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Autoimmunity plays role in development of COPD, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Autoimmunity plays a role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a...
GW researchers publish review article on developing vaccines for human parasites
WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2018) -- Helminthic parasites, like hookworm and liver flukes (schistosomiasis), affect an estimated 1 billion people worldwide....
There’s no place like home: study finds home care effective for patients with blood clots
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City has found that patients...
First US patients receive Agili-C implants
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) CartiHeal, developer of Agili-C, a proprietary implant for the treatment of joint surface lesions,...
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have...
Newly identified role for inhibition in cerebellar plasticity and behavior
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Almost everyone is familiar with the unique mixture of surprise and confusion that...
UTA professor leads federal advisory group on the prevention of acute, chronic pain
Credit: UTA A University of Texas at Arlington professor led a federal advisory group that has published its recommendations on...
UTHealth-led study shows much work remains to ensure e-health record safety
Credit: UTHealth Four years after their publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary...
Statins associated with improvement of rare lung disease
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that cholesterol-lowering statins may improve the...
NIH begins clinical trial of live, attenuated Zika vaccine
Credit: NIAID Vaccinations have begun in a first-in-human trial of an experimental live, attenuated Zika virus vaccine developed by scientists...
Cells agree: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 16, 2018) We've all heard the expression: "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Now,...
Super-resolution microscope reveals secrets of deadly Nipah virus
Credit: Lou Corpuz-Bosshart / UBC The deadly Nipah virus and others like it assemble themselves in a much more haphazard...
YouTube is source of misinformation on plastic surgery, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Keith Bratcher, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School In the first study to evaluate YouTube videos on facial plastic surgery...
3D inks that can be erased selectively
Credit: Nature Communications 3D printing by direct laser writing enables production of micro-meter-sized structures for many applications, from biomedicine to...
Frequent fires make droughts harder for young trees, even in wet eastern forests
Credit: Tyler Refsland, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Forests in the eastern United States may have had it easy...
Old species learn new tricks…very slowly
Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI A quick look at the fossil record shows that no species lasts forever. On average, most...
Scientists discover chemical which can kill glioblastoma cells
Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown....
How gene hunting changed the culture of science
Credit: Petersen et al., Sci. Adv. 2018 Years after the end of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which mapped the...
Logging permit fraud threatens timber species in Brazilian Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Timber harvested illegally under fraudulent permits is undercutting conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, new research by...
This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles
Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won't heal....
