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Controlling levels of specific gut bacteria could help prevent severe diarrhea
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Everyone has suffered from it. It's ranged from mild to severe. It's a condition that's most-often...
Artificial womb raises hope for premature babies
Credit: Women and Infants Research Foundation An artificial womb has been successfully used to incubate healthy baby lambs for a...
Scientist gets grant for study of veterans with traumatic brain…
Credit: Courtesy: Center for BrainHealth A researcher from the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas has been awarded a $2.7...
Mature drivers favor checks on over 70s, new study finds
IMAGE: This is Carol Hawley. Credit: Carol Hawley The majority of older drivers are in favour of tighter rules on...
Immunotherapy research for head and neck cancers gets boost from V…
Credit: UC San Diego Health A team of University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center...
More evidence shows natural plant compound may reduce mental effects…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(July 10, 2017) Salk scientists have found further evidence that a natural compound in strawberries reduces...
CWRU researchers secure $2 million NIH grant to test portable sickle…
Credit: Grace Gongaware Researchers at Case Western Reserve University will use a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of...
Penn Cancer biologist given National Cancer Institute Outstanding…
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA–M. Celeste Simon, PhD, who studies cancer cell metabolism, tumor immunology, and...
Mini brains from the petri dish
Credit: (c) Photo: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn A new method could push research into developmental brain disorders an important step forward....
Differences in sex and running ability influence declines in marathon…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–A person's sex and running ability play a role in the decline of their performance in...
Chronic inflammation plays critical role in sustained delivery of new…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON — Macrophages, a type of white blood cell involved in inflammation, readily take up...
New nebuliser set to replace the need for jabs
A revolutionary nebuliser developed by RMIT University in researchers in Melbourne, could one day deliver life-saving cancer drugs and vaccines...
Fly larvae clean bee-eater’s nest
Credit: Herbert Hoi/Vetmeduni Vienna Birds share their nests with a rich community of other inhabitants like parasites and mainly invertebrates,...
Study to determine which stool test is best for colorectal cancer…
Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso No one wants a colonoscopy. But there's no getting around the lifesaving procedure...
Personalized anti-nausea therapy better for cancer patients, Ottawa…
A new research study led by Dr. Mark Clemons, oncologist and associate cancer research scientist at The Ottawa Hospital, has...
Commonly used drugs lead to more doctor’s office, hospital and emergency department…
Credit: Purdue University INDIANAPOLIS — Anticholinergic medications, a class of drugs very commonly used by older adults, are linked to...
Location of spinal correction influences risk of PJK development
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery The surgical correction of adult spinal deformities often involves realigning the lower portion of the...
New guidelines aim to prevent medics from failing to diagnose patients with liver disease
Credit: University of Birmingham New recommendations, led by experts at the University of Birmingham, have been published to improve the...
Why aren’t more kids with sickle cell disease getting this test?
Credit: Sarah Pack Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with...
UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human chromosome number
IMAGE: Dr. Joshua Mendell Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 24, 2015 – Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern...
