What will it take to protect hospital patients from UTIs? National…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and putting them at risk of...
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New plant engineering method could help fill demand for crucial…
A new and inexpensive technique for mass-producing the main ingredient in the most effective treatment for malaria, artemisinin, could help meet global demands for the...
Signs may help may help history buffs get more buff
Credit: Patrick Mansell Visitors to the country's national parks and historic sites may be just a sign — and a few steps — away from...
UTSA professor receives grant to study how Lyme disease survives in…
Credit: Janakiram Seshu Janakiram Seshu, associate professor of biology and associate dean of The Graduate School at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA),...
UTSW identifies weight-gain receptor linked to antipsychotic drugs
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Aug. 14, 2017 – Many schizophrenic and depressed patients experience weight gain and type 2 diabetes in their quests for...
Large-scale modeling shows confinement effects on cell macromolecules
Using large-scale computer modeling, researchers have shown the effects of confinement on macromolecules inside cells — and taken the first steps toward simulating a living...
Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic…
New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits, quality of life, and asthma...
Study: Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Encouraging children to drink plain water with their school lunches could prevent more than half a...
Rapid, low cost laser-based technique for biomass analysis described in Industrial Biotechnology
IMAGE: Industrial Biotechnology, led by Co-Editors-in-Chief Larry Walker, PhD, and Glenn Nedwin, PhD, MoT, CEO and President, TripleDNA Consulting, LLC, Davis, CA, is an authoritative...
Functional brain training alleviates chemotherapy-induced peripheral…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A type of functional brain training known as neurofeedback shows promise in reducing symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nerve damage, or neuropathy,...
Dietary sugar linked to increasing bacterial epidemics
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The increasing frequency and severity of healthcare-associated outbreaks caused by bacterium Clostridium difficile have been linked to the widely used...
Keychain detector could catch food allergens before it’s too…
Credit: The American Chemical Society For kids and adults with food allergies, a restaurant outing can be a fraught experience. Even when care is taken,...
Excess fat disrupts heart cell’s energy system
Credit: E. Dale Abel Lab, University of Iowa A University of Iowa study has identified how excess fat in the heart, a common feature in...
Premature births cost health plans $6 billion annually
Credit: University of Utah A new study estimates employer-sponsored health plans spent at least $6 billion extra on infants born prematurely in 2013 and a...
Watching movies can replace general anesthesia for kids with cancer…
Credit: VLADI project Vienna, Austria: Children with cancer could be spared dozens of doses of general anaesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the...
