Stanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service magine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand...
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Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung…
Credit: Department of medical physics, Aarhus University, Denmark. Vienna, Austria: Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop an inflammation of the lung...
IU, Regenstrief study finds surrogate decision makers experience psychological distress
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – Nearly half of the 13 million older adults hospitalized annually in the United States are unable to make their own...
$8.9 million collaborative grant to understand how dangerous virus…
Credit: Jason Ryder The University of Arizona's Felicia Goodrum, PhD, and some of the nation's most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers have been awarded a five-year,...
PupilScreen aims to allow parents, coaches, medics to detect concussion, TBIs with a phone
Credit: University of Washington University of Washington researchers are developing the first smartphone app that is capable of objectively detecting concussion and other traumatic brain...
A fresh set of eyes: Rotating plant inspectors reduces risk of medical…
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — More frequent rotation of plant inspectors at medical device manufacturing facilities could benefit consumers and lead to fewer product...
Dogs share food with other dogs even in complex situations
Credit: Rachel Dale/Vetmeduni Vienna Generosity, even among family members, had long been considered to be a specifically human characteristic. Yet rats, chimpanzees and other animals...
Conservation not an effective tool for reducing infectious disease in…
Credit: Dan Salkeld Conservation projects that protect forests and encourage a diversity of plants and animals can provide many benefits to humans. But improved human...
Loyola psychiatrist honored by American Society of Addiction Medicine
Loyola Medicine psychiatrist Murali Rao, MD, has received the prestigious designation as distinguished fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (DFASAM). DFASAM titles, granted...
Older men cling to 1950s, ’60s blueprint of masculinity
Credit: CWRU As men age, they continue to follow dominant ideas of masculinity learned as youth, leaving them unequipped for the assaults of old age,...
A vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer could improve…
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research MARCH 2, 2017, New York — A team of researchers led by Alex Toker of the Ludwig Center at Harvard has...
More of a good thing is not always better — and certainly not if you are a stem cell
Stem cell research led by the Babraham Institute has uncovered key new knowledge about how placental stem cells switch between maintaining a stem cell identity...
St. Michael’s Hospital leading study in Canada to identify sources of HIV discrimination
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2017–For many people living with HIV, the stigma associated with their illness is itself a health...
Stem cell secretions may protect against glaucoma
Credit: Ben Mead, Ph.D. A new study in rats shows that stem cell secretions, called exosomes, appear to protect cells in the retina, the light-sensitive...
Cholesterol-like molecules switch off the engine in cancer-targeting…
Credit: Dr. David Finlay, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered how the engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially, their research also highlights how...
