Health
Antibiotics in animals: More research urgently needed
Credit: Animal Health Research Reviews A special issue of Animal Health Research Reviews turns the spotlight on the science underlying...
Deciphering the mechanism that determines organ size and shape
Credit: IRB Barcelona A study by IRB Barcelona´s Development and Growth Control Laboratory, headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milán, reveals...
Traditional biomass stoves shown to cause lung inflammation
Credit: ATS Feb. 21, 2020- Traditional stoves that burn biomass materials and are not properly ventilated, which are widely used...
Delivering bad news: ‘Patients remember these conversations forever’
Study finds new simulation-based training helps doctors break bad news more effectivelyCredit: Northwestern University We've all feared hearing a doctor...
Study shows long-term survival benefit for certain patients with advanced lung cancer
Credit: Yale Cancer Center New Haven, Conn. -- According to the results of a large, global study led by Yale...
Columbia University researchers awarded $2M to identify antiviral drugs for coronavirus
Credit: Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount...
Research shows new drug helps to preserve brain cells for a time after stroke
UCalgary led international study shows promising results for neuroprotection by combining endovascular therapy with nerinetideCredit: Photo by Roth & Ramberg...
Therapeutic cooling effectively targets site of brain injury
Children's Hospital Los Angeles study published in Journal of Pediatrics uses advanced imaging techniques to optimize a leading-edge therapy for...
Condom nation
Survey of Canadians' condom use reveals demographic, social trends in protective practicesCredit: McMaster University Researchers at McMaster University have peered...
The University of Tennessee System announces One Health Initiative
Effort to focus on animal, environmental issues with implications for human healthCredit: Tory Salvador, UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University...
About 8% of West Virginia babies are exposed to alcohol shortly before birth
Credit: Aira Burkhart/West Virginia University illustration About 8 percent of West Virginia newborns are exposed to alcohol two to four...
ATS Foundation/Pulmonary Hypertension Association 2019 Partner Grant awardees
Credit: ATS (Feb. 20, 2020) -- The ATS Foundation Research Program/Pulmonary Hypertension Association has awarded Rahul Kumar, PhD, of the...
On the trail of cancer stem cells
Credit: © Samantha Praktiknjo, MDC Two research teams from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and their collaborators have...
Tulane University launches new coronavirus research program to develop vaccine
Tulane National Primate Research Center working to develop a nonhuman primate model to study the disease's clinical progression, how it...
Finding new clues to brain cancer treatment
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic use AI, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma...
Gladstone scientists identify new human genes controlling HIV infection
A new study uses large-scale genetic approach to uncover human genes controlling HIV infection.Credit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO,...
Language disorders as indicators of the diagnosis and progression of Huntington’s disease
A study shows that the first symptoms of the disease are revealed through linguistic changes in spontaneous speechCredit: UPF Huntington's...
New front opened in fight against common cancer driver
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have revealed a new vulnerability in lymphomas...
Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood
Floating human plasma helps researchers detect diseases like opioid addictionCredit: UBCO New research from the UBC's Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical...
A deep dive into cellular aging
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Feb. 20, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute...
