Argipressin: New therapy for septic shock now approved for 26 EU countries
Credit: Amomed Pharma GmbH A new therapeutic option for septic shock has now been approved for and is available in ...
International conference to explore labor and sex trafficking in Ohio, US and worldwide
The 15th Annual International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference at The University of Toledo will host almost 90 presentations ...
Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension
DALLAS, Sept. 13, 2018 -- Resistant hypertension affects 12 percent to15 percent of patients treated for high blood pressure according ...
How bacteria play pass the parcel — and help each other evade antibiotics
Credit: Monash University Bacteria are very sneaky in their efforts to develop resistance to antibiotics. Some strains of bacteria package ...
One foot in the grave for pheasants that favor a side
Pheasants that more strongly favoured one foot over the other die younger than those that don't, new research suggests. While ...
Study: Kidney stones have distinct geological histories
Credit: Image provided by Mayandi Sivaguru, Jessica Saw from Bruce Fouke Lab, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, U. ...
The irresistible CCL17
Credit: © Photo: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn The chemotactic protein CCL17 attracts immune cells to where they are currently needed. Doctors ...
Scientists use bear saliva to rapidly test for antibiotics
Credit: Bear Conservation If you're looking into the mouth of a brown bear, one of the world's top predators, your ...
UNH to study impact of intimate partner violence on sexual minority college students
DURHAM, N.H.--Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will undertake the largest study ever conducted on intimate partner violence among ...
Genetic testing helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Matt Miller A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict likelihood of disease ...
Where have all the turtles gone, and why does it matter?
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - About 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and ...
Location, location, location: does seedling defence vary over large geographical scales?
Do the defence mechanisms employed by seedlings to avoid being eaten by herbivores vary according to their location? That is ...
Climate change may drive 10 percent of amphibian species in the Atlantic Rainforest to extinction
Credit: Fábio Maffei Global warming could lead to the extinction of up to 10% of frog and toad species endemic ...
Discovery of a cancer promoter offers pathway to overcome drug resistance
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Geneticists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a previously unknown cell growth ...
St. Jude researchers solve a central mystery of a baffling high-risk leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated ...
Thousands of breast cancer gene variants engineered and analyzed
Credit: UW Medicine A new scientific analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit ...
Findings could improve treatment for challenging acute leukemia in children
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
Global coastal wetlands need to move inland in fight against climate change
Credit: University of Lincoln Up to 30 per cent of coastal wetlands could be lost globally by the year 2100 ...
Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
Credit: ZSL Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the ...
UMN heads up new project to foster more collaboration among researchers
The issues facing modern society such as climate change, poverty, and the global economy have become more complex over time. ...
