Carbon fiber can store energy in the body of a vehicle
Credit: Illustration: Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology A study led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has shown that carbon fibres can work as...
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Genome sequencing found feasible and informative for pediatric cancer treatment
Credit: Dr. Newman SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Comprehensive genetic testing of tumors and non-cancerous tissue from pediatric cancer patients is a feasible and clinically useful...
St. Jude investigators present novel pediatric cancer genome sequencing data at ASHG
Investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will present new findings at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting this week, including study results...
For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects hormone levels — and may promote parental engagement
October 18, 2018 - For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels of hormones related to mother-infant...
Eating leafy greens could help prevent macular degeneration
A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing early-stage...
NIH awards $1.55 million to Indiana University to improve chronic-disease management
Credit: Indiana University The National Institutes of Health, under the National Library of Medicine's program on data science research, has awarded $1.55 million to an...
City of Hope’s Xiuli Wang, Ph.D., awarded $3.8 million by CIRM
Credit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today awarded City of Hope's Xiuli Wang, Ph.D., research professor in...
Salk professor named one of TIME magazine’s ’50 Most Influential People in Health Care’
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(Month 18, 2018) Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a professor in Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory, has been named one of TIME magazine's...
With a microbe-produced toxin, bacteria prove old dogs can learn new tricks
Credit: Mougous Lab/UW Medicine A newly discovered toxin that some bacteria deploy to fend off competing bacteria stands out from others in the battle for...
To track how students ace the LSAT, watch their eyes
Credit: Video courtesy of Silvia Bunge A half-decade ago, UC Berkeley neuroscientists discovered that training for law school admission exams boosted brain connections that sharpen...
Managing the complexities and risks of HIV and tuberculosis coinfection
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 18, 2018--A new study identified a significant association between HIV infection and complexities of treating...
For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects
October 18, 2018 - For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels of hormones related to mother-infant...
$11 million NIH grant creates new center for musculoskeletal research at Clemson
CLEMSON, South Carolina - With an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, Clemson University has launched the...
Cytokine mediates obesity-related factors linked to colorectal cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 18, 2018--A new study describes the mechanistic relationship between the cytokine interleukin-1ß, (IL-1ß) and obesity,...
Suicide risk in abused teen girls linked to mother-daughter conflict
Credit: David Hunt/University of Rochester Teenage girls who were maltreated as children are more likely to entertain suicidal thoughts if the relationship with their mother...
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