Health
Biomedical engineers design drug-delivery solution for low-resource settings
Administering medications to children poses unique challenges, especially in resource-limited countries with high infant and child mortality rates. Many drugs...
Cell-free DNA methylation used to predict chemo benefit in bladder cancer
A team of researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute...
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections responsible for spreading of COVID-19 less than symptomatic infections
Based on studies published through July 2021, most SARS-CoV-2 infections were not persistently asymptomatic, and asymptomatic infections were less infectious...
Harsher COVID-19 restrictions associated with faster “pandemic fatigue”
Between November 2020 and May 2021, adherence to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions decreased in Italy, with the fastest decreases taking place...
FAU awarded $1 million to help prevent injury, death from falls in older adults
Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them...
Virginia Tech scientists to probe brain circuitry underlying preferences for tasty food
Eliminating your favorite treats could make your brain want them even more, according to a Virginia Tech scientist.Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia...
Visual system brain development implicated in infants who develop autism
CHAPEL HILL, NC – For the first time, scientists have found that brain differences in the visual brain systems of...
Sarcopenic obesity linked to dementia in elderly patients, say scientists
Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass. This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated...
UTHSC Office of Research welcomes Wesley Byerly as New Senior Associate Vice Chancellor
Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD, has been hired as the senior associate vice chancellor for Research and Administration for the University...
Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries
From 1990 to 2019, deaths from suicide by firearm declined throughout the world, but some countries saw an increasing trend....
Palaeospondylus: Long-standing mystery of vertebrate evolution solved using powerful X-rays
The Evolutionary Morphology Laboratory led by Shigeru Kuratani at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan, along with collaborators, has...
UofL to create New Vision of Health Campus for pioneering work to increase health equity
The University of Louisville is creating a new campus in downtown Louisville to be known as the UofL Christina Lee Brown Envirome...
New NYU Abu Dhabi research could make cancer treatments more efficient
Abu Dhabi, May 25, 2022: A team led by Professor of Biology, Senior Vice Provost of Research at NYU Abu...
Nearly 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021: Pitt team forecast devastating toll five years ago
PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2022 – A grim prediction made half a decade ago by University of Pittsburgh School of Public...
Polymersomes efficiently deliver siRNA to treat breast cancers in preclinical model
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, hold promise to treat tumors, through their ability to specifically knock down...
COVID vaccine trial locations influenced in vaccine efficacy results
A new study by a University of Arkansas information systems researcher and his colleague at the University of Waikato in...
Silk improves function of surgical masks
University of Cincinnati biologists found that a double layer of silk in combination with a surgical mask can enhance its...
Data contradict fears of COVID-19 vaccine effects on pregnancy and fertility
New experiments conducted in mice add to mounting evidence in opposition to a popular claim that COVID-19 vaccination during early...
Listening can be exhausting for older cochlear implant users #ASA182
DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Degraded acoustic signals can make hearing difficult for anyone, but differences in cognitive abilities, age-related...
Sidekick microbubbles carry anti-cancer drugs, damage tumor vessels #ASA182
DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Microbubbles can assist with localized drug delivery in a patient's body by popping at a...
