NIH study shows how MERS Coronavirus evolves to infect different species
Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from animals to humans. In 2003,...
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Study: What patients really think about opioid vs non-opioid medications for chronic pain
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of their known harms. Despite a...
Space-based tracker to give scientists a beyond-bird’s-eye-view of wildlife
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS, will be flying closer to...
MossRehab named top ten rehabilitation facility in nation
MossRehab, the renowned physical and cognitive rehabilitation arm of Einstein Healthcare Network, has again been named by U.S. News & World Report magazine as a...
Inching closer to a soft spot in isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis
Credit: National Institutes of Health/NIH Image Gallery Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by evolving genetic...
Deaths from resident-to-resident incidents in dementia offers insights to inform policy
Credit: University of Minnesota Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to reducing future fatalities among this...
Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s
Credit: Galit Pelled and Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims...
SMURF1 provides targeted approach to preventing cocaine addiction relapse
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its potential to treat diseases, has...
Immune cells in the brain have surprising influence on sexual behavior
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later in life. Immune cells usually...
Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding
Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole and stop the bleeding. But...
Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them...
Societies recommend policies to retain, increase ranks of ID physician scientists
Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition from the ranks of physician...
Scientists pinpoint brain networks responsible for naming objects
Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified the brain networks that allow...
USTC develops a family of bioinspired artificial woods by traditional resins
Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and fabrication of high-performance biomimetic engineering...
Deep in the weeds: Using eDNA sequencing to survey pondweed diversity
Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require significant labor and taxonomic expertise...
