Health
Study elucidates role of “G900” gene enhancers in asthma-associated inflammation
Asthma patients experience respiratory distress due to allergens like house dust mites or pollen. However, the various triggers for asthma...
New USF study: Mindfulness and managing emotions lead to better sleep
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Circulating microRNAs likely as effective as A1C for predicting type 2 diabetes in youth, according to OU study
Type 2 diabetes in young people ages 10 to19 has more than doubled in the past 20 years, yet it...
NIH and National Science Foundation to award $15.4 million for RNA research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has partnered with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide approximately $15.4 million...
‘Fit2Drive’ transforms assessing older drivers with cognitive decline
As the world’s population ages, so does the proportion of older drivers on the road. Safe driving requires adequate memory,...
Study links neighborhood violence, lung cancer progression
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists have identified a potential driver of aggressive lung cancer tumors in patients who live in areas...
Refining turbulent flow to scale up iPS cell-based platelet manufacturing
iPS cell-derived expandable immortalized megakaryocyte progenitor cell lines (imMKCLs) represent a renewable means to produce large amounts of platelets ex...
Circadian clock impact on cluster headaches funded by $2.4M NIH grant for UTHealth Houston research
The link between severe headache disorders headaches and the body’s circadian clock in pain timing and thresholds will be studied...
Study identifies first drug therapy for sleep apnea
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and international collaborators have led a worldwide, advanced study demonstrating...
Salk scientist Jesse Dixon named 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar
LA JOLLA (June 18, 2024)—Salk Institute Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon has been named a 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar by The...
Insilico Medicine nominates the winner of documentary hackathon to raise awareness of AI drug discovery through scientific storytelling
After receiving more than 90 submissions from 14 countries with a wide range of perspectives and reviewing them in parallel...
New study reveals promising drug target for treating osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a skeletal condition that leads to the weakening of bones, making them porous, fragile, and prone to breakage....
Unveiling Telo-seq: A breakthrough in telomere research on aging and cancer
Credit: Salk Institute Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-48917-7 Method of Research Experimental study Article Title High resolution long-read telomere sequencing...
Restored rat-free islands could support hundreds of thousands more breeding seabirds
Hundreds of thousands more breeding pairs of seabirds could return to remote island archipelagos if invasive rats were removed and...
New “smart bandages” hold potential for revolutionizing the treatment of chronic wounds
Chronic wounds, which include diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, pressure injuries, and other problems, are deadlier than many people realize. Patients...
Repurposed drug may help stabilize vision in rare disease
Roughly 50 families scattered across the world share ultra-rare variants in a particular gene. Silent for years, the inherited mutations...
Ancient remedies for modern woes: TCM in the fight against african swine fever
Recent research reveals the potential of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in combating African Swine Fever (ASF), a viral disease with...
Poll: Majority of Americans say key COVID-19 policies were a good idea—but views of individual policies vary
Embargoed for release: Monday, June 17, 6:00 AM ETCredit: Source: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/de Beaumont Foundation poll,...
Treatment of stress-induced exhaustion disorder has wrong focus
A new thesis at Uppsala University questions the traditional view of stress-induced exhaustion disorder. A new model is proposed in...
$18.5 million U19 grant will study B and T memory cells in transplanted lungs, uteruses and kidneys
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Memory immune cells reside in many tissues, poised to react to a second infection or continuing antigen....