Health

October 8, 2025

USC professor Andrew P. McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Credit: Jill McMahon Andrew P. McMahon -- who is the W.M. Keck Provost and University Professor in USC's departments of...

Risky business: Courtship movements put katydids in danger

Credit: Christian Ziegler Reproduction can be risky. In the case of katydids, some hunting bats eavesdrop on male mating calls...

UCLA leads CDC-funded project to reduce COVID-19 infection among emergency room workers

Credit: UCLA Health The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is leading a project in collaboration with the University...

Lipo-ImmunoTech receives grant to develop a novel cancer immunotherapy technology

Hollings Cancer Center researchers co-founded a company that is developing technology to enhance and improve the functionality of T cells...

Boosting levels of good fats with an experimental drug that acts on two newly characterized genes

Salk researchers discover way to increase levels of fats that fight inflammation and diabetes, in miceCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May...

Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair

Credit: Image by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Veterinary Medicine at Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients...

Hidden symmetry found in chemical kinetic equations

Rice University discovery has implications for drug design, genetics, moreCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 30, 2020) -- Rice...

Real-time observation of enzymatic processes on DNA

Credit: Modified from Krüger et al., DNA strand breaks can lead to cell death or to mutations and thus contribute...

Exploiting a chink in the armor of bacteria could result in new drug therapies

Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack - and...

UCF-trained engineers, Oregon medical team design 3D-printed ventilator that requires no electricity

New product awaiting FDA approval for emergency use could save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, thanks to a...

Clinical trial to investigate whether hypertension drug ameliorates COVID-19 severity

ACE inhibitor drugs like Ramipril are widely used for various cardiovascular conditions; researchers want to see if they might also...

Alternate light 5 times more effective in detecting bruises on victims of color

With COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, rates of domestic abuse have increased; improved procedures are needed to detect bruises for people of...

Virginia Tech researchers link rare medical condition to its cause

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC researchers use zebrafish to understand puzzling diseaseCredit: Kristin Ates Virginia Tech scientists with the...

Frost & Sullivan recognizes Insilico as innovation leader in drug discovery

Credit: Insilico April 30, 2020 - Today Insilico Medicine has announced that Frost & Sullivan named it as a top...

Cancer patients without insurance or with Medicaid don’t get the same trial benefits

Credit: The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research PORTLAND, OR - Cancer patients with no health insurance or those enrolled in...

Cracking the Lyme disease code

Credit: WSU The next time a tick feeds on you, Washington State University researchers hope to make sure persistent arthritis...

Neurotrauma Reports launching Spring 2020

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 30, 2020--Neurotrauma Reports, a new peer-reviewed open access companion to...

COVID-19 personal protective equipment causes serious skin injuries

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 30, 2020--A new study of medical staff treating COVID-19-infected patients...

A world first: Assessing kidney quality before transplantation using photoacoustic imaging

Researchers discover non-invasive method to visualize damage in donor kidneys - empowering doctors to match kidney quality with patient life...

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer’s plaques