MSU doctor to help eradicate malaria in Malawi with $8.5 million grant
East Lansing - Continuing her crusade against malaria, Terrie E. Taylor is once again on the hunt to find out why this deadly disease is...
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Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean trravel likely responsible
Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere, doctors and researchers are poised...
Baycrest’s VP research awarded ORION Leadership Innovation Award
Credit: Baycrest Health Sciences Dr. Randy McIntosh, Vice President of Research at Baycrest and Director of the Rotman Research Institute (RRI), was recognized for outstanding...
Three types of work stress increasing in the US, according to SUNY downstate researchers
Brooklyn, NY - Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health have determined that two stressful work characteristics, low job control and "job...
Two types of empathy elicit different health effects, Penn psychologist shows
When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting ourselves in a friend's shoes, imagining how we would feel if...
Recreational cannabis, used often, increases risk of gum disease
New York, NY (May 24, 2017)--Columbia University dental researchers have found that frequent recreational use of cannabis--including marijuana, hashish, and hash oil--increases the risk of...
New online database has answers on mitochondrial disorders
Credit: Cristina Nadalutti and Jack Griffith EAST LANSING, Mich. - Providing answers -- or at least more information -- to the most difficult medical questions...
Nearly 500 dupporters joined ATS rally on Capitol Hill: Lab coats for lungs
Credit: ATS WASHINGTON, DC - May 24, 2017 - In an ATS 2017 International Conference first, respiratory health professionals and patients joined other conference attendees...
New modified toy car designs offer children with disabilities more options
Loading video... Credit: Oregon State University Productions CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have developed two new modified toy car designs for children...
Near real-time genomic sequencing maps introduction and spread of Zika virus in US
A new study by a multi-national research team, including scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), explains how Zika virus...
Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Genetic analysis of samples collected as the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread throughout the Americas after its introduction in 2013 or 2014 has...
A fresh look inside the protein nano-machines
Credit: © UNIGE - Jean-Pierre Eckmann Proteins perform vital functions of life, they digest food and fight infections and cancer. They are in fact nano-machines,...
Secret weapon of smart bacteria tracked to ‘sweet tooth’
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- Researchers have figured out how a once-defeated bacterium has re-emerged to infect cotton...
Largest psoriasis meta-analysis to date yields new genetic clues
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The identification of 16 additional genetic markers will help researchers get closer to understanding how -- and why --...
Establishing palliative care organization and delivery worldwide
Credit: Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne and Dr Sean Hughes from Lancaster University in the UK have both contributed towards a new book 'Building...
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