Researchers use video gamelike test to study learning and recovery in stroke patients
Credit: Johns Hopkins Media A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The...
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Point/counterpoint debate takes aim at the opioid epidemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 11, 2017 –Two experts with opposing views squared off on the hotly debated topic of...
Team uncovers novel epigenetic changes in leukemia
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A — UT Health San Antonio researchers discovered epigenetic changes that contribute to one-fifth of cases of...
Basic research led to first FDA-approved immunotherapy for pediatric…
IMAGE: This is Araz Marachelian, MD clinical investigator at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Director, NANT Consortium. Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Building upon more...
A popular bottle-breaking trick is giving insight to brain injuries
Credit: BYU Photo As many YouTube videos show, striking the top of a liquid-filled bottle can shatter the bottom. Now researchers are hoping to use...
Brain imaging of premature babies to find biomarkers for…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Natasha Leporé, PhD, a principal investigator in the Department of Radiology and Imaging at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been...
Artificial blood vessels mimic rare accelerated aging disease
Credit: Progeria Research Foundation DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers have grown miniature human blood vessels that exhibit many of the symptoms and drug reactions associated...
Individual mycobacteria respond differently to antibiotics based on growth and timing
Credit: Kelvin Ma/Tufts University BOSTON (June 30, 2016) — Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, infecting almost 10 million...
One more reason to focus on prenatal care — Stronger muscles for newborn babies
Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome Research Institute. Born too soon, she weighed just over 1 pound at birth and spent the first...
Scientists unravel how protein impacts intellectual disability
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – April 25, 2017 – Your brain needs just the right balance between excitatory "on" signals and inhibitory...
Study answers why ketamine helps depression, offers target for safer…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – June 21, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a key protein that helps trigger ketamine's rapid antidepressant...
Researchers find brief, intense stair climbing is a practical way to boost fitness
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University There are no more excuses for being out of shape. Researchers at McMaster University have found that short, intense bursts...
Zika virus damages placenta, which may explain malformed babies
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Oregon – Though the Zika virus is widely known for a recent outbreak that caused children to be born with microencephaly, or...
Undergraduates develop tools to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease…
Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A team of seven University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering undergraduates earned the top...
A bridge to breathing
Credit: Randal McKenzie Illustrations PITTSBURGH (February 6, 2017) … Acute and chronic lung diseases are the most life-threatening causes of hospitalization and death among young...
