UTHealth receives $3.3 million grant to reduce re-arrest rates among…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) hope to put a dent...
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Revealing the best-kept secrets of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Dec. 14, 2017) In the bustling setting of the cell, proteins encounter each other by the thousands. Despite the...
Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasia
Credit: Kanazawa University Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease designated by Ministry of Welfare, Health and Labor (MWHL) of Japan, causing severe abnormalities of...
New clinical trial for early-stage eye melanoma offers study of targeted therapy
Credit: Photo courtesy: Roger Barone/Wills Eye Hospital March 30, 2017, Philadelphia, Pa – A first-of-its-kind, potentially groundbreaking new option for treating a form of eye...
Zika virus damages placenta, kills fetal mice
Zika virus infects and crosses the placentas of pregnant mice and causes severe damage or death in fetal mice, report scientists funded by the National...
Potential impact of a dengue vaccine in the Yucatan
Credit: Hladish et al. While no dengue vaccine has yet been approved for general use, several candidates are in clinical development. Data from the clinical...
5,000 and counting: Penn Medicine celebrates reconstruction milestone
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery — in which tissue...
Fighting penicilliosis — identification of fungal protein Mp1p as virulence factor
Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports that...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6m to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence to hear of breaches hitting...
Beyond bullying: Study shows damaging affects of multiple forms of…
Credit: Jeff Clarke School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging...
Septic shock surveillance should be based on clinical data, not billing codes
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, February 13, 2017 – Sepsis is a major public health problem and the focus of national quality measures and performance improvement...
New biomarker predicts Alzheimer’s disease and link to diabetes
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – An enzyme found in the fluid around the brain and spine is giving researchers a snapshot of what...
A ground-breaking method for screening the most useful nanoparticles…
Credit: ©Laboratoire Bourquin – UNIFR/UNIGE The use of nanoparticles — small, virus-sized elements developed under laboratory conditions — is increasingly widespread in the world of...
Harvard Medical School scientists receive NIH Director’s Awards
Credit: Harvard Medical School Four Harvard Medical School scientists are among 86 recipients nationwide honored by the National Institutes of Health High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program....
The link between growth of retail-based clinics & nurse practitioner scope-of-practice…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 27, 2017) – – Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and...
