Study finds air purifiers may benefit fetal growth
A new study led by SFU health sciences researchers Prabjit Barn and Ryan Allen reveals fetal growth may improve if pregnant women use portable air...
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1 percent of children aged 9-10 self-identify as gay, transgender
In a study into the sexual orientation and gender identity development of thousands of youth across the nation, a San Diego State University team found...
New tool to detect fatty liver disease before liver damage
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new test may soon be available to predict advanced fibrosis in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)....
September/October 2018 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Continuity Between Patient and Prescribing Physician Reduces Risky Opioid Prescriptions An ongoing relationship between patients with long-term opioid use and the doctors who prescribe the...
UCalgary researchers discover critical differences in the clots that cause a stroke
Credit: Quentin Collier/University of Calgary There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel in the brain. One treatment,...
New center will study the complex genomics within individual cells
Junhyong Kim, chair and Patricia M. Williams Professor of Biology in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, and James Eberwine, Elmer Holmes...
Wake Forest Baptist receives federal grants to study neurological disorders and stroke
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sept. 11, 2018 - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has...
Here’s one reason why US healthcare costs so much
There is substantial waste in U.S. healthcare, but little consensus on how to identify or combat it. New research from the University of Chicago Booth...
New study finds unexpected link between immune cells and male/ female differences
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have made a surprising discovery: during fetal development, a particular immune cell seems to play...
New method of pinpointing cancer mutations could lead to more targeted treatments
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 11, 2018) Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started...
NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience
Credit: deradrian via Flickr Creative Commons The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to 18 cross-disciplinary projects to conduct innovative research on neural and...
10-year study of Salmonella enterica serotype Newport infections in the US
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 11, 2018--A 10-year investigation evaluating data from four surveillance systems captured information on the geographic...
Drug for pancreatic cancer developed by college of pharmacy researchers
Credit: University of Houston A treatment for highly aggressive and commonly fatal pancreatic cancer is being developed, reports a University of Houston researcher who has...
New nanoparticles wait to release drugs, target infection
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Current WSU research shows stimuli-responsive nanoparticles can specifically target infections to simultaneously prevent the spread of bacteria and reduce the inflammation it...
Miniaturized HTS assay identifies selective modulators of GPR119 to treat type 2 diabetes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, September 11, 2018-A novel high throughput screening (HTS) assay compatible with an ion channel biosensor component was...
