Off-shelf glucose monitors prove accurate for dialysis patients
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, new UVA Health research reveals that a factory-calibrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) may...
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Targeting a human protein to squash SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are realizing that the “new normal” will probably involve learning to co-exist with SARS-CoV-2. Some treatments...
Shedding light on reptilian health: Researchers investigate origins of snake fungal disease in U.S.
Although only recently recognized as an issue in wildlife ecology, snake fungal disease (SFD) is of emerging concern in the U.S., with parallels among other...
Dissolving the problem: Organic vapor induces dissolution of molecular salts
Tokyo, Japan – It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water, dissolving some of the salt...
New kangaroo described – from PNG
Australian palaeontologists from Flinders University have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea.Credit: Artwork courtesy Peter...
Atrial fibrillation after surgery is linked to an increased risk of hospitalization for heart failure
People who develop an abnormal heart rhythm after surgery have an increased risk of subsequently being admitted to hospital with heart failure, according to a...
Dr. Maria Kontaridis of MMRI elected a fellow of the Nonprofit International Society for Heart Research
UTICA, NY — To be recognized by one’s peers is especially important in the world of medical research, and one local scientist has been recognized...
Who trusts gene-edited foods? New study gauges public acceptance
AMES, IA – Through CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies, researchers and developers are poised to bring dozens – if not hundreds – of new products...
$5.3 million grant supports research into lung cancer recurrence
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a national study aimed at identifying patients with early-stage lung cancer who are...
University of Cincinnati enrolling patients for PTSD clinical trials
About 8% of Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives, but there are still few effective options to treat the...
Double duty: Early research reveals how a single drug delivers twice the impact in fragile X
Like many neurological diseases, there’s a lot we don’t understand about fragile X syndrome. But, after studying the disorder for several years, Lynne Maquat’s lab knew two...
MU researcher earns Fulbright grant to boost community engagement efforts in South Africa
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Having grown up poor with five siblings in a rural Zimbabwe village, Wilson Majee was the only member of his family to...
Physicists confront the neutron lifetime puzzle
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the...
Scientists prevent “exhaustion” in cancer-fighting T cells
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—When faced with a formidable foe for months on end, the immune system’s T cells begin to tire. Whether fighting a cancer or a...
Belgian researchers explain why people with lower economic status don’t trust politicians as much
The ‘anomie’ concept – that the society is disintegrating and losing moral standards – explains why people with low socio-economic status trust politics less than...
