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NIH awards $8.6 million for bold bid to transform lung transplantation
Credit: Jackson Smith | University of Virginia Health System Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have received...
Virus-derived expression vectors as gene therapy vehicles
Even as new viruses are being identified, the emerging field of virus discovery, identification of their nucleotide sequences, gene expression...
Study offers clue to memory formation in the brain
Credit: IBP While memory loss makes an engaging theme for a movie, in real life, learning and memory may be...
Keeping the beat
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (July 6, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for...
Late teen years are key period for bone growth
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, July 6, 2017--The late adolescent years are an important period for gaining bone mineral,...
Role of cooperativity in hydrophobic interactions revealed in real-time monitoring
Credit: Department of Chemistry, HKUST Hydrophobic interactions is one major type of intermolecular force that plays a vital role in...
Controlled temperature change inside ear can prevent migraines
The application of gentle cooling and warming currents inside the ear canal can provide relief for migraine sufferers, new research...
Data journalist, statistics and neuroscience professor, historical icon to speak at JSM 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 6, 2017) - Only weeks away, the world's largest annual gathering of statisticians and data scientists -...
Steroids may do more harm than good in some cases of severe asthma
PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences and UPMC have uncovered...
New ways to create and deliver medications for immune-medicated neuropathies
Researchers at LSTM are looking at new ways to create and deliver medications for a wide range of immune-medicated neuropathies,...
Hospital discharge program improves patient experience leaving the hospital
BOSTON-- A standardized, in-hospital discharge planning program, known as Project ReEngineered Dishcharge (RED), improves patient experience as they leave the...
Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots
Credit: Piramal Imaging GmbH, Berlin Germany RESTON, Va. ?- Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack,...
Antibodies halt placental transmission of CMV-like virus in monkeys
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Long before the Zika virus became a global fear, cytomegalovirus, or...
Birds’ migration genes are conditioned by geography
The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where it will migrate when winter comes. Studies of willow warblers in...
Nearly half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than...
A biophysical smoking gun
While much about Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, scientists do know that part of the disease's progression involves a normal...
International cancer research conference organised by A*STAR and NCCS
Singapore, 5 July 2017 - One of the largest cancer research conferences in the world, the 17th International p53 Workshop,...
Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control
COLUMBUS, Ohio - It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your diet...
New study identifies gene that could play key role in depression
Globally, depression affects more than 300 million people annually. Nearly 800,000 die from suicide every year -- it is the...
Antioxidants against sepsis
During sepsis, cells are swamped with reactive oxygen species generated in an aberrant response of the immune system to a...
