Health
University of Tennessee extension receives funding to improve nutrition and physical activity
University of Tennessee Extension received $525,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first year in...
UArizona Valley fever expert Galgiani to receive lifetime achievement award
The Arizona Bioindustry Association announced that renowned Valley fever researcher John Galgiani, MD, professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for...
Intermittent fasting improves Alzheimer’s pathology
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is disruption to the body’s circadian rhythm, the internal biological clock that regulates...
SARS-CoV-2: The grasping fingers of the viral N protein
#FRANKFURT. Immediately after the infection of a cell in the throat or lungs, the SARS-CoV-2 virus works very hard to...
Space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, but bone marrow fat may come to the rescue
A study of 14 astronauts suggests that while space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, the body can eventually...
Overuse of social media and devices top parent concerns as kids head back to school
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As children head back to school, two issues have climbed higher on their parents’ list of...
Largest U.S. study of e-cigarettes shows their value as smoking cessation aid
E-cigarettes do have value as a smoking cessation aid, according to a new study just released by a team of...
Severe COVID-19 may lead to long-term innate immune system changes
WHAT: Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, according...
Increasing legumes and reducing red meat is safe for bone health and protein intake
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki demonstrated that the partial substitution of red and processed meat with pea-...
Nature-inspired pressure sensing technology that aims to transform healthcare and surgical robots
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel aero-elastic pressure sensor, called ‘eAir’. This technology can...
Japanese squirrels develop human hereditary diseases with aging
A research group led by Dr. Tomoaki Murakami from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has revealed that fibrinogen...
UArizona College of Nursing receives $2.6M HRSA grant to support Doctor of Nursing Practice students’ clinical placements
The University of Arizona College of Nursing was one of 50 institutions nationwide to receive a Health Resources and Services Administration grant...
Old brains, new tricks: Surprising plasticity in adult vision
Why Adult Plasticity MattersCredit: Hedi Young Why Adult Plasticity Matters Much like young children who swiftly acquire languages in their...
Powerful imaging technology used to investigate renal disease
Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, is reporting the first use of the...
Towards organ preservation: Animal resistance to cold reflected in stem cells
Researchers led by Genshiro Sunagawa at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have shown that an...
Pollutants are important to biodiversity’s role in spread of wildlife diseases
Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species...
Chung-Ang University study validates the simple view of reading for enhancing second and foreign language learners’ experience
The simple view of reading (SVR) is a widely accepted theory that attempts to define the skills that contribute to...
Assessment of immunological reaction to mRNA SARS CoV-2 vaccine after administration of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab, using B cell receptor repertoire analysis
A new method to assess the status of immune responses to specific antigens in detail by analysis using the B...
HKUMed & CityU researchers jointly generate human neural stem cells with powerful therapeutic potential for the treatment of spinal cord injury, paving the way for new therapeutic opportunities
A joint research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and City University of Hong...
Novel treatment based on gene editing safely and effectively removes HIV-like virus from genomes of non-human primates
(Philadelphia, PA) – A single injection of a novel CRISPR gene-editing treatment safely and efficiently removes SIV – a virus...