Health
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats...
Testing a soft artificial heart
Credit: ETH Zurich It looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial...
Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities by race/ethnicity?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...
Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...
UCSF Health affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care
UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in...
Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...
ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations...
Zika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects
GALVESTON, Texas - Immunizing female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects...
Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...
UNC Health Care honored as ‘Most Wired Advanced’ by American Hospital Association
Credit: American Hospital Association CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - July 13, 2017 -- UNC Health Care is one of only 27...
New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON - Years of sustained and coordinated efforts will be required to contain and reverse the harmful societal effects of...
Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research
Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn...
Laser-cooled ions contribute to better understanding of friction
Credit: PTB Friction: what you want from car brakes, otherwise rather a nuisance. In any case, it is useful to...
Study by UTA professor shows many parents in the dark about concussions
Despite the large volume of information about sports related concussions on the Internet, many parents and guardians of young athletes...
Singapore scientists pave way for better juvenile arthritis diagnosis & treatment outcome prediction
Singapore, 14 July 2017 - A team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has...
Targeting ‘broken’ metabolism in immune cells reduces inflammatory disease
The team, led by researchers at Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals, believes the approach...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and organs in long flights
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for...
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