Health
VaxArray rapid response to seasonal strain changes for influenza vaccines
BOULDER (4/4/18) -- InDevR expanded its license agreement with the Technology Transfer Program at the US Food and Drug Administration...
Scientists records brain activity of free-flying bats
Credit: Dave Schmelick and Len Turner/Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a way to study the brain...
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Credit: The University of Akron Sharon Truesdell has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The program...
How intestinal bacteria can affect your blood sugar and lipid levels
Credit: Professor Sumio Ohtsuki Intestinal bacteria have attracted recent attention since they were discovered to influence various physiological functions and...
Disparities in coastal stream restoration in central California
Credit: Carolyn Lagattuta Stream restoration efforts along the coast of Central California are unevenly distributed, with activity more likely to...
Cancer researchers receive more than $2 million to eradicate common form of leukemia
Credit: Scott Wiseman JUPITER, FL--April 10, 2018--Christoph Rader, PhD, associate professor at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute,...
Speakers announced for Nutrition 2018 Meeting
Renowned scientists and practitioners will address key topics in nutrition in the United States and around the globe at Nutrition...
State-of-the-art regional cryo-electron microscopy facility to open at University of Leicester
Credit: University of Leicester A new state-of-the-art Cryo-EM facility that will advance the understanding of the processes of life is...
A cosmic gorilla effect could blind the detection of aliens
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses on...
Houston Methodist leads international research for rare neurodegenerative disorder
Credit: Houston Methodist A rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder will soon be the focus of an international clinical research effort led...
Cancer risk rises as patients wait for diagnostic testing
PHILADELPHIA - The longer a patient with a positive screening result waits for diagnostic testing, the worse their cancer outcomes...
Even short travel can spread colistin-resistant bacteria
Osaka - The emergence of antibiotic resistance among dangerous pathogens is increasingly problematic worldwide. Many strains of infectious bacteria have...
Contrast-enhanced subharmonic imaging detects prostate cancers not identified by MRI
Leesburg, VA, April 9, 2018 - A test of contrast-enhanced subharmonic imaging (SHI) has shown promise in detecting prostate cancers...
Biomarker panel can guide treatment of brain cancer
In an article published April 10th in the journal Cell Reports, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) describe...
Absence of a transcription factor halts tooth development in mid-stride
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Amjad Javed, Ph.D., and University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues have found a key role...
Scientists fix genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease in human brain cells
Using human brain cells, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered the cause of--and a potential solution for--the primary genetic risk...
Use of quality improvement strategies among US primary care practices
Improving primary care quality is a national priority, but little is known about the extent to which small- to medium-size...
Those living near oil and gas facilities may be at higher risk of disease
AURORA, Colo. (April 9, 2018) - People living near oil and gas facilities along Colorado's Northern Front Range may be...
New cardiac imaging technique shortens testing time, improves patient comfort
LOS ANGELES (April 9, 2018) -- A team of Cedars-Sinai investigators has developed a new technique for conducting cardiac magnetic...
Study: Almost 100 million adults have COPD in China
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country's adult population - almost 100...
