Age not a factor in success of shoulder replacement surgery
Credit: Henry Ford Hospital DETROIT – Whether you're younger than 65 or older than 75, age may not be a discernible factor in the success...
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Early career scientist receives recognition from Microscopy Society of…
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Rengasayee "Sai" Veeraraghavan, a research assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, became the sixth person in the world...
Multicenter study finds no benefit to treating mild thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center and 14 other universities and medical centers in the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, found...
UMass Amherst tick testing lab joins national ecology tracking project
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – The Laboratory of Medical Zoology (LMZ) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a national tick testing lab, recently was...
Scientists demonstrate path to linking the genome to healthy tissues…
Credit: Sameer Khan/Fotobuddy Our genomes help to determine who we are – the countless variations between individuals that encode the complexity of tissues and functions...
A tale of 2 states
Credit: Dr. Sarita Panula, Karolinska Institute. Researchers have identified a set of molecular 'flags' that are present on the surface of human stem cells. Stem...
Dangerous drug use trend among high school seniors, NYU study reveals
Joseph J. Palamar, MPH, PhD Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), commonly marketed as “Spice” and “K2”, are potent new psychoactive compounds being used among high school students,...
Study finds some councils in London let down homeless veterans
Credit: Paul Clabburn, London region, Veterans' Advisory and Pensions Committee In the case of Barnet and Kensington & Chelsea, their allocations policies don't comply with...
Obesity increases incidence, severity, costs of knee dislocations
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Joey Johnson A new study of more than 19,000 knee dislocation cases in the U.S. between 2000 and 2012 provides a painful...
Participatory breeding program assists organic tomato growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Organic tomato production is growing rapidly in Midwestern states in the US, as evidenced by a USDA study that found certified...
Yale study: How antibodies access neurons to fight infection
New Haven, Conn. — Yale scientists have solved a puzzle of the immune system — how antibodies enter the nervous system to control viral infections....
Lab led by Zhe Han, Ph.D., receives $1.75 million from NIH to continue…
Credit: Children's National Health System The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.75 million to a research lab led by Zhe Han, Ph.D., principal investigator...
Revolutionary new weapon in air pollution fight
People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a potentially life-saving breakthrough by RMIT University researchers...
Guards of the human immune system unraveled
Credit: © Carla Schaffer / AAAS Dendritic cells represent an important component of the immune system: they recognize and engulf invaders, which subsequently triggers a...
Stressed seabird parents think only of themselves
Credit: Dorota Kidawa Stress is a factor not only in the best human families; it also appears among animals. To see how bird family members...
