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Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease,...
Scientists find mechanism behind precise spinal cord development
Credit: Anna Kicheva Scientists have uncovered how nerve cells in the spinal cord are organised in precise patterns during embryo...
State revenue declines lead to cuts in children’s Medicaid benefits, education spending
HOUSTON - (June 29, 2017) - State spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly,...
Cocoa & chocolate are not just treats — they are good for your cognition
A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands - a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior. A...
Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ with simplified forms of teixobactin
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant infections...
Is this the long-sought answer to the question of tropical biodiversity?
Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Visitors to the tropics are amazed by the huge variety of colorful, complex and sometimes ferocious...
Possible early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 29, 2017 - Measuring a set of proteins in the blood may enable earlier...
One step closer to a DNA vaccine against dengue virus
In a new study, researchers inoculated mice with a new DNA vaccine candidate (pVAX1-D1ME) in order to evaluate its efficiency....
More milkweeds located throughout the landscape can help conserve monarchs
Credit: Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Image provided by Fred Ormand and Joyce Pearsall. Adding milkweeds and other native flowering...
Even perfectly clean hands can lead to MRSA transmission in NICU babies
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new...
Incremental discovery may one day lead to photosynthetic breakthrough
Credit: N/A Photosynthesis is one of the most complicated and important processes--responsible for kick-starting Earth's food chain. While we have...
Lung cancer screening could save money as well as lives, research shows
Amsterdam, June 29, 2017 - Lung cancer screening is likely to be cost-effective, particularly if it also identifies other tobacco-related...
Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston)--Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people...
Bright thinking leads to breakthrough in nuclear threat detection science
Credit: (Photo by Randy Wong) LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has...
Car seat laws for older kids have limited impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact,...
Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals
Credit: Joe Caspermeyer, Biodesign Institute Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a...
University of Surrey’s research reveals secrets of success of tourism entrepreneurs
University of Surrey research into innovative entrepreneurs starting to work in tourism has found, in some of the first analysis...
Surprisingly exact timing of voluntary movements
Almost everything we do - walking, talking, or drinking coffee - is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many...
Penn collaboration produces surprising insights into the properties of butterfly wings
Credit: Daniel Janzen A collaboration between biologists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania is yielding new insights into...
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can...
