Health
Children’s hospitals form NIH-funded consortium to study novel causes of growth disorders
Credit: Children's National The National Institutes of Health awards Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc, the chief of endocrinology at Children's National...
Two-cells-in-one combo therapy could bolster leukemia treatment
Credit: Zhen Gu Research Lab/UCLA Samueli A cancer therapy based on fusing two types of cells into a single unit...
Dolutegravir, an alternative first-line HIV treatment for low and middle-income countries
Conducted in Yaoundé (Cameroon), the study aims to compare the efficacy of two first-line treatments for HIV infection in more...
Inflammation can lead to circadian sleep disorders
CHICAGO --- Inflammation, which is the root cause of autoimmune disorders including arthritis, Type 1 diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome and...
Chirality of vitamin-D derivative affects the protonation states of its receptor protein
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology, in cooperation with researchers...
Goethe University intensifies research on rare diseases
For patients with rare diseases, the trek from doctor to doctor, and expert to expert, with a long paper trail...
PAPPA2: A genetic mystery
Credit: Children's National Health System What would happen if you suddenly stopped growing at age 12 or 13? Solving genetic...
A fully human system to cultivate skin cells for grafting
SINGAPORE, 31 October 2018 - Breakthrough research to culture human skin cells called keratinocytes to produce skin grafts has been...
New drug formulation could help people undergoing heart surgery
Professor Raimondo Ascione, and Professor Saadeh Suleiman, from the Bristol Heart Institute, will explore whether treatment with two drugs, which...
Domestic violence is widely accepted in most developing countries, new study reveals
Societal acceptance of domestic violence against women is widespread in developing countries, with 36 per cent of people believing it...
Cold therapy offers promising prevention against taxane-induced dermatologic events
WASHINGTON (Oct. 31, 2018) - Due to their broad antitumor activity that inhibits the function of microtubules, taxanes are common...
Lyme disease predicted to rise in United States as climate warms
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last...
Neuroscientists find molecular clue in ALS, suggesting potential new drug target
Credit: Hegde Lab HOUSTON-(Oct. 31, 2018) - Houston Methodist researchers have discovered a repair defect in nerve cells that send...
Biomarker discovered for most common form of heart failure
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker--a...
Colectomy associated with increased risk of diabetes
People who have had a colectomy have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers from the University of Copenhagen...
Tracking Aedes aegypti across the ages with vector genomics
Credit: James Gathany, provided by CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of...
Insilico Medicine to present innovation analytics at SAPHEX 2018
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug...
How LSD changes perception
LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study by researchers of the University of Zurich...
UMN Medical School researchers contribute to important neurological discovery
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- October 30, 2018- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Max Planck Florida...
Ultra-high-field brain scanner receives FDA approval for clinical use
Credit: Jim Stanis LOS ANGELES - The ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at the USC Mark and...
