Health
Improved capture of cancer cells could aid in disease tracking
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison have demonstrated...
A new algorithm designed to make cardiopulmonary resuscitation more effective
Credit: UPV/EHU In the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest, two actions are crucial for the patient's survival: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
Democratizing science: Making neuroscience experiments easier to share, reproduce
Over the past few years, scientists have faced a problem: They often cannot reproduce the results of experiments done by...
Startup promises minimally invasive heart repair
Cambridge, Mass. - March 15, 2018 - A minimally invasive surgical device to be commercialized by a newly launched startup...
Women choose more effective contraception when cost not an issue
When cost isn't an issue, women will choose more effective, long-term methods of contraception, according to Penn State College of...
Scientists map the portal to the cell’s nucleus
Credit: The Rockefeller University Like an island nation, the nucleus of a cell has a transportation problem. Evolution has enclosed...
Large racial and ethnic disparity in world’s most common STI
Credit: Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV),...
Biologists unravel another mystery of what makes DNA go ‘loopy’
Credit: Graphic by Victor Corces. Scientists discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus...
Rutgers student on front lines of orangutan conservation, research
Credit: Cecilia Mayer Deep in a tropical forest in Borneo 15 years ago, Rutgers student Didik Prasetyo first encountered a...
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their...
SOMMa Spanish research institutions to safeguard scientific competitiveness
Credit: SOMMa The Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units Alliance (SOMMa) gathers research centres and units that received...
Cell therapy could improve brain function for Alzheimer’s disease
San Francisco, CA -- March 15, 2018 -- Like a great orchestra, your brain relies on the perfect coordination of...
Ludwig study extends potential for personalized immunotherapy to large variety of cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available...
Study suggests that cancer survivors are more easily fatigued
Adults who have undergone successful cancer treatment years or decades previously become fatigued more quickly than their peers who don't...
Core elements identified for successful transitions in care for older adults with dementia
Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2018) - For older adults with multiple chronic conditions and complex care requirements, transitioning...
New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread
Canadian bread product saltiest in survey of global bread products Some breads surveyed had as much sodium (salt) as seawater...
Well-child visits are effective time to help moms, study shows
PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2018 - In an effort to improve birth outcomes, well-child visits provide an opportune time to deliver...
UNC researcher awarded $2.5 million to study stress of poverty on children
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Cathi Propper, Ph.D., an associate research professor, has been awarded a $2.5 million...
Viral hideout
Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking...
‘Frequency combs’ ID chemicals within the mid-infrared spectral region
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Applied Physics Division, Quantum Nanophotonics group WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 -- Chemical...
