Creating a slippery slope on the surface of medical implants
(Boston)--Implanted medical devices such as left ventricular-assist devices for patients with heart failure or other support systems for patients with respiratory, liver or other end...
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Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’ foraging strategies
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their species are doing," says Cori...
Results from the PARTNER I FIVE YEAR ECHO study presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 2, 2016 - A substudy of the PARTNER I Trial and Continued Access Registry found that hemodynamic trends in patients who received...
US Food and Drug Administration awards Critical Path Institute three grants, one contract
Tucson, November 1, 2016--The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Critical Path Institute (C-Path) three grants to develop data standards, as well as...
Fruits and vegetables may slow ALS
October 31, 2016--New research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health reveals that foods like fruits and vegetables that are high in antioxidant nutrients...
Underwater mushrooms: Curious lake fungi under every turned over stone
Credit: Christian Wurzbacher While fungi are well known for being essential in cycling carbon and nutrients, there are only about 100,000 described species in contrast...
The French-Canadian connection
Credit: Shawn Hayward Scientists have identified a gene in the French-Canadian population that predisposes them to the development of intracranial aneurysm (IA), a potentially life...
TCT 2016 first reports examine potential for novel bioresorbable stent technologies
NEW YORK - October 31, 2016 - The 28th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) featured...
Food supply — not ‘live fast, die young’ mentality — makes male crickets chirpy
Credit: Tom Houslay / University of Exeter Shedding a few pounds might be a good strategy in the human dating game, but for crickets the...
Jumping spiders can hear sound without eardrums
BINGHAMTON, NY - There really is a "spider sense." With help from Binghamton University's Ron Miles, researchers found that despite not having ears--or ear drums--jumping...
FRET-FLIM optimization shows activity of two signaling molecules in single dendritic spine
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience An ongoing challenge for scientists working to understand the brain is being able to see all its parts....
UTA engineering professor to use data mining to help patients’ diagnosis, treatment
Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to develop big data mining tools that will integrate multiple modalities...
Survey: Majority under 35 think e-cigs are safer, research studies aim to find out
Credit: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Most Americans under age 35 think that using electronic cigarettes does not cause as...
Is shotgun marriage dead?
Credit: Credit - Duke Center for Child and Family Policy DURHAM, N.C. -- Shotgun marriages have faded in popularity overall, but are on the rise...
Combination therapy improved chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA- - (Nov. 1, 2016) -- Treating ovarian cancer with platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin is initially very effective, with about four out of...
