When kids’ autistic brains can’t calm down
CHICAGO --- One third of children who have autism spectrum disorder also have epilepsy. It's related to a major autism risk gene, which is mutated...
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Insilico Taiwan calls Taiwanese AI talents with MolHack starting from April 23
Credit: Insilico Medicine April 5, Taipei, To attract Taiwanese talents for research and development in artificial intelligence (AI) and big data application, Insilico Medicine, one...
Class clowns: Playful boys viewed more negatively than playful girls, study finds
New research shows that playful boys are viewed as rebellious and disruptive by their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers whereas playful girls are not....
A vaccine for edible plants? A new plant protection method on the horizon
Credit: 123rf Novel technologies are being sought to replace the traditional pesticides used to protect plants, particularly edible plants such as cereals. A new collaborative...
Charting an underexplored landscape: The genitourinary microbiome
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(April 5, 2018)-More sensitive cultivation methods and precise 16S rRNA gene sequencing techniques have revealed that the human bladder host..
ASH partners with UNC, a ClinGen grantee, to curate genomic data for blood research
(WASHINGTON, April 5, 2018) -- The American Society of Hematology (ASH) today announced a partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),...
New in the Hastings Center Report, March-April 2018
Progress: Its Glories and Pitfalls Daniel Callahan In his new book, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Stephen Pinker, a cognitive...
Patients with Medicaid have limited access to physical therapy in Massachusetts
BOSTON - Patients with Medicaid in Massachusetts have limited access to reimbursable physical therapy (PT) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, according to a...
Nicotine-imbibing teenage rats show an increased risk for drinking alcohol as adults
Credit: John Dani, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Cell Reports PHILADELPHIA - Rats that were dosed with nicotine during their adolescence grew up...
PDX finder — Free global portal for cancer models
Credit: Spencer Phillips/EMBL-EBI The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have jointly developed the first open cancer research portal for Patient Derived...
Vitamin D blood test may one day speed bipolar diagnosis in kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis - and proper treatment - of bipolar disorder in children, new...
Presentations at #AGS18 address advance care planning, osteoporosis, hypertension and falls
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Breaking barriers to advance care planning for incarcerated older adults, improving osteoporosis screenings for older men, and exploring the...
In Europe, CHMP missed an opportunity for osteoporosis patients at high risk of fracture
Experts from the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) regret the...
Carbon taxes can be both fair and effective, study shows
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning...
Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
Credit: Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Panama's...
