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For nanomedicine, cell sex matmonoclonal antibodies crucial to fighting emerging infectious diseases say NIAID officials
WHAT: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)--preparations of a specific type of antibody designed to bind to a single target--have shown promise in...
Unique inflammation patterns emerging in patients with type 1 diabetes
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta university AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 8, 2018) - Analysis of the inflammation-promoting proteins in the...
Improving birth outcomes one amino acid at a time
(TORONTO, Canada - Wednesday, March 7, 2018) - A simple dietary supplement (L-arginine) was found to improve birth outcomes, paving...
Exposure to childhood violence linked to psychiatric disorders
March 8, 2019 -- Investing in diminishing socioeconomic status inequalities and in preventing violent events during childhood may improve the...
Physician education and guidelines lead to drop in opioids prescribed after hand surgery
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery An educational session on opioid abuse and new prescription guidelines led to a 45 percent...
Saliva plays a role in the body’s defense against traveler’s diarrhea
(Boston)--Researchers have identified a protein in saliva (histatin-5) that protects the body from traveler's diarrhea. The findings, available online in...
Serious asthma attacks reduced by temporary quadrupling of steroid inhaler, study finds
Serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by a temporary but significant increase in the dose of inhaled steroids...
Mayo Clinic’s clinical trial matching project sees higher enrollment in breast cancer trials through use of artificial intelligence
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Mayo Clinic and IBM Watson Health today unveiled results from early use of the Watson for Clinical...
Study finds mandatory flu vaccines for healthcare workers reduce absenteeism
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (March 8, 2018) - A multi-institutional study, as reported in the journal Infection Control...
Studies examine trends in pain medication use
A new study reveals that acetaminophen use and over-dosing rise in cold/flu season in the United States, primarily due to...
A research study analyzes the mental health care community model
Credit: UC3M The project has been undertaken using digital games with 270 participants who make up the mental health care...
Ramon L. Jimenez, MD, receives AAOS’ highest leadership honor
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 8, 2018)-The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today presented the 2018 William W. Tipton, Jr.,...
New study finds less research being published by female radiologists
A new study has found that although radiology research by women has increased significantly over the past five decades, the...
Got the message? Your brainwaves will tell
The new technique was developed by Professor Tom Francart and his colleagues from the Department of Neurosciences at KU Leuven,...
Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack
Credit: Westmead Institute New research has shown how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after...
Women regret sex less when they take the initiative
In general, women regret short-term sexual encounters like one-night stands more than men do. But various factors determine whether and...
Report: Big tobacco is targeting the world’s most vulnerable to increase profits
The sixth edition of The Tobacco Atlas and its companion website TobaccoAtlas.org* finds the tobacco industry is increasingly targeting vulnerable...
UTHealth’s Shervin Assassi awarded $1.4 million to personalize scleroderma treatments
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), rheumatologist Shervin Assassi, M.D., is...
MicroRNA predicts and protects against severe lung disease in extremely premature infants
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Extremely low birth-weight babies are at risk for a chronic lung disease called bronchopulmonary dysplasia,...
Researchers rescue embryos from brain defects by re-engineering cellular voltage patterns
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 8, 2018) Tufts University biologists have demonstrated for the first time that electrical patterns in the developing...
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