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Timings and behaviour influence worm’s response to force
How worms respond to signals such as taps or touches depends on details of the signal, including whether it increases...
Early treatment of advanced prostate cancer with radioligand therapy prolongs life
Credit: HR Kulkarni et al., THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Molecular Imaging, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany PHILADELPHIA - Research...
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging announces 2018 Fellows
PHILADELPHIA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized 14 new SNMMI Fellows on June 25 during a...
SNMMI image of the year: PSMA PET imaging of theranostic for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: Michael Hofman, John Violet, Shahneen Sandhu, Justin Ferdinandus, Amir Iravani, Grace Kong, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Tim Akhurst, Sue Ping...
Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...
Tragic death of baby highlights need for vitamin D public health policy change
Credit: University of Birmingham UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs to change to protect the health and lives of babies,...
Gene editing curbs autism symptoms in mice
Credit: University of California, Berkeley Scientists at UT Health San Antonio have edited a gene in the brain to decrease...
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has selected recipients...
Portland State scientist awarded $700,000 NSF grant to study biological decision-making
Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential...
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...
In search of biomarkers to detect patients with latent ‘Plasmodium vivax’ infection
Credit: M. Gualdrón-López Proteins derived from the latent liver stage of Plasmodium vivax can be detected in small extracellular vesicles...
Reinforced adversarial neural model for drug discovery and longevity biotechnology industry
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, June 26st, Rockville, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a Rockville-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing...
Researchers develop synthetic T cells, mimics form and function of human version
UCLA researchers have developed synthetic T lymphocytes, or T cells, that are near-perfect facsimiles of human T cells. The ability...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...
Springer announces the launch of International Journal on Child Maltreatment
Starting in June 2018, Springer Nature will publish a new journal on research into the prevention, control and mitigation of...
MDI Biological Laboratory receives $70,000 to support organoid course
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it received more than $70,000...
Bicycle-related injuries send 25 children to emergency departments every hour
Credit: Nationwide Children's Hospital A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the...
Novel micropacemaker takes new approach to faulty heart rhythms
Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker...
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Credit: Center for the Study of Itch Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop...
New studies illustrate need for rigorous review of infection preventionist staffing models across healthcare systems
Arlington, Va., June 26, 2018 - Severe gaps in staffing and outdated coverage benchmarks point to the critical need for...