In defense of pathogenic proteins
IMAGE: Scientists found in yeast cells protein aggregates (light green spots). As cells age and divide, these aggregates become more frequent (micrograph). Credit: ETH Zurich...
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Zika virus challenges for neuropsychiatry recently published by Dove…
A new study, published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal, examines this by critically reviewing the literature. The Zika virus is an arbovirus spread...
Researchers develop technology enabling standard cameras to produce hyperspectral images
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 13, 2017 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed miniaturized hyperspectral technology as an add-on for...
Dulling cancer therapy’s double-edged sword
Credit: Journal of Experimental Medicine/Sulciner et al. Researchers have discovered that killing cancer cells can actually have the unintended effect of fueling the proliferation of...
Protein transport channel offers new target for thwarting pathogen
Luiz Bermudez, a professor in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Credit: Karl Maasdam CORVALLIS, Ore. – A bacterium that attacks people suffering from chronic lung...
Mosquito sex protein could provide key to controlling disease
Credit: Photo by Alex Wild If you thought the sex lives of humans were complicated, consider the case of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, bringer...
Study suggests handwashing compliance in child care facilities is insufficient
Credit: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Arlington, VA, November 29, 2016 – Child care personnel properly clean their hands less than a...
Ancient skulls shed light on migration in the Roman empire
Credit: NC State University Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean world, coastal communities in what...
Certain heart fat associated with higher risk of heart disease in…
Credit: Rick Sciullo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2017 – A higher volume of a certain type of fat that surrounds the heart is significantly associated with...
NRL scientists find high prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Kenya
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Lt. Cmdr. Michael Prouty-NAMRU-2 (Released) WASHINGTON – Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global public health problems and is...
Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung cancer
Credit: Department of medical physics, Aarhus University, Denmark. Vienna, Austria: Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop an inflammation of the lung...
AGS guidance on diversity proves ‘seeing’ older patients is about more than seeing age
IMAGE: New guidance from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) aims to transform approaches to healthcare for our increasingly diverse older population. Developed by a committee...
Whooping cough booster vouchers don’t boost immunization rates…
IMAGE: This is Alison Buttenheim PhD, MBA, an Assistant Professor of Nursing and an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School...
Depressed with a chronic disease? Consider alternative therapies
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 6, 2017 – Scientists are finding more evidence that commonly prescribed antidepressants aren't effective in people battling both depression...
Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of a biomarker linked to the...
