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Experts focus on urgent need for Fracture Liaison Services in the Asia-Pacific
Singapore - November 5, 2016 A proven method of identifying and managing patients at high risk of fracture is the...
SUNY Geneseo composer embarks on music project in Antarctica
Credit: Keith Walters GENESEO, N.Y. -- A SUNY Geneseo faculty member is in Antarctica with a team of climate scientists...
Insight into the seat of human consciousness
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON - Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness. Now, a team of researchers led by neurologists...
ORNL wins 7 R&D 100 Awards
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2016--Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received seven...
NJIT engineers win Edison Patent Award for technology that masks the taste of bitter drugs
Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, and two of his former graduate students, Maxx Capece and...
Medicare to cover key services championed by AGS to improve care for chronically ill
This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule showing...
Stressed-out rats consume more alcohol, revealing related brain chemistry
Credit: John Dani, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Stress, defined broadly, is a well-known risk...
Study finds female faculty are underrepresented in genomics
Succeeding in the male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be very challenging for female faculty. Now, a...
Study finds female scientists collaborate differently
Credit: Roland Roberts, and Steven Valkenberg, Flickr Succeeding in the male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be...
Multidrug-resistant bacteria from chickens pose risk to human health
Washington, DC - November 4, 2016 - Isolates of a common poultry pathogen collected from animals in Indian bird markets...
Yesterday’s Silk Road could be tomorrow’s environmental superhighway
Credit: Michigan State University While China is building a gigantic modern-day upgrade of the famed ancient Silk Road resplendent in...
Rubella virus persists after vaccination in some patients with rare immune disorders
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Some patients with rare primary immunodeficiency disorders may be at risk for infection by rubella...
Laser particles could provide sharper images of tissues
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A new imaging technique stimulates metallic, chopstick-like particles to emit laser light, and could create sharper...
Study challenges model of Alzheimer’s disease progression
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder for which, despite years of research, there are no effective treatments or cures. However,...
E-cig vapor does not induce genetic mutations associated with cigarette smoke exposure
E-cigarette vapour does not induce DNA mutations commonly observed with tobacco smoke exposures in lab-based tests. Scientists at British American...
Researchers find immunotherapy treatments better for advanced skin cancer
Hamilton, ON (Nov. 4, 2016) - McMaster University researchers have found that for patients diagnosed in the late stages of...
Research validates the defining hallmark of Transcendental Meditation — effortlessness
Credit: Maharishi University of Management As the value of meditation becomes widely recognized, researchers are increasingly trying to understand the...
New cancer treatment strategy discovered for acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: UH Cancer Center University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers discovered a novel therapeutic target and treatment strategy for acute...
Single-cell analysis supports a role for cancer stem cells in brain tumor growth
A study analyzing brain tumor genomics on a single-cell level has found evidence that cancer stem cells fuel the growth...
Researchers propose mechanism for spread of metastatic breast cancer to bone
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 4, 2016--New research explains how metastatic breast cancer cells might...
