From a novel support group to a book, learning from seven widowed…
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center It was a seemingly unremarkable decision that started UNC Lineberger's Donald Rosenstein, MD, and Justin Yopp, PhD, on a...
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Older wombs linked to complications in pregnant mice
Credit: Ms. Laura Woods Deciding to start a family later in life could be about more than just the age of your eggs. A new...
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumors
Credit: Image: Mariana Muzzopappa, IRB Barcelona Researchers from the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona have identified the cell types and molecular mechanism...
MIT Portugal PhD graduate researcher developed a chatbot that already…
Florence is an online personal health assistant that helps users to manage their health & wellness care. This “virtual friend” has evolved from being a...
A portable DNA sequencer enables researchers to monitor the evolution…
Credit: Project ZiBRA An international group of researchers on board a mobile laboratory equipped with an innovative handheld genetic sequencing device are tracking the movement...
Does metabolic syndrome affect cognitive abilities?
is the only peer-reviewed journal to focus solely on the pathophysiology, recognition, and treatment of metabolic syndrome. The Journal covers a range… view more Credit:...
Rapid TB test accuracy in West Africa compromised by mycobacterium…
World-wide, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is responsible for the vast majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases. However, there are several other closely related mycobacterial species that cause...
Green and sweet: How plant sugars influence malaria transmission
Credit: Hien et al. Female mosquitoes are well known blood-feeders, but they also consume sugar sources such as nectar, fruits and tree sap. A study...
UAB biomarker outperforms current gold standard to detect brain shunt infections
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a study of children with brain shunts at Children's of Alabama, a University of Alabama at Birmingham investigational biomarker outperformed the...
High blood sugar following surgery common, increases risk of…
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health High blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia, occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin to turn...
SimPath licenses novel ORNL system for enhanced synthetic biology
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017–SimPath has licensed a novel cloning system developed by the...
Dr. Jackson T. Wright Jr. honored for reducing heart disease among African Americans
When Jackson T. Wright Jr. MD, PhD, began practicing medicine in the 1980's, physicians knew that the risks of high blood pressure were greater in...
CPRIT grant brings personalized-modeling expert to Rice
Credit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University Bone cancer patients facing difficult pelvic surgeries at the Texas Medical Center could soon benefit from Rice University research that will...
Liquid nicotine for electronic cigarettes is toxic for kids
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — A 6-year-old child who accidentally swallowed liquid nicotine intended for her parents' electronic cigarettes required immediate eme..
