Discovery of the oldest mammal in Brazil pays tribute to David Bowie
Credit: Mariela Castro Brasilestes stardusti is the name given to the oldest known mammal found in Brazil. It lived in what is now the northwest...
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Algorithm predicts dangerous low blood pressure during surgery
CHICAGO - Scientists have developed an algorithm that predicts potentially dangerous low blood pressure, or hypotension, that can occur during surgery. The algorithm identifies hypotension...
World’s largest library of biomedical images and animations gifted to Texas engineering
Credit: Blausen/UT Cockrell School of Engineering The most comprehensive collection of biomedical and scientific visual aids ever produced has a new home: The University of...
Transatlantic clinical trial for neuroblastoma is open in UK — US and Germany to open soon
Credit: Solving Kids' Cancer June 11, 2018 - NEW YORK - Band of Parents, Joining Against Cancer in Kids (J-A-C-K), Solving Kids' Cancer Europe, and...
Millennials: Bet for the future
A 'Soviet person' is becoming a phenomenon of the past. Social change is being driven by people who came of age in the 1990s and...
American sign language and English language learners: New linguistic research supports the need for policy changes
(Washington, DC) - A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in...
Double-checking diabetes medications may reduce re-hospitalizations
Clinicians may take upwards of 15 minutes to double-check a patient's medication list in an electronic health record system, but according to a new study,...
Negative emotions are murkier, less distinct in adolescence
Adolescents don't distinguish between negative emotions as clearly as younger children and adults in their 20s do, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a...
Penn Medicines Garret FitzGerald M.D. FRS elected to the German National Academy of Sciences
PHILADELPHIA -- Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS, a professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,...
Scientists watch bacteria ‘harpoon’ DNA to speed their evolution
Credit: Ankur Dalia, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University scientists have made the first direct observation of a key step in the process that...
Prostate cancer DNA test identifies men with six-fold increased risk
A major new study of more than 140,000 men has identified 63 new genetic variations in the DNA code that increase the risk of prostate...
Genome-editing tool could increase cancer risk
Therapeutic use of gene editing with the so-called CRISPR-Cas9 technique may inadvertently increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet,...
New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers
Credit: Ben Prosser, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Changes in cellular struts called microtubules (MT) can affect the stiffness of...
‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA -- Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have made strides in performing weight loss surgery that not only...
Reviving the protector: new tactic against medulloblastoma
Scientists have a new tactic with potential for fighting medulloblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumor in children. The results are...
