Health
Gordon receives $2.3 Million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Reyna Gordon, PhD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology and director of the Music Cognition Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology at...
New technique uses umbilical cord stem cells for early repair of cleft palate
October 2, 2018 - A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair...
Novel mechanism for generating our skeleton
Credit: Kanazawa University There are more than 200 bones in the human body. Bone is formed during embryonic and postnatal...
UCI researcher awarded NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Irvine, CA - October 2, 2018 - University of California, Irvine Neuroscientist Medha Pathak, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology...
Northwestern to lead national team studying aging and neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Northwestern University Northwestern University has received a $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National...
Professor, MSD high school senior collaborate on homicide trends
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The vast majority of homicides in the United States are attributable to firearms. The rate of...
Take my hand and ride with me — Over the genome
The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained...
Biofilm reactor promises to cut production costs on vitamin K
Credit: Ehsan Mahdinia/Penn State In an innovative study that promises to reduce production costs for the most potent form of...
Youth who use vaping products are more likely to smoke cigarettes, increase use of both
Adolescents who use vaping products are not only more likely to smoke cigarettes but are also likely to increase their...
UVA’s Jonathan Kipnis receives prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A University of Virginia School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our...
Salk’s Janelle Ayres receives NIH Pioneer Award for novel approaches to infectious disease
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 2, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director's Pioneer Award...
Pitt researchers receive prestigious NIH Director’s Awards
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2018 - Three University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been chosen to receive...
Editorial praises childhood obesity study that finds ‘genes are not destiny’
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo childhood obesity experts are praising a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics that rigorously...
Brown scientist wins $1.5 million innovator award for new approach to decoding brain signals
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The motor cortex is the portion of the brain that controls movement, but it's...
Weekday mornings are no longer peak times for sudden cardiac arrest
Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES - Oct. 2, 2018 - Heart experts have long believed that weekday mornings - and...
Aggressive breast cancer cells hijack natural stress protector to thrive
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2018) - A member of a protein family known...
Comparing nocturnal and diurnal rodents helps scientists understand a human eye disease
Light-sensitive cells in the retina come in two main types: rods and cones. Rods are used for vision at low...
Assessment of ED Threat perceptions identifies patients at risk for cardiac-induced PTSD
Credit: Kirsty Challen, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- A brief tool assessing emergency department (ED) threat...
New algorithm efficiently finds antibiotic candidates
PITTSBURGH--If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, it's best to know what hay looks like. An international team...
Computer model may help scientists split up, reassemble proteins on command
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost...
