Health
Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes
CHICAGO --- From Impossible Burger to “Meatless Mondays,” going meat-free is certainly in vogue. But a person’s genetic makeup plays a role...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation names Special Olympics International Recipient of 2023 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health and awards Honorary Pardes Prize to Henry Jarecki, M.D
NEW YORK (October 4, 2023) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced that Special Olympics International is the recipient...
LSU Health New Orleans’ Porche awarded top honor by National League for Nursing
New Orleans – The National League for Nursing (NLN) presented Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN, Professor and...
Large-scale proteomics in population-based studies from UK and Iceland
In an article revealed today in Nature, scientists from deCODE Genetics, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Amgen, demonstrated how...
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery names new executive director after yearlong search
After a yearlong and extensive nationwide search, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the nation’s largest professional...
From A to Z: An alternative base modification for mRNA therapeutics
Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology has become popular in the last few years due to its use in COVID-19 vaccines. This...
Despite increasing rates of tuberculosis in prisons across the globe, current WHO TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations
Despite increasing rates of tuberculosis in prisons across the globe, current WHO TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations....
Human disease simulator lets scientists choose their own adventure
Imagine a device smaller than a toddler’s shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new...
Van Andel Institute scientist awarded $2.9 million to tackle insulin resistance, a driver of Type 2 diabetes
Van Andel Institute’s Nick Burton, Ph.D., has earned a five-year, nearly $2.9 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes...
Emerging drug discovery ecosystems in Virginia
Oak Brook, IL – A Special Issue of SLAS Discovery, Emerging Drug Discovery Ecosystems, is new for September. Volume 28,...
How floods kill, long after the water has gone – global decade-long study
With New York declared a state of emergency following flash flooding, there is increasing concern such events will become more...
Study uncovers reasons Americans did not get booster vaccines
The paper, “Understanding low bivalent COVID-19 booster uptake among US adults,” was published in the journal Vaccine.Credit: UArizona Health Sciences...
Gut bacteria found in wild wolves may be key to improving domestic dogs’ health
BEND, Ore. – Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common...
Study reveals high accuracy of MR-guided radiotherapy for intracranial itereotactic radiosurgery
A new study, led by radiation oncology physicists at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, displayed positive...
Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research and the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence for...
Nerve cells can detect small numbers of things better than large numbers of things
When two, three or four apples are placed in front of us, we are able to recognize the number of...
Differences in mortality rates for fatal cerebral haemorrhage between Finnish university hospitals
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is one of the most dangerous cerebrovascular disorders, with as many as 40% of patients dying within...
To Eat or Not to Eat: Targeting autophagy to enhance memory immune responses
Osaka, Japan – Memory B cells depend on autophagy for their survival, but the protein Rubicon is thought to hinder...
New tool reveals how drugs affect men, women differently — and will make for safer medications
UVA Health researchers have developed a powerful new tool to understand how medications affect men and women differently, and that...
Researchers studied thousands of fertility attempts hoping to improve IVF
By genetically testing nearly one thousand embryos, scientists have provided the most detailed analysis of embryo fate following human in vitro fertilization.Credit:...
