Health
City College-bred fruit flies, parasites, in space odyssey
Credit: NASA Hurtling around Earth, at 17,500 mph some 248 miles in space, is a small swarm of City College...
UTHealth receives funding to study stem cell therapy for traumatic injury
HOUSTON - (April 23, 2018) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has received funding through...
Caregivers can help assess whether older adults are dealing with delirium
Delirium is a sudden change in mental status that often occurs when older adults are in the hospital or after...
Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy makes a window into the nanoscale
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory In a new paper published last week in Science Advances, a team of scientists and...
Let it go: Mental breaks after work improve sleep
WASHINGTON -- If you've had a bad day at work thanks to rude colleagues, doing something fun and relaxing after...
Acute aortic dissection should be suspected with pulse or neurologic deficit and hypotension
In the appropriate clinical setting, suspicion for acute aortic dissection should be raised when patients present with findings that have...
New mobile app addresses depression in pregnant and postpartum women
Credit: Bengisu Tulu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has launched a mobile...
Application of mesenchymal stem cells stimulates nervous tissue regeneration
The research team used model spinal cord injuries in rats for their purposes. As a result, it was found out...
Size, structure help poziotinib pose threat to deadly exon 20 lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A drug that failed to effectively strike larger targets in lung cancer hits a bulls-eye...
How do you get teens to stop cellphone use while driving? Survey says, show them the money
PHILADELPHIA - Teens who admit to texting while driving may be convinced to reduce risky cellphone use behind the wheel...
Young athletes interested in healthy protein, not French fries
The greasy food being served at hockey rinks isn't really what young hockey players want, according to a study from...
Evaluation of induced membrane vesicles fusion specificity with target cells
Extracellular vesicles (EV) represent a promising vector system for biomolecules and drug delivery due to their natural origin and participation...
Scientists identify genetic catalysts that speed up evolution of antibiotic resistance
Researchers at Oxford University have shown that it is possible to identify genetic catalysts that accelerate the evolution of antibiotic...
Scientists generate an atlas of the human genome using stem cells
Credit: Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
Trees with grassy areas soften summer heat
Credit: (Picture: F. Rahman/ TUM) Trees cool their environment and "heat islands" like Munich benefit from it. However, the degree...
Dr. Steven Galetta recognized for lifetime achievement in neurologic education
Credit: NYU Langone Health Steven L. Galetta, MD, the Philip K. Moskowitz, MD Professor and Chair of Neurology at NYU...
Watch your step: How vision leads locomotion
Credit: Photo by Michelle Chiou Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of...
Hippo pathway found essential to orchestrate the development of the heart
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Using a technology that provides a 'high-resolution view' of the status of individual cells, a...
Eating more fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shines more light on the...
Study finds differences in immune cells in pediatric asthma patients based on socioeconomic status
There are considerable socioeconomic disparities in asthma control among children, but the molecular origins of these disparities are not well...
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