Health
Kidney cells from amniotic fluid obtained from cesarean section at delivery
Credit: Rahman MS, Spitzhorn LS, Wruck W, Hagenbeck C, Balan P, Graffmann N, Bohndorf M, Ncube A, Guillot PV, Fehm...
Chemical octopus catches sneaky cancer clues, trace glycoproteins
Credit: Georgia Tech / Wu / Xiao & NYPL Digital Commons / Brumfield Cancer drops sparse chemical hints of its...
HSS researchers launch study to measure bone effects of new rheumatologic agent
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have launched a pilot study to see how a drug that treats several...
Mayo Clinic implements Epic electronic health record at its Rochester campus
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic continues its move to a single, integrated electronic health record and billing system with the...
Cedars-Sinai awarded $2.6 million to study depression in heart failure patients
LOS ANGELES (May 07, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators, led by Waguih William IsHak, MD,FAPA, professor of Psychiatry and vice chairman...
Continuous consumption of pangasius exposes to dangerous mercury levels
The pangasius, originally from Vietnam, is one of the most consumed fish in the world for its low cost, mild...
OU-led research team accelerating antibiotic discovery with $5.7 million NIH grant
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma professors, Helen Zgurskaya and Valentin Rybenkov, and team are addressing the challenge and...
Stomata — the plant pores that give us life — arise thanks to a gene called MUTE
Credit: Soon-Ki Han/ Xingyun Qi Plants know how to do a neat trick. Through photosynthesis, they use sunlight and carbon...
Ontology-based surgical subtask automation, automating blunt dissection
Credit: World Scientific In a paper to be published in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, a team of researchers...
Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A team of scientists from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The...
COstatus monitor provides direct measure of neonates’ cardiac output
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Clinicians caring for vulnerable babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) need...
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies’ brain development?
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-The volume of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and calories consumed by very vulnerable preemies...
Depression among parents of newborns can persist 6 months after NICU discharge
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Young parents who have less education and care for more than one child...
Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at...
EPO protects preemies’ brains by modifying genes essential for generating new brain cells
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018) - Erythropoietin (EPO) helps to protect and repair vulnerable brains though it...
First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance
Credit: Ben-Gurion University NEW YORK...May 3, 2018 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have...
For parents of multiples, elevated rates of mental health symptoms but low rates of treatment
May 4, 2018 - Parents of twins and other multiple-birth children experience higher than average rates of depression, anxiety and...
How low is too low? Experts debate blood pressure targets in post-SPRINT era
Philadelphia, May 4, 2018 - Following the landmark SPRINT trial, there is a growing body of evidence for reducing systolic...
NIAID-sponsored trial of a universal influenza vaccine begins
A Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational universal influenza vaccine intended to protect against multiple strains of the virus...
Targeted ‘click-to-release’ chemotherapy gives good results in mice
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy)...
