Health
Why bacteria survive in space — UH biologists discover clues
Credit: University of Houston In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that...
Mason philosophy professor explores the ethics of severe brain injury
Credit: Andrew Peterson Family members of patients who have spent years in a vegetative state are often convinced that their...
Boston College team reports technology to enable precision antibiotics
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chestnut Hill, Mass. (6/27/2018) - Scientists are searching for ways to develop antibiotics...
‘The eyes have it’ — Photoreceptors in marine plankton form a depth gauge to aid survival
Credit: Jürgen Berger The eyes of some marine-dwell The eyes of some marine-dwelling creatures have evolved to act like a...
Scientist awarded $2 million grant from the NIH to study the body’s immune memory response
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes...
Eight health professionals selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2018-2019 class of...
Lipid species offer insights into metabolic health
Credit: Courtesy of the Morgridge Institute for Research Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and...
The key to getting published in biomedicine
Credit: World Scientific Besides good content, what else can professionals in the medical and para-medical professions do to improve their...
Co-op University of Guelph study finds new measure for stress in overtrained athletes
Credit: Julien Heon With many recreational triathletes and runners ramping up their training in hopes of getting a personal best...
UCalgary researchers discover antidepressant could be a promising treatment for PBC
Gail Wright considered herself healthy. She had no idea she had a chronic liver disease. "I was at a routine...
Women’s diseases that doctors must know
Credit: World Scientific Gynecological complaints account for a large burden of day-to-day practice in family medicine, in hospital emergency rooms,...
Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...
Texas A&M research opens doors to expanded DNA studies
Credit: Texas A&M Dr. Wonmuk Hwang, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is researching...
Scripps Research scientists find new way to block alcohol addiction and ease withdrawal
Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA-- June 26, 2018--According to a new study by Scripps Research scientists, activating a receptor...
A new link between cancer and aging
Credit: Brennan Wesley Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that human lung...
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...
Usutu: An African virus under surveillance in Europe
Credit: © F. Thiaucourt, CIRAD In an article to be published in the journal Médecine/Sciences , researchers from INSERM, CIRAD,...
Killer immune cells that halt malaria could hold key to new vaccines
Credit: Gunjan Arora and Javier Manzella-Lapeira Scientists have revealed that immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells may play a...
New imaging technique to use bioinspired camera to study tendon, ligament damage
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Tommy John surgery, or reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the elbow,...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...
