Putting fundamental rights of persons with disabilities on the map
Credit: WORLD Policy Analysis Center, Constitutions Database, 2014 Ten years ago this month, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
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Lung function decline accelerates in menopausal women
Credit: ATS Dec. 1, 2016--Menopausal women appear to experience an accelerated decline in lung function, according to new research published online ahead of print in...
Turning off asthma attacks
Working with human immune cells in the laboratory, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have identified a critical cellular "off" switch for the inflammatory immune response...
Kidney disease hospitalization and mortality rates continue to decline in the US
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - According to an annual data report from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), hospitalization and mortality rates for patients with...
Museum of Natural Science researchers publish the first birds of Bolivia field guide
Credit: Asociación ArmonÃa Bolivia has more species of birds than any other land-locked country in the world. It is sixth in the world in terms...
Study suggests possible new target for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Ore. - A new scientific discovery may provide a future avenue for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. A study published Nov....
New algorithm could explain human face recognition
MIT researchers and their colleagues have developed a new computational model of the human brain's face-recognition mechanism that seems to capture aspects of human neurology...
Scientists discover new method to restore function of white blood cells in septic patients
New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggest that treating the white blood cells of sepsis patients with antibodies that block programmed...
URI scientist: Rare childhood disease linked to major cancer gene
Credit: Photo courtesy of Niall Howlett. A team of researchers led by a University of Rhode Island scientist has discovered an important molecular link between...
In cancer immunotherapy, one PD-L1 test to rule them all?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials have proven the power of immunotherapies targeting PD-L1 or PD-1 in a range of cancers. However, these...
UTSA study describes new minimally invasive device to treat cancer and other illnesses
Credit: Lyle Hood/UTSA A new study by Lyle Hood, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), describes a...
Study: Enhancing cancer response to radiation
Credit: OHSU OHSU researcher Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D., has a contemporary analogy to describe microRNA: "I sometimes compare MicroRNA to tweets -- they're short, transient and...
A radiation-free approach to imaging molecules in the brain
Credit: The Researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Scientists hoping to get a glimpse of molecules that control brain activity have devised a new probe that allows...
Physicists decipher electronic properties of materials in work that may change transistors
University of Texas at Dallas physicists have published new findings examining the electrical properties of materials that could be harnessed for next-generation transistors and electronics....
Monell Center receives grant to develop technologies to improve taste of lifesaving drugs
Credit: Kevin Monko/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (December 1, 2016) - The Monell Center announced today that it has received a $345,000 grant from the Bill &...
