Health
Attacking metastatic breast cancer with sound
Credit: Tohoku University Drugs can be safely delivered to cancerous lymph nodes via the lymphatic system and then released inside...
Biomarker for schizophrenia can be detected in human hair
Credit: RIKEN Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain...
Decision support tool reduces unneeded referrals of low-risk patients with chest pain
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts." When primary...
Empowering pediatricians to reduce preventable firearm injuries and deaths
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Lenore Jarvis, M.D., MEd, FAAP, remembers feeling fatigue and frustration when, despite her team's herculean...
Ultrastructure of focal adhesion scaffold unveiled in human pluripotent stem cells
Credit: Image: Camilo Guzmán, Aki Stubb, and HHMI Janelian Advanced Imaging Core Focal adhesions are known as signalling platforms broadcasting...
Regenstrief scientist honored for research to support clinical decision making
Credit: Regenstrief Institute The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) awarded Regenstrief Institute researcher Stephen Downs, M.D., M.S., with the...
Electrospun fibers weave new medical innovations
Novel applications of a technology called coaxial electrospinning could improve contraceptive products and help patients with brain tumorsCredit: Joseph Fuqua...
Broadly protective antibodies could lead to better flu treatments and vaccines
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A newly identified set of three antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines against influenza, according...
Nerve cell protection free from side effects
Göttingen scientists are on the trail of an alternative erythropoietin receptorCredit: Ralf Heinrich The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known...
New drug-delivery technology promises efficient, targeted cancer treatment
Credit: Photo by PNNL PULLMAN, Wash. -- A precise and non-toxic treatment that targets lung cancer cells at the nanoscale...
IQSEC1 gene mutations cause new intellectual disability syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine It used to take several years or sometimes decades to unequivocally identify the genes that...
New organelle that helps prevent cancer discovered in our cells
Could lead to better treatments, spare patients ones that won't workCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Scientists at the University of...
Q-suite motor assessment tool promising for evaluating Huntington’s disease
Having a test to measure subtle changes in motor ability in young childrenCredit: National Institute of Neurological Disorders Amsterdam, NL,...
Regenstrief and IUPUI researchers use EHRs to identify cancer symptom clusters
Award-winning methodology applicable to symptom clusters in other chronic diseasesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Patients with chronic diseases such as...
Research worth ‘bragging’ about
An MU psychology professor and students provide a possible way to improve dialogue in relationshipsCredit: University of Missouri On a...
Identified a neural mechanism involved in the creation and consolidation of memories
Innovative methodology to study memoryCredit: University of Barcelona The memory of specific episodes is the base of autobiographical memory, but...
Men with breast cancer face high mortality rates: Study
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all...
A blood factor involved in weight loss and aging
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Aging is a process that affects all functions of the human body, particularly brain function. However,...
A ‘shocking’ new way to treat infections
New Pitt research uses electrochemical approach to treat infections of metal-based implantsCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Oct. 22, 2019) --...
Promising lessons learned from PROMISE
Special issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation offers takeaways from this interagency program to improve living, learning, and earning...
