Hospitals overlook every other person with HIV
(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) A new study reveals that many European hospitals fail to routinely test people who may...
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New software can verify someone’s identity by their DNA in…
Credit: New York Genome Center In the science-fiction movie Gattaca, visitors only clear security if a blood test and readout of their genetic profile matches...
Monash discovery may help unlock the key to infertility in older women
Credit: Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Findings from new research led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and University College London may finally resolve, and...
Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Washington, D.C.–Nov. 18, 2015–The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) in partnership with the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health & Child Care (MOHCC) and the Children's...
Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to ‘creeping obesity’
IMAGE: Jamie Cooper is an associate professor in the University of Georgia department of foods and nutrition. Credit: Cal Powell/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. –...
Tough as nails, yet clear enough to read through
The shells of a sea creature, the mollusk Placuna placenta, are not only exceptionally tough, but also clear enough to read through. Now, researchers at...
A gene’s journey from covert to celebrated
Credit: Kathleen Caron Lab, UNC Like a bank robber on the lam, Gpr182 had assumed a variety of identities over several decades: G10D, HrhAMR, Gamrh,...
USC Stem Cell discovery refreshes the heart
Credit: Image by Michaela Patterson/USC Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a new USC Stem Cell study...
Malaria study shows how multiple infections make disease worse
Scientists have discovered why infections with two types of malaria parasite lead to greater health risks – because one species helps the other to thrive....
Cracking the mystery of Zika virus replication
Zika virus has now become a household word. It can cause microcephaly, a birth defect where a baby's head is smaller than usual. Additionally, it...
Researchers gain insight into day-to-day lives of parents raising…
Credit: UW-Madison School of Human Ecology MADISON, Wis. — Like all parents, couples who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share the ups...
Elsevier Announces the Launch of Otolaryngology Case Reports
Credit: Elsevier Amsterdam, Jan, 26, 2017 – Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of...
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a...
2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal presented to Penn Medicine…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Anil K. Rustgi, MD, has received the 2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the leading...
New book, ‘The Postgenomic Condition,’ assesses progress since 2000
Credit: Melissa De Witte The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity–a milestone that would transform medicine...
