A ‘release and kill’ strategy may aid treatment of…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been called "the perfect pathogen." These bacteria hijack human macrophages, persist inside the cells to evade immune...
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Link identified between nerve cell proteins and middle-age onset Dementia
Credit: Yusuke Fujioka, Shinsuke Ishigaki, and Gen Sobue Nagoya, Japan – Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a type of dementia characterized by personality changes, language...
Protein Photonics special section in Journal of Biomedical Optics honors Osamu Shimomura
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK — A special section on Protein Photonics in the Journal of Biomedical Optics celebrates the accomplishments and influence of...
Are current efforts to combat terrorism actually increasing the risk…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 20, 2017–A public health perspective of the rise in terrorism and violent radicalization points to...
Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in veterans with Gulf War…
Credit: Mitch Mirkin Researchers say they have found the "first direct biological evidence" of damage in veterans with Gulf War illness to DNA within cellular...
TSRI researchers identify gene responsible for mesenchymal stem…
Credit: James McEntee JUPITER, FL – Jan. 22, 2018 – Many doctors, researchers and patients are eager to take advantage of the promise of stem...
NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new…
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National...
Unexpected activity of 2 enzymes helps explain why liver cancer drugs…
Credit: Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health Some cancers are caused by loss of enzymes that should keep cell growth in check. On the flip...
USU professor named fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Credit: USU/Matt Jensen LOGAN, UTAH — Utah State University Professor of Biological Engineering Dr. Ron Sims was elected this week to the College of Fellows...
Study led by MIT Portugal faculty and alumni finds how to increase the…
Credit: Sezin Aray A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, led by Dr. Lino Ferreira, MIT Portugal Program...
Researchers reverse high blood pressure in offspring of hypertensive…
Credit: University of Iowa Mothers contribute a lot of defining traits to their offspring, from eye color to toe length. But pregnant mothers with health...
Short intervention boosts safe-sex skills in teen girls
Credit: Matt Shipman A recent study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that a 45-minute online...
Heat and irradiation: New approach for more selectively fighting…
Credit: Fraunhofer MEVIS Researchers wish to treat tumors more effectively in the future by combining radiation therapy and focused ultrasound. The joint project SONO-RAY began...
City-wide effort boosts NYC’s colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates racial disparities in screening
A concerted effort to increase colorectal cancer screening rates led to a dramatic increase in NYC screening colonoscopy rates among average-risk men and women and...
Controversial ‘liberation therapy’ fails to treat multiple…
Credit: University of British Columbia Opening up narrowed veins from the brain and spinal cord is not effective in treating multiple sclerosis (MS), according to...
