Health
Nasal delivery of weight-loss hormone eases breathing problems in sleeping mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a hormone best known for helping regulate hunger...
Study finds ‘dual mobility’ hip replacement implant reduces risk of dislocation
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Hip replacement surgery is highly successful in relieving pain, restoring mobility and improving quality of...
Selective amnesia: How rats and humans are able to forget distracting memories
Our ability to selectively forget distracting memories is shared with other mammals, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge....
Clearing up information about corneal dystrophies
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Jayne Weiss, MD, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair...
Chlamydia attacks with Frankenstein protein
Credit: Robert Bastidas - Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most...
Ben-Gurion University research leads to first nationwide sunscreen chemicals ban in Palau
NEW YORK...November 7, 2018 -- The Republic of Palau, a South Pacific island nation, became the world's first country to...
New hope for world’s most endangered mammal
New genetic analysis of white rhino populations suggests it could be possible to rescue the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros...
Nutrition educators identify barriers to physical activity and propose strategies to overcome them
Philadelphia, November 7, 2018 - Throughout its fifty years of publication, the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) has...
Keystone Symposia and Vienna BioCenter launch scientific research conferences in Vienna
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - November 7, 2018 - Keystone Symposia, in partnership with Vienna BioCenter Research Institutes GMI, IMBA, IMP...
Mailed HPV tests can help find women at-risk for cervical cancer, study finds
CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found that mailing self-collection kits to test...
New, more accessible staging system developed to predict survival for patients with AL Amyloidosis
A new staging system developed with a more accessible test to predict the chance of survival in patients living with...
Investigator at CHLA awarded $1.3 million to study stem cell therapy for liver failure
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Currently, the only therapy for metabolic liver disease is an organ transplant. Tracy Grikscheit, MD,...
Researchers have unlocked secrets about engineered protein receptor, CAR
Credit: Madelin Lum/ USC Viterbi School of Engineering Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States. This...
UTA researcher developing bioresorbable sensing platform for brain implant
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineer is working in collaboration with a pioneer in the...
Genetic study clarifies the causes of the most severe heart muscle diseases of children
Credit: C Vasilescu/University of Helsinki Cardiac muscle degeneration (cardiomyopathy) is the most common cause of severe cardiac dysfunction and life-threatening...
Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients
Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy,...
Dr. M. Brandon Westover receives 2018 BIG Award
BOSTON, MA-- M. Brandon Westover, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in...
Mutant protein tackles DNA guardian to promote cancer development
Credit: Drew Berry, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Melbourne scientists have discovered how tumour development is driven by mutations in...
Young researcher wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, Md. -- The PETA International Science Consortium is excited to announce the winner of its second annual Early-Career Scientist...
Dr. Peter Adams receives 2018 Glenn Foundation BIG Award
LA JOLLA, CA-- Peter Adams, Ph.D. has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology...
