Health
Molecule may help tame virulent bacteria and prevent infection
Credit: UW Medicine According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three humans carries Staphylococcus...
$15 million gift will create unique powerhouse initiative to fight infections and immunity
Credit: McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, A $15-million gift from the visionary Montreal-based Doggone Foundation will launch the...
Study could spawn better ways to combat crop-killing fungus
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became...
VA delivers higher quality care than other health providers, study finds
The VA health care system performs similar to or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient...
NEw study shows life-saving outcomes using 3-D printing models for heart valve disease
SAN DIEGO, APRIL 26, 2018 - A new study examines the effectiveness of 3D printing technology and computer modeling to...
Biomarkers and efficacy of vaccine responses among patients treated with new MS drug
LOS ANGELES - In March 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ocrelizumab as the first treatment for both...
CRISPR/Cas9 silences gene associated with high cholesterol
Credit: Charles Gersbach, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used a CRISPR/Cas9 genetic engineering technique...
New clinical trial shows second generation drug-eluting stents are safe and effective
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Results of the PERSPECTIVE trial were presented today as late-breaking clinical science at the...
TERRAs, the non-coding RNAs that protect telomeres, are important epigenetic regulators
Credit: Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) In 2008, the Telomeres and Telomerase Group led by Maria A. Blasco at...
BU: Obese patients underrepresented in cancer clinical trials
Obesity is a risk factor for a number of cancer types and can influence cancer treatment outcomes. In 2014, cancer...
Hair products for black women contain mix of hazardous ingredients
Newton, Mass. (April 25, 2018) - A new report published today in the journal Environmental Research shows that Black women...
Antibody ‘cocktail’ can prevent Zika infection but is not effective for treatment of fetuses
A "cocktail" of monoclonal antibodies that can prevent Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in primates was not effective for treatment of...
Study links night exposure to blue light with breast and prostate cancer
Credit: Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov A study performed by...
CU Anschutz Medical Campus wins $46.5 million NIH grant to accelerate research discoveries
AURORA, Colo. (April 25, 2018) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $46.5 million to the University of...
NIH study: No chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques
WHAT: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) did not cross the species barrier to infect cynomolgus macaque monkeys during a lengthy investigation...
UCLA research may explain some causes of infertility and miscarriage
Credit: Nature Cell Bio/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center A new study in the journal Nature Cell Biology has uncovered...
Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 25, 2018) - A daily dose of baking soda may...
New breath and urine tests detect early breast cancer more accurately
NEW YORK April 25, 2018 - A new method for early and accurate breast cancer screening has been developed by...
JFK was not shot from the grassy knoll, suggests new research
London, April 25, 2018 The long-held conspiracy theory that John F. Kennedy was shot by a second gunman on the...
Engineers get a grip on slippery surfactants
Credit: Xiaoqun Mu/Rice University A Rice University group's innovative surfactant theory removes limitations of a 100-year-old model for interfacial behavior...
