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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions Journal Report DALLAS, April 23, 2019 - Among heart attack patients 75 years and older, the oldest of those patients were less...

Welding with stem cells for next-generation surgical glues

New generation of smart surgical glues and dressings for chronic wounds Cell membrane re-engineering is emerging as a powerful tool for the development of next...

Mobility may predict elderly heart attack survivors’ repeat hospital stays

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Journal Report DALLAS, April 23, 2019 - Determining which elderly heart attack patients take longer to stand from a seated...

Multiple myeloma: DNA rearrangement may predict poor outcomes

Ig lambda translocations = sign of lenalidomide resistance A certain type of DNA marker predicts poor outcomes in multiple myeloma, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute,...

Proofreading the book of life: Gene editing made safer

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU The advance of science is something like the wandering of an explorer through an uncharted jungle. Often, the dense...

Study: Playing video games generally not harmful to boys’ social development

The popularity of interactive video games has sparked concern among parents, educators, and policymakers about how the games affect children and adolescents. Most research on...

Patients with cancer seen in the emergency department have better outcomes at original hospital

Visual abstract link: http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1503/cmaj.180962/-/DC2 Patients with cancer requiring emergency department care had better outcomes at their original hospital or a cancer centre hospital than at...

Scientists propose new theory on Alzheimer’s, amyloid connection

Credit: Qi Zhang, Ph.D. and Claire E. DelBove Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. According to the Alzheimer's Association,...

Good mousekeeping: En suite bathroom makes for happier mice

Credit: UBC Media Relations Mice have a strong preference to nest away from their own waste and should be housed in a system of cages...

Dengue mosquito is Queensland’s biggest threat for spreading Zika virus

Credit: QIMR Berghofer Researchers at QUT and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have found that the dengue fever mosquito common to north and central Queensland...

Scientists define the role for a rare, influential set of bone marrow cells

Researchers have defined the roles of various cells in the bone marrow that are thought to control the fate of the nearly half million blood...

UTA engineering students build treadmill that helps athletes in wheelchairs work out

Treadmill for wheelchairsCredit: UT Arlington The eight-time national champion UTA Movin' Mavs might be getting even better soon, thanks to some ingenuity among mechanical engineering...

Researchers find high-risk genes for schizophrenia

Using a unique computational "framework" they developed, a team of scientist cyber-sleuths in the Vanderbilt University Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the Vanderbilt...

How slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide

Engineered surface treatment developed at MIT can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processesCredit: Image courtesy of the researchers An MIT research team that...

Study shows zoos and aquariums increase species knowledge index 800 percent