Health
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 monthsCredit: UAB...
Kirigami inspires new method for wearable sensors
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. As wearable sensors become more prevalent, the need...
Women less likely to receive Canadian federal research funding
Credit: stevepb, Pixabay Women are significantly less likely than men to be awarded grants and New Investigator personnel awards from...
New way to wrap liquid drops could improve drug delivery
Credit: BRIAN CALDWELL Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper way to coat liquid medication, an invention that could improve how...
Novel study documents marked slowdown of cell division rates in old age
Clearer understanding of lower cell replication rates in old age may have implications for preventing cancer and slowing agingCredit: Justin...
Oncolytics Biotech® and PrECOG announce study in metastatic breast cancer
The BRACELET-1 (PrE0113) study seeks to confirm predictive and prognostic biomarkers demonstrating pelareorep can expand application of checkpoint inhibitors in...
Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Credit: University of Exeter Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans,...
Simple test predicts dangerous pregnancy disorder
Credit: Edith Cowan University Australian researchers have developed a way to predict the onset of a deadly pregnancy condition that...
IOF report underscores urgent need to maintain mobility in the world’s older population
Launched for World Osteoporosis Day, a new edition of the IOF Compendium of Osteoporosis highlights alarming increases in dependency ratios...
City of Hope’s Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., elected to esteemed National Academy of Medicine
Membership into this academy is one of the highest honors in health and medicineCredit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. --...
Salk scientists receive $12.9 million from NIH BRAIN Initiative
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2019) Salk Institute scientists Nicola Allen, Eiman Azim, Margarita Behrens, and Joseph Ecker have...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers help and cure for picky eaters
Training parents is key to helping children eat a variety of foodsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Families dealing with the...
Beverly Davidson, PhD, elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Neuroscientist and gene therapy expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia receives outstanding honor in medicineCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Beverly...
UM School Of Medicine’s Kathleen Neuzil elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Neuzil has played an important leadership role in bridging science and policy to serve the world's most vulnerable populationsCredit:...
DNA-reeling bacteria yield new insight on how superbugs acquire drug-resistance
A new imaging method invented at Indiana University leads to a discovery about how bacteria use thin hair-like surface appendages...
UConn launches hemp testing lab in response to industry need
Credit: Sean Flynn/UConn Photo In response to a rapidly expanding commercial hemp industry driven by interest in products with CBD...
Insects share the same signaling pathway to form their 3-dimensional body
Credit: Siegfried Roth A signalling pathway controlling morphogenesis, the formation of the three-dimensional body shape in the fruit fly Drosophila,...
New lightweight, portable robotic suit to increase running and walking performance
Newly developed robot suit made of fabric vest and wires to help people with restricted mobility to walk or run...
A complex marriage arrangement: New insights and unanswered questions in plant heterostyly
Landmark review highlights recent advances and unresolved questions as part of a New Phytologist special issue celebrating Prof. Spencer Barrett.Credit:...
Make some noise: How background noise affects brain activity
University of Alberta scientists take neuroscience outside the lab, investigating how different sorts of background noise affect our focusCredit: John...
