Health
Ribosomes found to induce somatic cell pluripotency
Credit: Associate Professor Kunimasa Ohta In 2012, a Japanese research group discovered that human skin cells acquire pluripotency when introduced...
Kidney transplants: White blood cells control virus replication
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Certain white blood cells play an important role in bringing a harmful virus...
Circulating tumor cells associated with relapse in late-stage melanoma patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study revealing a connection between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and relapse in stage IV...
In urban streams, pharmaceutical pollution is driving microbial resistance
Credit: Sylvia Lee (Millbrook, NY) In urban streams, persistent pharmaceutical pollution can cause aquatic microbial communities to become resistant to...
Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE – Dec. 9, 2017 – Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's...
Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE – Dec. 9, 2017 – Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's...
A new index for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: © DZD/IDM Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a global epidemic. There is not only a great interest worldwide...
Chlorinated lipids predict lung injury and death in sepsis patients
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS — In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation...
Major research initiative explores how our bones and muscles age, new ways to block their…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2017) – With age, the form and function of our bones and muscles...
Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces schizophrenia-like symptoms when mutated
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense...
Spinal cord injury research: Bonus benefit to activity-based training
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Activity-based training has resulted in unexpected benefits for individuals with severe spinal cord...
Skin testing, computerized support tool can improve antibiotic use in hospital inpatients
Credit: Brett Macaulay, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)...
Newly discovered multicomponent virus is the first of its kind to infect animals
For the first time, a multicomponent virus–which contains different segments of genetic material in separate particles, rather than a single...
Brain’s insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to others in distress
Credit: John P. Christianson, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. (01/31/2018) – The brain's insular cortex, which processes senses and emotions,...
Nutritional properties of mushrooms are better when grilled or…
Credit: SINC Culinary treatments (boiling, microwaving, grilling, and deep frying) influence on proximate composition and antioxidant capacity of most cultivated...
Increasing hydroxyurea dose helps to keep young sickle cell patients…
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have shown that using the...
Preterm infants have narrowed upper airways, which may explain higher obstructive sleep…
Credit: Credit: A. Smitthimedhin, et al, Clinical Imaging. Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with...
Landmark DAWN study presented at SVIN meeting with New England Journal of Medicine release
Credit: SVIN Boston, MA November 11, 2017 is a day to remember for the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology...
UBC researcher prescribes specific exercise dosage for those with…
Credit: UBC Okanagan For decades, the main message to keep the general population healthy was for everyone to get active....
Robert Witzburg, MD, honored for physician excellence with Jerome Klein Award
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON–Robert Witzburg, MD, a general internal medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named...
