Across the lifespan: Emerging targets to treat mental illness
Nov. 7, 2016 - Can understanding differences between women's and men's brains lead to sex-specific treatments for mental illness? Can we apply our knowledge of...
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Unlocking big genetic datasets
Credit: Wei Hao/Princeton The same algorithms that personalize movie recommendations and extract topics from oceans of text could bring doctors closer to diagnosing, treating and...
Regenstrief scientists receive prestigious award for innovation in biomedical informatics
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Burke Mamlin, MD, and Paul Biondich, MD, of the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine will be honored...
Biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis may protect against rapid bone loss
A new review by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Chronic Inflammation and Bone Structure (CIBS) Working Group concludes that early and aggressive treatment of Rheumatoid...
Pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone
Credit: Jonathan Gardiner, UNC-Chapel Hill Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close...
Most mammals have a greater life expectancy in zoos
How long do animals live? Although the question seems trivial, it is not easy to answer - especially in the case of free-ranging animals, as...
Herbivory and climate change factors may significantly increase BVOC emissions from boreal conifers
Boreal conifer forests are sources of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the atmosphere. Global warming exposes boreal trees to biotic stress caused by...
Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event
Credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light on the mass extinction that...
Nanocellulose in medicine and green manufacturing
Credit: Martin Chiang, National Institute of Standards and Technology. What if you could take one of the most abundant natural materials on earth and harness...
Three key practices in hospital HR departments linked to exemplary patient care
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Nov. 7, 2016) -- While employee salaries and wages can account for up to 80 percent of the total operating budget in health...
Results from PRISON IV presented at TCT & published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
WASHINGTON - Nov. 2, 2016 - Results from a randomized, multicenter trial failed to show non-inferiority of hybrid, ultra-thin strut sirolimus-eluting stents (Osiro SES) with...
Real-world US post-FDA approval usage of the Watchman device presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 2, 2016 - Results from the U.S. real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high procedural success and low complication...
TGen discovers potential drug targets to reduce pain in pancreatic cancer patients
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 7, 2016 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has discovered potential drug targets to reduce pain in pancreatic cancer patients....
Rice U. lab creates open-source optogenetics hardware, software
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nobody likes a cheater, but Rice University bioengineering graduate student Karl Gerhardt wants people to copy his answers. That's the whole...
New coral research exposes genomic underpinnings of adaptation
Credit: Carly Kenkel Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have observed for the first time that separate populations of the same species --...
