Research brief: Immune response to parasitic worms
According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are infected with parasitic helminths worldwide, but the prevention and treatment of helminth infection...
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Noncancerous chest CT features for predicting survival in stage I lung cancer
Leesburg, VA, April 13, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), noncancerous imaging markers on chest CT performed before stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)...
Novel therapeutic agents may reduce the oncogenesis of metastatic prostate cancer
Philadelphia, April 13, 2022 – Researchers have found that treating prostate cancer cells with novel cyclin-dependent kinase 19 (CDK19) and homologous cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8)...
Treatment developed by CHOP researchers prevents hypoglycemia in children with hyperinsulinism
Philadelphia, April 13, 2022—Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have shown that a targeted treatment they developed is effective at controlling blood sugar in...
Black Rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically Endangered Kenyan black rhino populations...
Bisphenol A (BPA) impacted rat offspring more seriously than their dams
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an anthropogenic chemical used as a raw material for plastics such as polycarbonate and epoxy resins, and for the inner coating...
CWRU’s Katherine Kutney receives prestigious Hartwell Foundation award to research diabetic kidney disease in children and teens
CLEVELAND—About 5,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each year, and the rate is increasing about 5% annually,...
Kumamoto University’s Dr. Kenichi Miharada awarded this year’s Heisei Memorial Research Grant from the Japan Prize Foundation
Lead investigator Dr. Kenichi Miharada, a professor at Kumamoto University’s International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS) in Japan, has been selected for the 2022...
Beyond the honeybee: how many bee species does a meadow need?
A meadow’s lush array of flowers needs a full phalanx of bees to pollinate them—far more than just the honeybees and bumblebees that most people...
Keeping web-like NETs from clogging blood vessels could improve stroke outcomes
Preventing the formation of a sticky, web-like substance that can form in blood vessels after a stroke could protect the brain and lead to better...
Interconception preventive care and pregnancy complications
Pregnancy complications can recur, and interconception preventive care may help reduce some pregnancy complications. Preventive visits after an index pregnancy were associated with reduced hypertension...
Newly identified cell type could be the key to restoring damaged salivary glands
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research have discovered a special type of cell that resides in...
THE SANCTUARY OF THE SHALLOWS: CLIMATE CHANGE COULD AFFECT WHERE SEYCHELLES’ STINGRAYS CHOOSE TO LIVE
Stingrays are in a lot of trouble, mainly because of overfishing. Scientists from the Save Our Seas Foundation D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC) and the South African Institute...
A small mutation can make Zika virus even more dangerous
LA JOLLA, CA—Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that Zika virus can mutate to become more infective—and potentially break through pre-existing...
Research pioneers new frontiers in plant-based food science
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 – Plant-based meat surrogates have been the rage for some time. "Impossible" has become a buzzword to tout everything from vegetarian...
