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AOSSM presents prestigious research awards and grants during annual meeting
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - In order to recognize and encourage cutting-edge research in key areas of orthopaedic sports medicine, the...
Silk ‘micrococoons’ could be used in biotechnology and medicine
Credit: Credit: 2017 Oxford Silk Group Microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms have been manufactured by a team...
Birds avoid crossing roads to prevent predation
Roads can be dangerous to wildlife. Animals making the perilous journey against the traffic run the risk of meeting an...
Rosalind Franklin University awarded NIH grant for research on neurological repair
Credit: Rosalind Franklin University A $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help researchers at Rosalind...
Supramolecular materials with a time switch
Credit: Boekhoven Lab / TUM Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are...
IPM receives multi-year award from UK government to advance technologies for women’s HIV
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 20, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that it has received...
Weight gain from early to middle adulthood may increase risk of major chronic diseases
Key Takeaways: Weight gain during young and middle adulthood may increase subsequent risk of chronic diseases, premature death, and decrease...
Identification of PTPRZ as a drug target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Credit: NIBB, ASUBIO Pharma Glioblastoma is the most malignant brain tumor with high mortality. Cancer stem cells are thought to...
Study shows language development starts in the womb
Credit: KU News Service photo A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone...
New research highlights optimal methods for administering children’s medications
New research published today, conducted by a research team from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children's Hospital, aims...
$10.8 million awarded to build resilient coastal communities in Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON - The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Robert Wood...
Failures in stethoscope hygiene can lead to patient infections
Arlington, Va., July 18, 2017 - You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to...
‘Golden Hour’ study details earliest changes to the immune system after trauma
Scientists from the University of Birmingham are carrying out pioneering research as part of a major £10 million study aimed...
Collaborative Pediatric Care Network to improve patient health and value in Colorado
Credit: Pediatric Care Network Founded in 2016 and launched in January 2017, the Pediatric Care Network, a collaboration among community...
Scientists unlock planthoppers’ potential to control future crop disease outbreaks
Credit: Junjie Zhu Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology have discovered how a severe rice virus...
Evolution of the fungus that is devastating wheat crops
Wheat blast fungus is a pathogen that has been devastating wheat crops in South America since the mid-1980s and recently...
International Prize in Statistics presented to Sir David Cox
Credit: Malika Belhbib, HCP ALEXANDRIA, Va., USA (July 18, 2017) -Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox was awarded with the...
Antibiotic-releasing polymer may help eradicate joint implant infection
Credit: Jeremy Vincentius Suhardi, Harris Orthopædics Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed...
The chemistry of fried chicken (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2017 -- Battered and deep-fried chicken might be one of the most...
What patients value about access to their visit notes
Credit: Jay Dobek BOSTON - A majority of U.S. health care organizations have adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems and...
