Health
There’s a better way to decipher DNA’s epigenetic code to identify disease
Credit: Rahul Kohli, Univeristy of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A new method for sequencing the chemical groups attached to the surface...
Why single embryo transfer during IVF sometimes results in twins or triplets
Credit: Credit/copyright: Keiji Kuroda It has been known for some time that it is better to transfer a single embryo...
Boyce receives Gates Foundation grant for groundbreaking research in global health
Credit: Morag MacLachlan Chapel Hill, NC - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute for Global Health and...
Guided by CRISPR, prenatal gene editing used in treating congenital disease before birth
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 2018--For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in...
A tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and tumor relapse
Resistance to therapy is a major problem in cancer patients as the cells that resist to therapy is at the...
Guided by CRISPR, prenatal gene editing shows proof-of-concept in treating disease before birth
For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in laboratory animals, offering...
Metastatic breast cancer patients report high level of financial impact
CHAPEL HILL -- A national survey of more than 1,000 women with metastatic breast cancer led by University of North...
Genetic disease healed using genome editing
Credit: colourbox Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria: in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened...
Work environment challenges nurses trying to adopt healthy behaviors
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, October 8, 2018 - Research among nurses reports fewer than 10 percent...
Study examines changes made at home after unintentional injuries to children
Bottom Line: A research letter looked at how parents made changes at home after unintentional injuries sent children to emergency...
Supercharged natural killer cells may hold promise for cancer
A type of 'supercharged' immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer. The researchers behind the early-stage finding, from...
US researchers explore variations in employment outcomes for people with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. October 8, 2018. A team of disability researchers has authored a new article that...
Risk of attempted suicide among sexual minority adolescents
Bottom Line: Adolescents who don't identify as heterosexual appear to have a greater risk of attempted suicide. Why The Research...
MIT, SMART and NTU scientists have discovered a potential treatment for severe malaria
Credit: SMART and NTU Singapore Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and...
Rutgers discovers new delivery system that could help prevent bacterial infections
In a recent study in the Journal of The American Chemical Society, Professor Tewodros Asefa and Associate Professor Jeffrey Boyd...
Pregnant women recognize baby expressions differently depending on mental health history
Credit: Anne Bjertrup A pilot study has found that pregnant women who have suffered from depression or bipolar disorder (i.e....
Annual price tag for nonfatal injuries in the US tops $1.8 trillion
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new analysis by researchers from Brown University and the Pacific Institute for Research...
Study shows diet and weight may affect response to bipolar disorder treatment
Data from a clinical trial has shown that how people respond to treatment for Bipolar Disorder may be influenced by...
Energy insecure New Yorkers face multiple health risks
Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric...
Study finds standard treatment for common STD doesn’t eliminate parasite in some women
A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could...
