UC San Diego Health offers new bluetooth-enabled 'pacemaker' for chronic focal nerve pain
Raul Silva lived with phantom limb pain for 18 years until a new dorsal root ganglion (DRG) device erased his pain during a test phase...
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New insight on inflammatory regulation could inform future pain drug development
Researchers have identified a new form of inflammatory regulation that increases our response to painful stimuli A novel way in which the inflammatory response to...
Today's children reach bone maturity earlier, study reveals
Findings establish 'New normal' for when children reach fullCredit: University of Missouri Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (December 17, 2018) - Children born in the most recent...
C-Path encouraged by FDA to move forward on type 1 diabetes biomarker initiative
Biomarker potentially could identify individuals at risk of developing T1D TUCSON, Ariz., December 18, 2018 -- Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced today that its Type...
The MATRIX Project has received an 'ERC Consolidator'
The ERC Consolidator grant from the European Commission is endowed with 2 million euros for the next five yearsCredit: CNIC The MATRIX Project led by...
Clemson researchers: Trees grow more efficient leaves to compensate for hurricane damage
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom -- Some tree species heal from the ravages of hurricane damage by growing replacement leaves optimized for greater efficiency, according to a...
Recruiting ants to fight weeds on the farm
Credit: Barbara Baraibar, Penn State Harvester ants that eat weed seeds on the soil's surface can help farmers manage weeds on their farms, according to...
Biologists identify promising drug for ALS treatment
University of Alberta scientists find a new application for an existing drug, with potential to slow progression of the devastating degenerative diseaseCredit: John Ulan for...
Broading the biodiversity catalogue of spider populations in the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian arachnology: An area to be exploredCredit: Marc Domènech (University of Barcelona) The new study, covering the largest study area on this animal group in...
Trial may uncover new diagnostics and treatment option for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Arterez, LLC DETROIT - Forty-two percent of all deaths in the United States are related to cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to the Global Cardiovascular...
Experts identify 'tipping point' in tree disease outbreaks
New models which can predict the critical point at which plant pests and diseases shift from being a localised problem to a major outbreak could...
The vanished mirror image
Photochemical deracemization of chiral compounds achievedCredit: Uli Benz / TUM Enantiomeric molecules resemble each other like right and left hands. Both variants normally arise in...
The importance of 'edge populations' to biodiversity
Protecting plants at the northern limit of their range may help species survive climate changeCredit: Hargreaves/McGill University More than two-thirds of Canada's biodiversity is made...
Thinking outside the box and outside the tumor to detect lung cancer
Ohio researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions outside tumor CLEVELAND, Ohio--Scientists in...
With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Soumya Chatterjee, M.D., assistant professor of infectious...
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