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June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Scientists now report that Treg cells, a type of regulatory lymphocyte, may be...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension medical management of the adult patient with CHD

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medical Management of the Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations...

Bacteriophages: Are they an overlooked driver of Parkinson’s disease?

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - In the first study of its kind, researchers from the New York-based Human...

The Fontan circulation

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 107-122(X); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0041, researchers Ahmed...

The adult ventricular septum; a unique portion of the left and right ventricle

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 93-95(3); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0023, C. Richard...

D-Transposition of the great arteries: a new era in cardiology

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 85-92(8); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0037, Angeline D....

Kitchen towels could contribute to the growth of potential pathogens that cause food poisoning

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from the University of Mauritius have shown that factors such as family...

Colistin-resistant multidrug-resistant bacteria pervasive in rural Vietnam town

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural...

Bifidobacteria supplement colonizes gut of breastfed infants

Supplementing breastfed infants with activated Bifidobacterium infantis (B. infantis) bacteria had a positive impact on babies' gut microbes for up...

Oldest plague bacteria genome analyzed by Russian-German team

The team comprised researchers from Kazan Federal University and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. The bacteria...

Weekly injections of PRO 140 in combination with optimized ART shows HIV-1 viral suppression

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Results from a pivotal trial of PRO 140, a new HIV therapy, show...

First look at the new 2018 European guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure

Barcelona June 9, 2018 - A first look at the new European Guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in the US presents a triple threat

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center describe the first strain of carbapenem-resistant,...

Are antibiotics overused in treatment of outpatient acute respiratory infections?

Bottom Line: Antibiotics are most commonly prescribed for acute respiratory infections, although most of these infections are caused by viruses...

Association of food allergy, other allergies with autism spectrum disorder

Bottom Line: Food and other types of allergies are more likely to be reported in children with autism spectrum disorder...

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

Credit: V.V. Kondrashin and V.A. Tsybin; Spyrou et al. 2018. Analysis of 3,800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin...

ORNL launches Summit Supercomputer

Credit: Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 8, 2018--The U.S. Department of Energy's...

Schools join research into the effect of air pollution on children’s health