Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in cytokine and interferon research
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 17, 2016–The International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS) announced today that the Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award ...
Study finds hospital ICU overused
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES – (Dec. 27, 2016) – Intensive Care Units (ICUs), which provide the most expensive and ...
Scientists investigate how different houses and lifestyles affect…
Credit: © Matt Bertone of North Carolina State University SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2017) – Humans have lived under the ...
Decoding sugar molecules offers new key for combating muscular…
A group of Japanese scientists have succeeded in decoding a sugar molecule and clarifying a mechanism linked to muscular dystrophy. ...
Promiscuity slows down evolution of new species
Credit: Clemens Kuepper Promiscuity mixes up the gene pool and dilutes genetic differences between populations, slowing down the evolution of ...
Novel blood test for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Today, Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed too late. In collaboration with a research team at the university and German Center for ...
Dr. Fatima Sheikh named AGS Clinician of the Year
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has named Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD, MPH, Medical Director ...
UA Steele Children’s Research Center receives $1.73m to study autoimmune disease…
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center has been awarded ...
New preclinical study indicates vaccine to prevent Zika infection in humans is feasible
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and collaborators at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...
CDC study looks at link between age at first solid foods and later…
New Rochelle, NY, May 11, 2016–Does the timing of introducing solid foods to the infant diet affect a child's risk ...
Grass and flowers sourced locally
Credit: Photo: Walter Durka This news release is available in German. Colorful, low-intensity grasslands do not only look attractive, but ...
GMU researchers discover new use for ultrasound technology to help…
Credit: courtesy of George Mason University There's hope for a better life for people who've lost an arm or leg, ...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and…
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure ...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. – A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can ...
Identification of the neuronal suppressor of cataplexy, sudden…
Credit: Kanazawa University Sleep is of absolute necessity for us humans, although if one falls asleep all of a sudden ...
Microbial biosensor designed to evaluate water toxicity
Researchers of the Environmental Microbiology Group of the UAB Department of Genetics and Microbiology have developed a paper-based biosensor covered ...
Is rushing your child to the ER the right response?
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — If ...
Study examines survival of very low birthweight babies
A new study published in Acta Paediatrica indicates that survival of babies born weighing 500 g is poor despite advances ...
Apocalypse not yet — surviving the 21st century
Credit: Springer Humanity and our civilization are facing the greatest challenge in the million-year ascent of our species. It consists ...
New Zealand’s little penguins are recent Australian invaders
The little penguin species (popularly known as little blue penguins) found in southern New Zealand is a surprisingly recent invader ...
