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$8.9M collaborative grant to understand how dangerous virus ‘hides’ to attack another…
Credit: Jason Ryder The University of Arizona's Felicia Goodrum, PhD, and some of the nation's most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers...
Tracking effects of a food preservative on the gut microbiome
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Antimicrobial compounds added to preserve food during storage are believed to be benign and...
Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease
Credit: Osaka University Osaka University researchers, in collaboration with several Japanese companies, translate neuroimaging tools to study renal fibrosis in...
Aggressive form of leukemia linked to defective ‘protein factory’
Credit: KU Leuven – Rob Stevens 20 to 40 percent of the patients with multiple myeloma – a type of...
TSRI-invented compound ozanimod shows positive results in late-stage clinical trial for relapsing multiple sclerosis
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute February 21, 2017 – Results from a new Phase 3 study conducted by the Celgene...
$3.6 million NIH grant to UA-led international research consortium seeks precision medicine…
Credit: UAHS BioCommunications University of Arizona researchers are launching an international consortium to determine if better regulation of a protein...
‘Buying time’ for natural killer cells could enhance cancer immunity
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A team of researchers from Australia and France have uncovered new...
Brain’s ‘GPS’ does a lot more than just navigate
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much...
CDC scientists review methods to prevent bites and suppress ticks that transmit Lyme disease
Dr. Lars Eisen and Marc Dolan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reviewed decades of scientific...
Study shows how genes affect immunity in response to pathogens
A study that is first in its kind and published in Nature Medicine today has looked at how far genetic...
New research shows where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur
The image illustrates where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur through accumulation of the beta-amyloid protein. Credit:...
PolyU discovers a newly emerged superbug
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Partner State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences at the Department of Applied Biology and...
New TSRI study: Flipping molecular ‘switch’ may reduce nicotine’s effects in the brain
IMAGE: Loren 'Larry' Parsons, senior author of the new study, is a professor at The Scripps Research Institute. Credit: Photo...
Links between poor sleep and poor mental well-being
Inadequate sleep at night leads to poor memory and increases the risk of depression, anxiety and stress, according to research...
Blood discovery could benefit preemies, help end platelet shortages
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System The emergency call issued by the American Red Cross earlier this year was...
Biology study suggests father’s nutrition before sex could…
Credit: Michal Polak/UC Doctors long have stressed the importance of good nutrition for expectant mothers. Now biologists at the University...
Detailed view of immune proteins could lead to new pathogen-defense strategies
Credit: Nicole Haloupek/UC Berkeley Biologists have resolved the structure of a ring of proteins used by the immune system to...
Marshall University School of Medicine launches medical journal
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has launched its first scholarly medical journal. The...
Internet crystal ball can predict risk of heart disease, diabetes,…
Credit: UVA Health System An online metabolic calculator developed by a University of Virginia School of Medicine doctor and his...
IPM’s ring study results published in New England Journal of Medicine
Credit: Andrew Loxley p>SILVER SPRING, Md. (Dec. 1, 2016) – The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that The...
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