Trial drug ineffective in preventing contrast-induced kidney injury
CHICAGO (April 4, 2016) — Patients treated with CMX-2043–an investigational drug that has previously shown some ability to protect heart muscle from damage during stenting–saw...
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NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication…
Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women has begun. The study in...
New map details threat of Zika across Europe, US
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE — With Zika sparking anxiety at the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil, and now being transmitted...
Mouse model yields possible treatment for autism-like symptoms in rare…
About half of children born with Jacobsen syndrome, a rare inherited disease, experience social and behavioral issues consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers at University...
New way of growing blood vessels could boost regenerative medicine
In addition the technique to grow the blood vessels in a 3D scaffold cuts down on the risk of transplant rejection because it uses cells...
UTSW study finds innate immunity connection to rare, fatal childhood disease
DALLAS – Aug. 2, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found an important innate immunity role for a gene linked to a rare,...
New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than…
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital An international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is as safe as aspirin, and...
Is gun violence contagious?
Is gun violence contagious? According to new findings from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford, the answer is mostly no. Rather, this...
Does HIV infection affect brain connectivity and cognitive performance?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 10, 2017–A new study has shown that compared to HIV-negative young adults, those positive for...
Looking different than your parents can be an evolutionary advantage
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Looking different to your parents can provide species with a way to escape evolutionary dead ends, according to new research from Queen...
Shorter telomeres reveal stress in migratory birds
Credit: C. Billman The stress of birds' continent-spanning annual migrations, it appears, leads to faster aging and a potentially earlier death. A new study in...
Physical activity good for your health, but what’s happening below the surface?
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan was recently awarded $8.2 million from the National Institutes of Health...
Insilico Medicine to present on applications of DL to drug discovery…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, October 25, Baltimore, MD – Insilico Medicine today announced that it will present its recent advances in applying deep learning techniques...
Growing teeth and a backbone: Studies trace early origins of skeletal tissues
Credit: Katharine Criswell and Robert Criswell WOODS HOLE, Mass.– Two new studies on the evolutionary origin of teeth and of vertebra further illuminate the human...
Veterinary surgeons perform first-known brain surgery to treat…
Credit: Courtesy of Mystic Aquarium. GRAFTON, Mass. (December 27, 2017)– A neurosurgical team at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has successfully performed...
