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...
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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...
Japanese study questions benefit of treat-to-target statin therapy (EMPATHY)
A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treat-to-target intensive versus standard statin therapy. The late-breaking results from the EMPATHY...
SLU researchers receive $416,000 to further work toward hepatitis B…
Credit: Saint Louis University With a $416,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), SLU scientists will continue work to cure hepatitis B, building...
Joslin researcher will work in MoTrPAC to map molecular changes from…
Credit: John Soares Laurie J. Goodyear Ph.D., Senior Investigator and co-Head of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at the Joslin Diabetes Center, and...
Signaling pathway may be key to why autism is more common in boys
Credit: Susan McClellen, University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communication Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys...
