children in social care
Credit: Linköping University Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But...
Study reveals impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer
Credit: Tayler LaSharr When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual...
Together they stay alive longer
How tuberculosis pathogens protect themselves from drying out in the airCredit: Elisabeth Pfrommer, Heinrich-Pette-Institute / FZ Borstel Hamburg/Borstel/Leipzig. The tuberculosis...
Analysing the effects two decades after a mining spill
Experts highlight the concentrations of metals in the River Guadiamar (south of Spain) twenty years after the disaster at the...
Prodigiosin-based solution has selective activity against cancer cells
A new nanoformulation was described by Kazan University's Bionanotechnology Lab in Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCredit: Kazan Federal University Together...
Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba and RIKEN in Japan spark a hibernation-like state in mice--a species that does not...
New book criticizes UK for no regulation & protection for advanced nurse practitioners
APNs and co-writers Dr Melanie Rogers and Annabella Gloster provided a chapter on the development of the role in the...
Treat early or wait? Experts ponder best way to manage milder forms of spinal muscular atrophy
German researchers question 2018 American recommendations regarding when to start treatment in children projected to have less severe disease and...
To help West Virginia reopen safely, WVU researchers develop new COVID-19 tests
Credit: West Virginia University COVID-19 tests are in short supply. The companies that make the necessary chemicals--called reagents--can't keep up...
