Health
Federal grant bolsters Rice eye research
Peter Lwigale wins National Institutes of Health backing to study extracellular matrix proteins during corneal development, homeostasis and wound healingCredit:...
Wyss Institute joins forces with Cytosurge to improve CRISPR multiplexing
Collaboration focuses on developing multiplexed gene editing approaches using single-cell nano-manipulation technology that maintains cell viability and fitnessCredit: Wyss Institute...
$55 NIH grant advances clinical and translational research at UC San Diego
Federal funding will fuel new innovations combining basic science and clinical care; brings total support to $140 million since institute...
ORBIT project is working with UK’s blind and low vision people to build better AI
The City-led Object Recognition for Blind Image Training (ORBIT) research project is recruiting blind and low vision users to record...
Researchers model efforts to control coronavirus pandemic with new NSF RAPID award
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A team of investigators at the University of Kansas and KU Biodiversity Institute and...
UofL delivering health care through a new lens: Smart glasses
Credit: UofL The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the expansion of telemedicine, and as part of that expansion, faculty at...
MU researcher identifies four possible treatments for COVID-19
Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs,...
Sky-high surprise bills from air ambulance flights possible for many patients
Ground ambulance rides also put majority of patients with private insurance at risk for unexpected out-of-network bills, study findsCredit: University...
Russia creates its own humanized mice to test COVID-19 vaccines and drugs
Credit: Vladislav Maslov Following the recent Coronavirus outbreak, almost three million people have been infected worldwide, whereas the death toll...
Study to determine incidence of novel coronavirus infection in US children begins
NIH-funded study also will ascertain percentage of infected children who develop COVID-19Credit: NIAID A study to help determine the rate...
Could a polio vaccine stop the coronavirus pandemic? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options...
Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners
Their openness to associate with previously unknown yeasts could be a crucial factor for the emergence of new Drosophila speciesCredit:...
How to put neurons into cages
Using microscopically fine 3D printing technologies from TU Wien (Vienna) and sound waves used as tweezers at Stanford University (California),...
NAU scientists develop interactive disease models to predict regional spread of COVID-19
Credit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Joe Mihaljevic, mathematical epidemiologist and assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's School of...
Scientists invented an aging vaccine
Professor Viktor Seledtsov, a senior researcher at the IKBFU Center of Medical Biotechnologies and Alexei von Delwig, a researcher at...
A $10 million grant enables BCG vaccine trial to expand internationally, enroll 10,000 healthcare workers
An $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI) clinical...
Characterizing two sisters, examples of exceptional longevity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2020--A new study provides a detailed characterization of two...
Pacific oysters may not contain as many microplastics as previously thought
Credit: Julieta Martinelli/University of Washington Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially...
Electrocardiogram shows value in college athletes’ screens
ECG heightens detection of sudden cardiac death risk and is a cost-effective diagnostic, a new study showsCredit: UW Medicine Over...
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help...
