Understanding essential tremor
Credit: Simon Girard You probably know someone who has it. It is the most common movement disorder, yet most people don't even know its name....
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New model for collecting high quality biospecimens for genomic…
New Rochelle, NY, November 9, 2015–A successful pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of a novel approach for collecting healthy post-mortem blood and tissue samples from...
UNM professor receives funding to fight pervasive African parasite
Credit: Eric Loker/UNM UNM Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric S. Loker began studying the parasite that causes this disease more than three decades ago and...
Immigrants in your lungs? Study showing how bacteria get there could help disease research
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. – They traveled a huge distance, evaded a protective barrier, and found themselves in a strange and unwelcoming...
BMJ provides Zika virus resources to support healthcare workers
BMJ is offering free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency linked...
New targeted alpha therapy protocol for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: C Kratochwil et al., University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany RESTON, Va. – Therapy options are limited for men with advanced-stage, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer..
Toxic chemicals in salons, lack of education lead to adverse health effects
Credit: Lindsey Milich Clients who frequent hair and nail salons exhibit more skin and fungal diseases than those who visit less often and nail salon...
Brain cells that control appetite identified for first time
Credit: Professor Nicholas Dale/Ms. Greta Lazutkaite Key brain cells which control our appetite discovered by scientists at University of Warwick Tanycytes found – for the...
ATS applauds President Obama for release of drug resistant TB action…
IMAGE: ATS President Atul Malhotra, M.D. Credit: ATS The American Thoracic Society applauds President Barack Obama and the Administration for the release of the National...
Scientists identify new hosts for Chagas Disease vectors
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Solitary weasel-like animals called tayra might look pretty harmless, but some may actually be incubators for a parasite that...
New ultra-thin diamond membrane is a radiobiologist’s best friend
Credit: Image by Philippe Barberet WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2017 — Depending on the dose and the target, radiation can cause incredible damage to healthy...
Are we really allergic to mosquito bites?
Most, if not all, people are sensitized to mosquito bites in childhood. Cutaneous symptoms include immediate wheal-and-flare reactions and delayed bite papules, which tend to...
Georgia State neuroscientists rewire brain of 1 species to have…
Credit: Courtesy of Ralph and Dale Marie Gonzales ATLANTA-Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it the...
How hearing ‘twist my arm’ engages the brain
Credit: Lacey et al Brain & Language (2016). Listening to metaphors involving arms or legs loops in a region of the brain responsible for visual...
Patients eager to test device that could ease heart failure symptoms
Credit: Anne Thompson Jimmy McMillan doesn't know if it's science or wishful thinking that's making him feel better, but he's starting to believe a round...
