Health
CTI BioPharma and Tisch Cancer Institute announce international…
CTI BioPharma Corp. (CTI BioPharma) and The Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
New Innovator Award of $2.8 million to Julia Oh of JAX for skin…
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities...
Novel gene therapy experiment offers hope for people with certain hearing loss and dizziness disorder
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from...
Past experiences affect recognition, memory: Study
IMAGE: Prof. Boyer Winters holds a model of the human brain. Credit: University of Guelph New research from the University...
Stanford researchers analyze what a warming planet means for…
Credit: Dany Krom As temperatures rise with climate change, mosquito season extends past the summer months in many parts of...
Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic children
New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits,...
Children with bone, joint infection often carry the same infectious bacteria in throat
The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children’s throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the...
Can stem cell exosome therapy reduce fatal heart disease in diabetes?
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Macrophage cells routinely remove dead or dying cells to maintain the body homeostasis. Such removal...
SenGupta authors ‘Ion Exchange in Environmental Processes’…
Credit: John Wiley & Sons Arup K. SenGupta, P.C. Rossin Professor in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and...
Adults with disabilities screened less often for colorectal cancer
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 29, 2017) — Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer...
UMD study explains racial and ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health examined why African American...
Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $6.9 million grant for pulmonary medicine research
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES – The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) is...
Our weight tells how we assess food
A new study demonstrated that people of normal weight tend to associate natural foods such as apples with their sensory...
Mind wandering is common during driving
Credit: Image courtesy of Carryl Baldwin Researchers in the United States have investigated mind wandering in volunteers during a driving...
New $10.8 NIH grant supports KU research into cancer, neurological disorders, lung and…
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas' Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, a National Institutes...
Drug yields high response rates for lung cancer patients with harsh mutation
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A targeted therapy resurrected by the Moon Shots Program™ at The University of Texas MD...
Fast-cooking dry beans provide more protein, iron than…
Credit: American Chemical Society Beans are a versatile, inexpensive staple that can boost essential nutrients in a diet, especially for...
Rice U. scientists reel in structure of salmon virus
Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University The structure of a protein key to the survival and spread of a virus that affects...
HIV antibody infusion safely suppresses virus in infected people
A single infusion of a powerful antibody called VRC01 can suppress the level of HIV in the blood of infected...
Risk, benefit or cost: What stops patients from receiving a diagnostic test?
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Diagnostic tests can help identify disease and disease probability in patients. "We try,...
