Patient’s own immune cells effective as living medicine for melanoma
A patient's own immune cells, multiplied into an army of billions of immune cells in a lab, can be used as a living medicine against...
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Salton Sea dust triggers lung inflammation
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The Salton Sea, the body of water in Southern California’s Coachella Valley and Imperial Valley, is shrinking over time as the planet warms...
Nuclear theorists collaborate to explore ‘heavy flavor’ particles
UPTON, NY—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory will participate in a new Topical Theory Collaboration funded by DOE’s Office of...
Novotech awarded the Asia Pacific CRO of the Year 2022 for Best Practices in Clinical Trials
Novotech, the leading Asia Pacific biotech specialist CRO, has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award 2022 for Best Practices in...
Brookhaven Lab to lead new ‘saturated glue’ theory collaboration
UPTON, NY—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding for a new Topical Theory Collaboration to be led by DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory that...
Lehigh University shares in $47 million DOE push to accelerate fusion energy research
The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor is currently being built in the south of France. Called ITER— Latin for “the path”—the machine is the product...
Access to contraceptives translates into more bachelor’s degrees for women in Colorado
Access to contraceptives increases college completion rates among women, according to a new study led by a professor at the University of Colorado Denver.Credit: University...
Aging | The potential benefit of metformin to reduce delirium risk and mortality: a retrospective cohort study
“In this report, we showed the potential benefit of metformin in decreasing the risk of delirium and mortality in DM subjects.”Credit: 2022 Yamanashi et al....
How behind-the-scenes sound mixing makes movie magic #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2022 – If you've ever watched a movie where the audio is out of sync, it quickly becomes obvious that smooth,...
Reading the room: humans struggle to identify aggression in dogs, other humans
As a species, humans are constantly interpreting signals to assess social situations and make predictions about what could happen next. Being able to tell if...
Scientists discover mechanism plants use to control ‘mouths’
Because breathing is generally involuntary, we sometimes forget how complicated it is. But biologists are gaining new insight into the intricate process in plants, with...
Humans are poor at identifying aggressive behavior in videos of dogs and humans
While humans can generally identify the nature of social interactions between children, dogs and monkeys from facial expressions and body language, we are poor at...
Heart attack on a chip
Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a “heart attack on a chip,” a device that could...
Wearable sensor could guide precision drug dosing
For some of the powerful drugs used to fight infection and cancer, there’s only a small difference between a healing dose and a dose that’s...
Some forms of childhood malnutrition, stunting may be preventable with vaccines
Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every...
