RTI International addressing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RTI International is responding to the Ebola outbreak in...
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Concussion effects detailed on microscopic level
COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research has uncovered details about subcellular-level changes in the brain after concussion that could one day lead to improved treatment. Researchers...
Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function
Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before seen structures on bacteria that...
Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for...
3-D-printed patch helps guide growing blood vessels
Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other serious conditions. Surgery can correct...
Makeup of vaginal microbiome linked to preterm birth
Credit: Robert Boston More than 10 percent of babies in the United States are born prematurely, yet very little is know about the underlying causes....
Pediatric nurses miss care more often in poor work environments, Penn study finds
In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research and the Children's Hospital of...
UMD bioengineers develop new technologies to drive next-generation therapies for MS
COLLEGE PARK, MD. (June 13, 2017) -- Researchers in the University of Maryland (UMD) Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) Jewell Laboratory are using quantum dots...
Argonne X-rays used to help identify a key Lassa virus structure
Credit: Image courtesy of Scripps Research Institute. Before Ebola virus ever struck West Africa, locals were already on the lookout for a deadly pathogen: Lassa...
Lloyd Paul Aiello receives JDRF Award for Excellence in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research
Credit: John Soares Boston - (June 12, 2017) - The JDRF has awarded Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., the 2017 JDRF Mary Tyler Moore and...
New window improves the view of science on orbiting laboratory
Credit: NASA One of the busiest work stations on the International Space Station got a major upgrade recently, and it already has saved dozens of...
E. coli bacteria’s defense secret revealed
Credit: Ace George Santiago, Cornell University By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how E. coli bacteria defend themselves...
Battling the terrible toll of depression by ‘rewiring’ the brain
Credit: UCLA Health Americans spend billions of dollars each year on antidepressants, but the National Institutes of Health estimates that those medications work for only...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017--A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one U.S. county examined differences in...
Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the National Cancer Institute of the...
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