Dr. Peter Adams receives 2018 Glenn Foundation BIG Award
LA JOLLA, CA-- Peter Adams, Ph.D. has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award. The Glenn Foundation's...
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Dr. M. Brandon Westover receives 2018 BIG Award
BOSTON, MA-- M. Brandon Westover, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award. The Glenn...
UTA researcher developing bioresorbable sensing platform for brain implant
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineer is working in collaboration with a pioneer in the field to develop an implantable...
New, more accessible staging system developed to predict survival for patients with AL Amyloidosis
A new staging system developed with a more accessible test to predict the chance of survival in patients living with light chain (AL) amyloidosis. Led...
Nutrition educators identify barriers to physical activity and propose strategies to overcome them
Philadelphia, November 7, 2018 - Throughout its fifty years of publication, the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) has recognized the importance of physical...
Chlamydia attacks with Frankenstein protein
Credit: Robert Bastidas - Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide,...
Study finds ‘dual mobility’ hip replacement implant reduces risk of dislocation
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Hip replacement surgery is highly successful in relieving pain, restoring mobility and improving quality of life. More than 330,000 procedures...
Long-term study shows that HIV-2 is deadlier than previously thought
A study published in The Lancet HIV shows that HIV-2 is more pathogenic than previously demonstrated. The new findings indicate that early treatment should be...
Tiny molecule has big effect in childhood brain tumor studies
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO--Sometimes small things make the biggest differences. A new study by UT Health San Antonio researchers found that a...
SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine publishes first articles
The first articles have published online in a new, SN-branded peer review journal that encompasses all aspects of clinical medicine. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine was...
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Centers mark 30 years of research
November 7, 2018 - Over the past three decades, the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Center (TBIMSC) program has served as a critical source of...
Prize to UCPH researcher for revolutionary discovery of the brain’s cleaning system
Professor Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Copenhagen is this year's recipient of the prestigious prize Stora Nordiska Pris awarded by the Eric K. Fernström...
Are there geographic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury for US veterans?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2018--There are known racial and ethnic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury...
CWRU/UH researcher part of elite Trans-Atlantic network to study heart disease
Credit: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Transcription factors are proteins that determine whether specific genes are transcribed or not by binding to DNA. In other...
Precision medicine is not enough: Moving towards precision surveillance
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The interval at which an individual undergoes a repeat colonoscopy because of previous pre-cancerous polyps -- a practice known as...
