Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better tadpoles. To better understand how...
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Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey, became the first patient in...
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to create 38,000 mutant strains and...
Environmental quality research questions identified for Latin American region
Credit: Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 3, 2018) - Using an innovative initiative, Latin American researchers from academia, government agencies and businesses leaders identified priority...
New study sheds light (and some shade) on anole diversification
Credit: Manueal Leal, MU Division of Biological Sciences The islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica -- collectively known as the Greater Antilles --...
Study: Maternal placenta consumption causes no harm to newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of...
Untangling DNA knots
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to stretch DNA molecules and image...
Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men
CHICAGO --- Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not exposed to daily aspirin, reports...
Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure
Credit: Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once, a new study...
Study: Transgender people who are denied mental health care at higher risk of self-harm
A study co-authored by Dr. Michael A. Lindsey, Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research at the Silver of Social Work...
Cognitive remediation can be implemented in large systems of psychiatric care
New York, NY (May 3, 2018)--Cognitive remediation, an evidence-based, recovery-oriented behavioral intervention for patients with mental illness, can feasibly be implemented in large systems of...
Optimizing personalized treatment strategies for stroke patients
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is hosting a new EU collaborative project. Funded via the European 'Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation', the project...
Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgery
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to...
Pediatric Academic Societies 2018 Meeting features cutting-edge research in pediatrics
TORONTO, May 2, 2018 -Pediatricians, research scientists, health care providers and policy makers from around the world will convene in Toronto on May 5-8, 2018...
Researchers defy biology: Mice remain slim on burger diet
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to developing obesity. The body is naturally geared to assimilate energy from the food we eat...
