New class of drugs holds promise for combating antibiotic resistance
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory A new class of drugs that combat antibiotic resistance has been discovered by a University of Oklahoma researcher and team....
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Salk Institute awarded $25 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Nov. 21, 2016) The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has received a $25 million grant — a renewal of...
Study shows a potential new approach to opioid crisis
Credit: ATS Jan. 25, 2018 — In a six-month study recently concluded, a research unit affiliated with two hospital institutions and a university in Ottawa...
When loved ones battle cancer, families head to Web for information more than support
IMAGE: Carolyn Lauckner is an assistant professor in the University of Georgia's department of health promotion and behavior. Credit: Brian McCarthy Athens, Ga. – Loved...
New findings show promise for treatment of Graves’ disease and other ocular…
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 2016 – A new class of therapies may be on the horizon for thyroid eye...
Two Caribbean bird-catcher trees named after 2 women with overlooked botanical works
Credit: Rosimar Rivera Colón Known for their biodiversity richness, the Caribbean Islands are now adding two new species of bird-catcher trees to their list of...
Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, UCLA…
Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major step toward combating drug-resistant infections....
Mini-strokes can be ‘ominous prelude’ to catastrophic strokes
Each year, more than 200,000 Americans experience mini-strokes called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Patients suffer stroke-like symptoms such as paralysis on one side or difficulty...
New method helps identify antibiotics in mass spectrometry datasets
Credit: UC San Diego An international team of computer scientists has for the first time developed a method to find antibiotics hidden in huge but...
Keep an eye on children’s calories, researchers say
Most children overeat significantly when served large portions of calorie-dense popular foods, according to a Penn State study. The results suggest that manipulating calorie content...
Heat shock regulator controlled by on/off switch and phosphorylation
Credit: Courtesy of eLife CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 10, 2016) – Whitehead Institute researchers have determined how the master transcriptional regulator of the heat shock response,...
Research reveals ‘exquisite selectivity’ of neuronal wiring in the cerebral cortex
Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – The brain's astonishing anatomical complexity has been appreciated for over 100 years, when pioneers first trained...
Understanding connection between HIV transmission &…
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 28, 2017) – The health effects of where people live, work, and interact are well documented, as are the value...
For tropical mayflies, mountain passes are higher indeed
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – In tropical climes, animals and plants aren't adapted to surviving freezing temperatures – and why would they be? It's never all...
New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma
Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their suffering can be far more...
