Health
‘Hypermutators’ drive pathogenic fungi to evolve more…
Credit: Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman — Duke; Valerie Knowlton – NC State DURHAM, N.C. — Mutations tend to get...
Insights from a rare genetic disease may help treat multiple myeloma
Credit: The American Chemical Society A new class of drugs for blood cancers such as leukemia and multiple myeloma is...
Free iPhone app could guide MS research, treatment
Credit: Photo by Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. — For some diseases, a simple blood test is all that's needed to...
Teens with autism and caregivers should plan early for adulthood
IMAGE: Nancy Cheak-Zamora said caregivers should start talking to their children with autism early about their plans for the future....
UTHealth experts take part in US Surgeon General’s first youth…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 8, 2016) – Researchers from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at...
COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop...
Unlocking the barrier
Credit: Gu Lab/Harvard Medical School Already extolled for their health benefits as a food compound, omega-3 fatty acids now appear...
A biosensor is able to detect tumors at early stages
Credit: Cho, Y., Gorina, S., Jeffrey, P.D., Pavletich, N.P.; Astrojan. Before a malignant tumor is developed, the immune system tries...
New technology enables identification of biomarkers for a wide range of diseases
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Scientists have developed a way to identify...
CDC scientists review methods to prevent bites and suppress ticks that transmit Lyme disease
Dr. Lars Eisen and Marc Dolan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reviewed decades of scientific...
3-D protein structure offers insight into rapid communication by brain…
Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain...
Are wealthier people more likely to receive a diagnosis of cancer?
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Do wealthier people receive too much medical care? In a Perspective article recently published in the...
Targeting bladder cancer’s Achilles heel: stem cells
Credit: Cancer Research Two different proteins work separately as well as synergistically to feed a small pool of stem cells...
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) takes steps to…
Credit: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Philadelphia, PA, and Hoboken, NJ, January 3, 2018 – While ultrasound imaging is...
Study rejects biologic age as limiting factor for stem cell transplants
COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 40 percent of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can remain in long-term cancer...
Why some women are more likely to feel depressed
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 19, 2017) It’s no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are...
Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than…
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – In the first study to compare the results of cognitive training by body mass index...
A new approach to high insulin levels
Credit: Pierre Maechler / UNIGE Diabetes is characterised by a deficiency of insulin. The opposite is the case in congenital...
New technique uses immune cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs
Credit: Jian Yang, Yixue Su, Penn State Some researchers are working to discover new, safer ways to deliver cancer-fighting drugs...
Building social communication skills in shy children helps with peer…
A new study by Yale-NUS College Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Psychology) Cheung Hoi Shan has discovered that shy children...
