Scientists demonstrate path to linking the genome to healthy tissues…
Credit: Sameer Khan/Fotobuddy Our genomes help to determine who we are – the countless variations between individuals that encode the ...
A tale of 2 states
Credit: Dr. Sarita Panula, Karolinska Institute. Researchers have identified a set of molecular 'flags' that are present on the surface ...
Dangerous drug use trend among high school seniors, NYU study reveals
Joseph J. Palamar, MPH, PhD Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), commonly marketed as “Spice” and “K2”, are potent new psychoactive compounds being ...
Study finds some councils in London let down homeless veterans
Credit: Paul Clabburn, London region, Veterans' Advisory and Pensions Committee In the case of Barnet and Kensington & Chelsea, their ...
Obesity increases incidence, severity, costs of knee dislocations
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Joey Johnson A new study of more than 19,000 knee dislocation cases in the U.S. between 2000 ...
Participatory breeding program assists organic tomato growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Organic tomato production is growing rapidly in Midwestern states in the US, as evidenced by a ...
Yale study: How antibodies access neurons to fight infection
New Haven, Conn. — Yale scientists have solved a puzzle of the immune system — how antibodies enter the nervous ...
Lab led by Zhe Han, Ph.D., receives $1.75 million from NIH to continue…
Credit: Children's National Health System The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.75 million to a research lab led by ...
Revolutionary new weapon in air pollution fight
People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a potentially life-saving ...
Guards of the human immune system unraveled
Credit: © Carla Schaffer / AAAS Dendritic cells represent an important component of the immune system: they recognize and engulf ...
Stressed seabird parents think only of themselves
Credit: Dorota Kidawa Stress is a factor not only in the best human families; it also appears among animals. To ...
Increased arterial stiffness linked to restrictive spirometry pattern and reduced forced vital capacity
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, September 27, 2017 – Increased arterial stiffness is a known predictor of cardiovascular diseases in different ...
NIH funds 7 international Centers of Excellence for malaria research
Credit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today ...
Congenital Zika virus program at Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC – (July 26, 2016) – Federal health officials continue to investigate the first possible cases of domestic Zika ...
First, do no harm: Hospital patients given anti-heartburn drugs have higher risk of dying
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, in any American hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an ...
Genome scientists use UK Salmonella cases to shed light on African…
Credit: Siân Owen and Rocío Canals Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Public Health England have used Salmonella genome ...
Researchers find new source of dangerous electrical instability in the heart
Credit: FDA Sudden cardiac death resulting from fibrillation – erratic heartbeat due to electrical instability – is one of the ...
Most Kidney Transplant Recipients Visit the Emergency Department After Discharge
Certain characteristics may increase patients’ risk for needing emergency care Highlights • Risk factors for emergency department visits included younger ...
New knowledge on how HIV beats the body’s early immune response
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers at Sydney's Westmead Institute ...
Researchers design and patent graphene biosensors
Graphene is the first truly two-dimensional crystal, which was obtained experimentally and investigated regarding its unique chemical and physical properties. ...
