Health
Drug discovery: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spurred by…
Credit: From Zhang et al NSMB (2017). Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are not the same. They affect different regions...
Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel may contain hidden symbols of female anatomy
Credit: Clinical Anatomy Michelangelo often surreptitiously inserted pagan symbols into his works of art, many of them possibly associated with...
Forsyth Institute researcher Floyd Dewhirst named as AAAS Fellow
Credit: The Forsyth Institute. Cambridge, MA – November 20, 2017 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...
Seven research teams receive Intermountain-Stanford grant award
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare have announced the recipients of more than $500,000 in seed grants focused...
Changes in the vascular system may trigger Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics at The Rockefeller University/Blood As the average age of Americans increases, so too does...
Mathematically modeling HIV drug pharmacodynamics
Credit: frenta / Masterfile 37 million people around the world today live with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is responsible...
Targeting bladder cancer’s Achilles heel: stem cells
Credit: Cancer Research Two different proteins work separately as well as synergistically to feed a small pool of stem cells...
NIH launches initiative to develop long-acting HIV treatment and…
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched a major initiative...
UTMB scientists genetically engineered world’s first Zika virus infectious cDNA…
A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is the first in the world to genetically...
New UAlberta e-tool provides wake-up call for parents of children with excess weight
Credit: Alberta Innovates (Edmonton, AB.) Sometimes we see only the best in our kids — even when a potential health...
Stuttering: Stop signals in the brain prevent fluent speech
Credit: MPI CBS Roughly, one in a hundred adults has problems with speaking fluently. Not much is known about the...
Scientists give star treatment to lesser-known cells crucial for brain…
Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are...
Military health system will test U-M-developed concept under newly signed defense bill
Credit: Tricare ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A health care reform idea originated by University of Michigan faculty will get a...
Killing time: Study sheds light on phages and precision cell…
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria,...
Dental implants with antibacterial activity
Credit: Beatriz Palla The quest for surfaces capable of preventing bacterial colonisation and adhesion in the area surrounding the implant...
Breakdown of brain cells’ metabolic collaboration linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers have discovered that impairing a critical partnership between brain cells can lead to neurodegeneration....
NIST study suggests frailty makes elderly more likely to die in home…
Credit: US Fire Administration A new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows scientifically for the...
Righting a wrong? Right side of brain can compensate for post-stroke loss of speech
WASHINGTON (Nov. 3, 2015) — After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers at Georgetown University Medical...
Mayo Clinic researchers review the clinical potential of senolytic drugs on aging
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers are moving closer to realizing the clinical potential of drugs that have previously been shown to...
Implantable medical devices bolstered by next-gen surface modification
Credit: University of Sydney A discovery by University of Sydney researchers could underpin a new class of implantable devices that...
