Biological engineers discover new antibiotic candidates
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as...
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Love vine sucks life from wasps, leaving only mummies
Credit: Mattheau Comerford/Rice University Early this spring, Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Egan stood in a patch of live oak scrub habitat in South Florida...
Adolescents’ concern over societal discrimination associated with worse behavioral health
Bottom Line: Many southern California high school students report being concerned that discrimination is increasing in society and that concern appears to be associated with...
Could vitamin B3 treat acute kidney injury?
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Acute kidney injury, an often fatal condition without a specific treatment, affects up to 10 percent of...
Scientists discover intricacies of serotonin receptor crucial for better therapeutics
Credit: Roth Lab CHAPEL HILL, NC - Serotonin, known as the "happiness" neurotransmitter, is a chemical found in the body responsible for feelings of well-being....
NCI-led research team develops predictor for immunotherapy response in melanoma
In a new study, researchers developed a gene expression predictor that can indicate whether melanoma in a specific patient is likely to respond to treatment...
Kids stress over public acts of discrimination, USC study finds
In a sign of the times, new USC research shows that some kids stressed out over recent public acts of discrimination show increased behavioral problems....
More than half of stores sampled in Colorado study still selling cigarettes to minors
A study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reports that the method federal regulators use to monitor illegal underage tobacco sales fails to detect...
New study explains why genetic mutations cause disease in some people but not in others
Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (August 20, 2018) - Researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Columbia University have uncovered...
Blood management program safely reduces transfusions in orthopedic patients
CHICAGO - A patient blood management program designed to limit the amount of transfused blood orthopedic patients undergoing common surgeries such as hip and knee...
BU researcher receives DoD grant to study TBI, military service in AD
(Boston)--Jesse Mez, MD, MS, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the United...
Listeria surveillance: New EU-wide study reveals that most outbreaks remain undetected
Credit: Eurosurveillance More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up...
The 5th Annual Aging and Drug Discovery Forum at the Basel Life Conference 2018
Monday, August 20th, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development a..
Study finds racial disparities in prescribing opioids for chronic pain
New Haven, Conn.-- Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain. Black patients who receive...
New inÂformÂaÂtion on brain areas linked to tactÂile sense and metaÂcogÂnitÂive abilÂity
(University of Helsinki) A new doctoral thesis gives information on the neural basis of the sense of touch. According to the results, magnetic stimulation of...
