Supercomputers help supercharge protein assembly
XSEDE allocations on Stampede2 and Comet speed simulation of protein oligomersCredit: Taylor et al. Red blood cells are amazing. They pick up oxygen from our...
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66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
Fossil site preserves animals killed within minutes of meteor impactCredit: Graphic courtesy of Robert DePalma The beginning of the end started with violent shaking that...
Three Konstanz researchers win prestigious Human Frontiers grants
Projects by Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin are among 34 selected in global competition Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin are each...
UA immunobiologist will use $1.9 million grant to explore copper’s potential as antibiotic
Pneumonia starts like this: A bacterial cell called Streptococcus pneumoniae enters the nostril. It travels down the nasal passage and into the lungs, where a...
Contrast-enhanced MRI provides useful findings in discordant core biopsy management
An essential part of breast intervention is the process of assessing concordance between imaging findings and core biopsy results. When pathology results are considered benign...
Lumbar spine MRI reports are too difficult for patients to understand
As increasing numbers of patients gain online access to their radiology reports, a new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal...
Patient factors contribute to imaging follow-up rates
A new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) considers several potential factors that might have led to...
Doctors more likely to prescribe preventive therapy if prompted by EMR
Purely educating doctors about the importance of prescribing certain therapies may not be enough to make a meaningful impact, according to a new Penn Medicine...
Uterine artery embolization can be considered for well controlled symptomatic leiomyomas
A new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) investigates the safety of uterine artery embolization (UAE) for...
Focus on immunotherapy and patient perspective at IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting
Denver -- (March 27, 2019) -- While non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the more common form of lung cancer and attracts the lion's share...
Scientists develop way to perform supercomputer simulations of the heart on cellphones
RIT associate professor Elizabeth Cherry helped develop the cardiac dynamics modeling method You can now perform supercomputer simulations of the heart's electrophysiology in real time...
Can a protein in cord blood predict risk of death, cerebral palsy in preterm infants?
Researchers find haptoglobin expression linked to newborn outcomes Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that some preterm babies born without haptoglobin,...
New plant breeding technologies for food security
Genome editing and world hungerCredit: S Koppmair An international team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, argues in a perspective article recently published in...
Making waves: Researchers shed light on how cilia work
They also find a surprise about cilia synchronization -- or lack thereofCredit: Philip Bayly Human bodies have some built-in systems to care for themselves. The...
Smoking and mortality in Asia
Bottom Line: In this analysis of data from 20 studies conducted in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and India with more than 1 million participants, deaths...
