The joy of neurons: A simplified ‘cookbook’ for engineering brain cells to study disease
Credit: Credit: Baldwin / The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - May 9, 2018 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have devised what...
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For food-aid recipients, information is power
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power. That is the implication of a newly published study co-authored by MIT...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation explores intervention for reading deficits after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a two-year, R21 award from the Eunice Kennedy...
Male fertility, an issue for many species
In the St. Lawrence River near Montreal's sewage discharge site, male spottail shiners show the effects of pollution with more than one third of the...
Mount Sinai launches the i3 Asset Accelerator to advance the development of life-saving discoveries
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners today announced the launch of the i3 Asset Accelerator, a new fund...
New study demonstrates toll of anxiety on bone health
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 9, 2018)--Anxiety has already been shown to take its toll on the human body in many ways, including increased risk for heart...
Adversity early in life linked with more physical pain in adulthood
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Experiencing trauma as a child may influence how much pain an individual feels in adulthood, according to Penn State researchers. Gaining...
Nutmeg’s hidden power: Helping the liver
Smelling nutmeg evokes images of fall, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. But the spice has been used for years in traditional Chinese medicine to...
Getting health data sharing off the ground
Personalised medicine has the potential to improve the treatment and care of patients. This promising approach has already borne fruit, with a handful of targeted...
For how long will the USA remain the Nobel Prize leader?
Credit: Claudius Gros, Goethe University FRANKFURT. Since first being awarded in 1901, most Nobel Prizes for science have gone to the USA, the United Kingdom,...
Two Penn clinicians among this tear’s Melanoma Research Foundation honorees
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is honoring two Penn clinicians for their tireless work in caring for patients. Ari D....
An AI oncologist to help cancer patients worldwide
Credit: Carlos E. Cardenas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Before performing radiation therapy, radiation oncologists first carefully review medical images of a patient to identify the...
UTSA researcher identifies barriers impacting PrEP use among Latino gay and bisexual men
A new study led by a UTSA researcher examines the social perceptions of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication to prevent HIV, among gay and bisexual...
Karun Singh is the 2018 Canadian Association for Neuroscience Young Investigator awardee
Credit: McMaster University The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) is proud to announce that Karun K Singh, from McMaster University, will receive the 2018 CAN...
Integrative group examines the ethical fit of mindfulness in corporate America
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 9, 2018-- An invited commentary for JACM (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine) from...
