The thousand-year-old egg (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 -- Century eggs, or pidan, are a preserved food made by fermenting duck eggs in alkali....
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Shaken, and stirred: Scaling up bioreactors’ fluid dynamics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2018 -- Bioreactors are widely used to produce different therapeutics in the biopharmaceutical and regenerative medicine industries. Drug development relies on...
Schedule announced for Nutrition 2018 Meeting
Can food allergies be prevented? Does what we eat affect our susceptibility to diseases like dementia or cancer? Why does the same diet affect different...
Hunger guides mountain lions’ actions to enter residential areas
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife In late February, CBS News Denver reported that mountain lion sightings were on the rise in Colorado's high country. Lion...
UH optometrist investigates changes in eye structure in astronauts
Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, March 13, 2018 -- Astronauts who spend time aboard the International Space Station return to Earth with changes to the...
Scientists create hybrid nanomaterials in fight against cancer and bacteria
Credit: ©NUST MISIS Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and...
US continues to spend much more on health care than other countries, driven by prices of physician and hospital services, pharmaceuticals
Bottom Line: The United States spent nearly twice as much as other high-income countries on medical care but did less well on many population health...
Wide variation found among US counties for death from alcohol and drug use, suicide and interpersonal violence
Bottom Line: Deaths from alcohol and drug use disorders, self-harm and interpersonal violence varied widely among U.S counties. Why The Research Is Interesting: Substance use...
Key drivers of high US healthcare spending identified
Key takeaways: In 2016, the U.S. spent nearly twice as much as other high-income countries on healthcare, yet had poorer population health outcomes. The main...
High prices are just one reason Americans spend more on healthcare than Europeans
PHILADELPHIA -- High drug prices as well as the excessive use of imaging and surgical procedures, and excessive administrative burdens contribute the majority to America's...
Into the OR in VR: Doctor harnesses virtual reality as powerful teaching tool
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Physicians, trainees and even laypeople can now experience what it's like inside the operating room as an expert...
Biophysicists discover how small populations of bacteria survive treatment
Small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics, a new study by Emory...
NIH scientists describe potential antibody treatment for multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae
Credit: NIAID Researchers are developing a promising alternative to antibiotic treatment for infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria resistant to carbapenem antibiotics. The approach us..
NIDA’s 2018 Avant-Garde awards highlight immune response and killer cells
Credit: NIDA With diverse proposals focused on everything from natural killer cells to therapeutic vaccines to treat HIV, three recipients have been selected for the...
Long-term proton pump inhibitor use does not increase hip fracture risk among Alzheimer’s patients
Long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use does not increase the risk of hip fracture among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from...