Are healthcare providers ‘second victims’ of medical errors?
Editorial argues that term promotes the belief that patient harm is not preventable LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 3, 2019) -- When you type the phrase "victim...
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Is your melanoma hot enough for immunotherapy?
Melanomas tend to be "hot" or "cold" - if they're hot, immunotherapy lights melanoma tumors like beacons for elimination by the immune system; but 40-50...
‘NarcoLogic’ computer model shows unintended consequences of cocaine interdiction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug trafficking operations more widespread and...
Breast cancer study by UCR medical student could help patients live longer
Surgery is associated with increased survival for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancerCredit: AACR A student at the University of California, Riverside, presented research...
$2 million NIH grant for treating disease linked to APOL1
Credit: Children's National Children's researcher Zhe Han, Ph.D., has received a $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study new approaches...
Digital device overload linked to obesity risk
If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now been linked to obesity. New...
Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease
UC Riverside's Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus greening diseaseCredit: Jing lab, UC...
Brightly-colored fairy wrens not attacked by predators more than their dull counterparts
In "Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds," published in the American Naturalist, Kristal E. Cain examines the factors...
Study identifies potential fix for hospital star rating program
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Allowing for more quality measures in the federal government's Quality Star Rating program would create a fairer and...
Team models cocaine trafficking response to counternarcotic efforts
Credit: Sara Santiago For five decades, the U.S. government's mission to intercept or seize cocaine and other drugs entering the United States originating from South...
New role for a driver of metastatic cancers
Salk scientists uncover the mechanism of a gene to better target cancer therapyCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 2, 2019) Metastatic ovarian, prostate and breast cancers...
Study debunks ‘depression genes’ hypotheses
Research finds no substantial association between risk, 18 highly-studied genes Over the past quarter-century, researchers have published hundreds of studies suggesting a small set of...
Mosses — Dynamic and built to last
Credit: Bernard Goffinet/UConn Photo In a Nature Communications paper published today, an international research team including UConn's Bernard Goffinet used DNA-sequencing technology to reconstruct the...
NJIT researchers detect minute levels of disease with a nanotechnology-enhanced biochip
Credit: NJIT The difficulty in spotting minute amounts of disease circulating in the bloodstream has proven a stumbling block in the detection and treatment of...
Blue light could treat superbug infections
MRSA, a superbug with the ability to dodge many common antibiotics, could be cured with blue lightCredit: Purdue University/Rebecca Wilcox Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a...
