Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
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Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which radiation is implanted intern..
With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, found more than 1,000 genetic translocations in...
Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
Credit: NASA Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification...
Study: Biomarkers as predictive of sepsis as lengthy patient monitoring
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sepsis is a deadly and quick-moving medical condition, but its presence can be betrayed early on...
Tulane researchers find other layers of immunity in TB/HIV…
Credit: Gena Chattin Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV have a second line of...
Medicaid coverage brings more silence to the hearing impaired
Credit: Health Affairs TAMPA, FL (Aug. 7, 2017)- Medicaid does not cover hearing aids in 22 states. Coverage varies greatly in the remaining 28 states...
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf…
Credit: Harvard Medical School Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital have managed to restore...
CHLA awarded $1.3 million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded...
Successful cardiogenic shock treatment using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
Credit: Osaka University The Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University succeeded in minimally invasive treatment of a patient with acute heart failure due to medical...
Mice with frequent flier miles advance the Alzheimer’s cause
Credit: University of Kentucky Office of Public Relations and Marketing LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 4, 2018) — Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients, who are...
Biomarker predicts poor prognosis in African-Americans with…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Having high levels of a certain biomarker is linked to poor prognosis in African-American patients with triple-negative breast cancer, while the...
Test results after stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma can…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2017) – It's a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an array of antibodies that protect...
Study: Preschoolers need more outdoor time at child care centers
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds child care centers play a pivotal role when it comes to the physical...
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