For racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality
Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team led by Andrew Subica at...
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Clinical trial to find new treatment for visceral leishmaniasis begins in eastern Africa
A new study to find a safer, efficacious and more patient-friendly treatment and improved diagnostic tools for people living with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has begun...
Funding will help uncover immune system differences that trigger food allergies
Credit: Children's National Health System Adora A. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in Children's department of Allergy and Immunology, was awarded $240,000 to improve...
Polymer synthesis gets a jolt of caffeine
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but a team of researchers at...
HCV-related liver transplantation and post-transplant survival rates in Europe have improved rapidly in the era of direct-acting antiviral drugs
13 April 2018, Paris, France: HCV-related liver transplantation rates in Europe have declined dramatically since the availability of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs and survival rates...
‘Gayborhoods’ still home to subtle discrimination
Despite claiming to support gay rights, many straight people who live in traditionally gay neighbourhoods still practice subtle forms of discrimination when interacting with their...
Temperature affects insecticide efficacy against malaria vectors
Credit: ISGlobal Ambient temperature has a marked effect on the toxicity of the most commonly used insecticides for malaria control, according to a study led...
Translational research community debates on the EGA and its impact on health
Credit: Peter Artymiuk, Wellcome Trust Images Barcelona, April 13, 2018 - Àngel Font; corporate director for the area of research and strategy of the "la...
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) fails to extend survival in the SORAMIC study palliative cohort
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The final results of the palliative cohort of the SORAMIC study in patients with unresectable, locally advanced primary liver cancer...
‘Tic-tac-toe’-themed MRI technology easy win for neurological disease researchers
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Radiofrequency Research Facility PITTSBURGH (April 12, 2018) ... The University of Pittsburgh houses a whole-body 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imager (7T...
Scientists find positive workplace experiences among Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD), have authored a new...
US study reports dramatic reduction in likelihood of liver transplantation in patients with hepatoce
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) waiting for a liver transplant in the USA are now significantly less likely to receive...
Long-term obeticholic acid treatment leads to reversal or stabilization of fibrosis/cirrhosis in patients with PBC
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The first results from the POISE biopsy sub-study have today confirmed that long-term treatment with obeticholic acid (OCA) leads to...
Alzheimer plaque affects different brain cells differently
(Linköping University) Amyloid beta, a protein linked with Alzheimer's disease, has different properties in different cell types in the brains of fruit flies. This is...
Two MDC scientists receive ERC grants worth several million euros
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Basic researchers Gary Lewin and Norbert Hübner are investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying neurological and...
