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Otago researcher claims new study a step forward in fight to eliminate tuberculosis
Credit: University of Otago The McAuley Professor of International Health at the University of Otago is labelling the findings of new international collaborative research a...
Rush received six-year, $9 million grant from William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
(CHICAGO)--After a successful, two-year pilot project that helped patients reverse their metabolic syndrome with lifestyle changes, the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is expanding the...
Integrated sensor could monitor brain aneurysm treatment
Credit: Woon-Hong Yeo, Georgia Tech Implantation of a stent-like flow diverter can offer one option for less invasive treatment of brain aneurysms - bulges in...
TMAC at UTA granted $6.6 million federal award
Credit: UTA TMAC at The University of Texas at Arlington has been granted a $6.6 million federal award to help accelerate the growth and competitiveness...
Challenges around childbearing owe to dissatisfaction among surgical residents
Despite constituting half of United States medical school graduates, women continue to be underrepresented in the field of surgery, accounting for only one-third of general...
Safeguarding fetal brain health in pregnancies complicated by CHD
Yao Wu, a research postdoctoral fellow in the Developing Brain Research Laboratory at Children's National Health System, has received a Thrasher Research Fund early career...
Drugs for heart failure are still under-prescribed, years after initial study
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study found that many people with heart failure do not receive the medications recommended for them under guidelines set by the American...
Nowhere to hide: Molecular probe illuminates elusive cancer stem cells in live mice
Credit: Images by Chelsea Anorma CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- After a primary tumor is treated, cancer stem cells may still lurk in the body, ready to...
Breast tissue tumor suppressor PTEN: A potential Achilles heel for breast cancer cells
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In an article published July 17, 2018 by Nature Communications, a highly collaborative team of researchers at the Medical...
Yeast grow — but can’t always breed — with their 16 chromosomes fused into two
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of the chromosome superstructures that house,...
NewcCompetition for MOFs: Scientists make stronger COFs
Credit: Berkeley Lab Hollow molecular structures known as COFs (covalent organic frameworks), which could serve as selective filters or containers for other substances and have...
Scientists identify new mechanisms underlying pediatric kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 1, 2018 - Connecting two previously unrelated insights about the formation of pediatric kidney cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern...
Yeast grow — but can’t always breed — with their sixteen chromosomes fused into two
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of the chromosome superstructures that house,...
New app helps victims of domestic violence in the privacy of their doctors’ office
Credit: Rochester Institute of Technology Primary care practices in Rochester, N.Y., are pilot testing an app that screens patients for domestic violence and makes actionable...
