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February 8, 2026

Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at...

EPO protects preemies’ brains by modifying genes essential for generating new brain cells

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018) - Erythropoietin (EPO) helps to protect and repair vulnerable brains though it...

COstatus monitor provides direct measure of neonates’ cardiac output

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Clinicians caring for vulnerable babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) need...

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies’ brain development?

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-The volume of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and calories consumed by very vulnerable preemies...

Depression among parents of newborns can persist 6 months after NICU discharge

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Young parents who have less education and care for more than one child...

Study shows minorities widely underrepresented in autism diagnoses

Credit: Jason Travers, Exceptional Children LAWRENCE -- In education circles, it is widely accepted that minorities are overrepresented in special...

Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take ‘drug holidays’ suffer bone fractures

MAYWOOD, IL - Patients who take osteoporosis drugs for long periods typically are advised to temporarily discontinue the drugs to...

Dancer’s brains react quickly to changes in music

(University of Helsinki) According to Hanna Poikonen's doctoral study, professional dancers' brains react more quickly to changes in music than...

UM researcher finds link between crystal methamphetamine and immune changes in HIV

Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has...

To treat pain, you need to treat the patient

Credit: University of Washington Center for Pain Relief People in chronic pain are some of the most difficult patients to...

Insight into potential new strategy to target skin diseases like psorias

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - May 4, 2018 - Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism...

Researchers clarify the identity of brain stem cells

The human nervous system is a complex structure that sends electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the...

Expert disease detective unravels mysterious illness that killed famed 12th century sultan

Saladin may not be well known in the West, but even 800 years after his death, he remains famous in...

Less is more when it comes to developing bigger brains

The superior size and complexity of the human brain compared to other mammals may actually originate from fewer initial starting...

A gut bacterium’s guide to building a microbiome

Credit: Courtesy of the Mazmanian laboratory The mammalian gut is warm, moist, and incredibly nutrient-rich--an environment that is perfect for...

Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $4 million for arthritis research

Credit: Evseenko Lab, Keck School of Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES - A researcher at Keck School of Medicine of...

UHealth ENT department receives NIH research training grant

Credit: University of Miami Department of Otolaryngology The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck...

Around a million fewer people moved house in the 2000s than in the 1970s

Around a million fewer people moved house in the 2000s than in the 1970s and it is mostly due to...

Insilico to present the advances in AI for development of aging biomarkers

Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, May 4, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of...

Decellularized muscle grafts support skeletal muscle regeneration to treat tissue loss