Immunity genes could protect some from E. coli while others fall ill
IMAGE: Ephraim Tsalik, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of medicine at Duke Health Credit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. — When a child comes home...
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Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the post-eradication era
IMAGE: Funerary stele of the priest Rom(a) about 1400BC shows the withered limb and down-flexed foot of poliomyelitis. This artifact is in the Carlsberg ny...
Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal…
Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as optical imaging of...
Male escorts for women, couples demand grows: Global survey
Credit: QUT A quarter of Australia’s 516 male escorts cater to women and couples, a global survey of the 61 countries which host online male...
WFIRM dcientists study space radiation health effects to keep astronauts safe
Credit: WFIRM The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has been selected by NASA to lead a multi-institutional project to better understand the health...
Toxic chemicals in salons, lack of education lead to adverse health…
Credit: Lindsey Milich Clients who frequent hair and nail salons exhibit more skin and fungal diseases than those who visit less often and nail salon...
Brain damage caused by Zika exposure in utero can be detected by both fetal MRI and ultrasound
Credit: Children's National Health System SAN DIEGO–Clinicians managing Zika-affected pregnancies should use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition to standard ultrasound (US) because the ..
A network of molecular interactions in brain cells infected by Zika…
Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) Zika virus (ZIKV) interferes with the cellular machinery controlling cell division and alters the expression of hundreds...
Time between pregnancies may affect autism risk
Investigators have found a link between the amount of time between pregnancies and Autism Spectrum Disorder in children. The findings are published in Autism Research....
P53 ‘master switch’ remains top target in gene signaling…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center There are two important categories of genes involved in cancer development, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. When oncogenes gain...
Albert Einstein teams find 89 percent of hispanic women use herbal…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 30, 2017-A new study comparing use of herbal remedies among Hispanic women and non-Hispanic white...
FSU researcher to lead US – Russia project on health, space travel
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida State University researcher will lead a joint U.S.-Russia project that will examine the effect of space...
Forced mutations doom HIV
Scientists in the Essigmann lab — (left to right) Vipender Singh, John Essigmann, Deyu Li, and Bogdan Fedeles — scrutinize the structure of the DNA...
C-P.A.W.W. to study health effects that walking shelter dogs has on veterans and dogs
Credit: University of Colorado The Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors team (C-P.A.W.W.), a small nonprofit veterans' health research initiative based at the University of...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for weight control
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical trial on the use of...
