Why aren’t more kids with sickle cell disease getting this test?
Credit: Sarah Pack Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with sickle cell disease are getting...
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UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human chromosome number
IMAGE: Dr. Joshua Mendell Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 24, 2015 – Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a...
How race consciousness influences your likelihood of getting a flu…
Credit: CDC/ Judy Schmidt acquired from Public Health Image Library College Park, Md. – African American adults are less likely than Whites to get an...
Antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria in pediatric skin infections
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial scourge. As its name suggests, MRSA is resistant to most...
Pizza, burgers and the like: A single high-fat meal can damage the metabolism
Credit: © DDZ The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated with the consumption of saturated...
Democrat senators vote for public health policies 4 times more often…
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health Democrat senators are roughly four times as likely to use their vote to positively affect...
Non-invasive imaging predicts cancer malignancy
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) A new study by Osaka University scientists shows that non-labeling multiphoton microscopy (NL-MPM) can be used for quantitative imaging of...
Second contagious form of cancer found in Tasmanian devils
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania Transmissible cancers...
TACC key partner in Dell Medical School’s data science initiative for women’s…
Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today announced a new partnership with...
ARCH Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures and MD Anderson collaborate…
Codiak BioSciences, Inc. announced today the closing of the first portion of a planned $80-plus million Series A and B financing. The company also executed...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative taps Columbia scientists to create atlas of…
Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) donor advised fund, an advi..
First atomic structure from UTSW’s cryo-EM facility
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Oct. 11, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure of the ion channel found...
Here’s how stress may be making you sick
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher is providing new insight into how certain types of stress interact with...
Sleep apnea common in atrial fibrillation patients
(Umea University) A study involving cardiac patients at the University Hospital of Umeå shows that over 80 percent of patients treated for atrial fibrillation also...
Are hot flashes genetic?
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA Most women experience hot flashes and night sweats either before or during menopause, but a significant minority don't have these symptoms. Could...
