Dismantling white supremacy in public health
An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society at Lehigh University, suggests a new framework for dismantling white supremacy...
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New research on good cholesterol possibly finds better marker for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Good cholesterol, which is transported in HDLs (high-density lipoproteins), plays a key part in the prevention of atherosclerosis and thus the risk...
Volcanic pollution return linked to jump in respiratory disease cases
Credit: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland's largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has found. And the findings could have...
Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations
Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems....
CNIO scientists discovers a combination therapy for aggressive brain tumors
Credit: CNIO Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive brain tumours. Their survival rate has barely increased over the last 50 years, indicating an...
NIH training grant enhances opportunities for biomedical graduate students at AU
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Augusta University has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help support the graduate education...
Twitch partners with University of Chichester to examine esports through scientific study
Steaming service will be embedded into academic modules of University's new BA (Hons) Esports degreeCredit: University of Chichester Twitch-Chichester agreement will equip students with skills...
Milken Institute, Baszucki Brain Research Fund launch fund for bipolar disorder research
Multimillion-dollar program dedicates funds to advance understanding of bipolar disorder treatment options. Initial letters of intent due May 14, 2021.Credit: Milken Institute The Milken Institute's...
Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction
Credit: Julius Csotonyi April12, 2021 - Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the last ice...
MD Anderson researchers highlight advances in clinical studies at the AACR Annual Meeting 2021
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Early phase clinical trials conducted by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center show promising...
Level of chromosomal abnormality in lung cancer may predict immunotherapy response
Dana-Farber researchers find patients whose tumors have low aneuploidy levels often have better outcomes following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitorsCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patients with...
Mutant KRAS and p53 cooperate to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis
Preclinical research identifies CREB1 as new therapeutic target downstream of frequently mutated genesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers at The University of Texas...
Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies
New quantity helps experimentally classify dimensionality of thermoelectric materialsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity...
UNT Health Science Center leads health literacy outreach in seven states
The Gibson D. Lewis Health Sciences Library works to improve access to authoritative health information for communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and...
Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once bitten by an infected tick,...
