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Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children
Philadelphia, March 8, 2018 - A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during...
Commercial pesticides: Not as safe as they seem
New regulations are needed to protect people and the environment from toxic pesticide ingredients that are not currently subject to...
Engineered cartilage template to heal broken bones
Credit: Syam Nukavarapu/UConn Photo A team of UConn Health researchers has designed a novel, hybrid hydrogel system to help address...
Mark C. Gebhardt, MD, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Diversity Award
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 8, 2018)-In recognition for his unwavering commitment to advance diversity in orthopaedics, the American Academy of...
How cellular structure orchestrates immunologic memory
With every infection or vaccination, memory cells form that the body uses to remember the pathogen. This has been known...
Medical researchers find protein that marks difference between cancer and non-cancer cells
Credit: Ross Neitz A discovery sheds light on how cancerous cells differ from healthy ones, and could lead to the...
Exposure to childhood violence linked to psychiatric disorders
March 8, 2019 -- Investing in diminishing socioeconomic status inequalities and in preventing violent events during childhood may improve the...
How does the brain’s spatial map change when we change the shape of the room?
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre London, UK - March 9, 2018 - Our ability to navigate the world, and form episodic...
Manure could heat your home
Farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming....
Serotonin promotes perseverance
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown/Sara Matias What happens when serotonin levels increase in human brain? How does this affect...
NIAID scientists assess transmission risk of familial human prion diseases to mice
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Familial human prion diseases are passed within families and are associated with 34 known prion protein mutations....
Mayo Clinic’s clinical trial matching project sees higher enrollment in breast cancer trials through use of artificial intelligence
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Mayo Clinic and IBM Watson Health today unveiled results from early use of the Watson for Clinical...
Study shows bowel care is top concern for those with spinal cord injury
Credit: SFU Cardiovascular physiology researcher Victoria Claydon's latest study, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, focuses on the results of...
Unique inflammation patterns emerging in patients with type 1 diabetes
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta university AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 8, 2018) - Analysis of the inflammation-promoting proteins in the...
Multiple optical measurements reveal the single cell activation without contrast agent
Credit: © 2018 Pavillon et al. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711872115 Points Label-free optical measurements can study fine cellular changes such as...
Decoy molecules target E. coli to treat UTI in mice
Credit: Vasilios Kalas Half of all women will experience the pain and burning of a urinary tract infection (UTI) at...
Ramon L. Jimenez, MD, receives AAOS’ highest leadership honor
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 8, 2018)-The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today presented the 2018 William W. Tipton, Jr.,...
Social stress leads to changes in gut bacteria, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-Exposure to psychological stress in the form of social conflict alters gut bacteria in Syrian hamsters,...
Saliva plays a role in the body’s defense against traveler’s diarrhea
(Boston)--Researchers have identified a protein in saliva (histatin-5) that protects the body from traveler's diarrhea. The findings, available online in...
Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbes
Credit: Image courtesy of Elisha Wood-Charlson, University of Hawaii HONOLULU, HI - For the first time, scientists from the University...
