Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human...
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CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time
Credit: PLOS ONE MADISON - New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions responsible for chronic wasting disease...
Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic inflammation, fatty liver disease, diabetes,...
Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease each year,...
UIC researchers create heart cells to study AFib
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way turn pluripotent stem cells into atrial cells, which make up the upper...
Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better tadpoles. To better understand how...
Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey, became the first patient in...
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to create 38,000 mutant strains and...
Environmental quality research questions identified for Latin American region
Credit: Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 3, 2018) - Using an innovative initiative, Latin American researchers from academia, government agencies and businesses leaders identified priority...
New study sheds light (and some shade) on anole diversification
Credit: Manueal Leal, MU Division of Biological Sciences The islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica -- collectively known as the Greater Antilles --...
Study: Maternal placenta consumption causes no harm to newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of...
Untangling DNA knots
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to stretch DNA molecules and image...
Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men
CHICAGO --- Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not exposed to daily aspirin, reports...
Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure
Credit: Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once, a new study...
Study: Transgender people who are denied mental health care at higher risk of self-harm
A study co-authored by Dr. Michael A. Lindsey, Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research at the Silver of Social Work...