Regenerative bandage heals diabetic wounds faster
An immunofluorescence image shows regenerated dermal tissue (in pink) in wounds treated with Ameer’s bandage.At some point in their lives, 15 percent of people with...
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What are the health risks of having a different ‘Facebook self’?
New Rochelle, NY, August 17, 2016–People may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the more one’s “Facebook self” differs...
Digital calculator provides the estimated risk for GIST recurrence
GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) is an uncommon type of sarcoma found in the tissues supporting the digestive system (stomach and intestines). Approximately one percent of...
Tulane professor receives grant to improve stem cell survival
Credit: TulaneKim O’Connor, a professor in Tulane University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a three-year $599,638 grant from the National Science Foundation to...
Roadblocks to research: UNC bioethicist addresses lack of HIV studies in pregnant women
CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine’s Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment for the estimated 1.5 million...
New retrospective study to find mutations to better diagnose breast cancer in the future
Toronto (August 17, 2016) – Mr. Peter Goodhand, President of The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), today announced a new collaborative research study in...
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills Credit: Photo by Emory UniversitySpatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years...
TERRA, the RNAs that protect telomeres
In murine cells TERRA is transcribed mainly from chromosome 18 and in a less way from chromosome 9, in a similar manner we found that...
New findings detail how beneficial bacteria in the nose suppress pathogenic bacteria
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 17, 2016 –Staphylococcus aureus is a common colonizer of the human body. Although, one quarter of the U.S. population live with the...
Down to the wire: ONR researchers and new bacteria
ARLINGTON, Va.–Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical wires that not only conduct...
Cellular snowplow keeps genes open
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new discovery at Michigan State University has revealed how special genes stay open for business, helping diagram a mechanism that...
Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria Credits: Imperial College London Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, from Imperial College London, have...
Study suggests ways to block hypertension in those with sleep apnea
Nanduri Prabhakar, PhD, director of the Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of Oxygen Sensing at the University of Chicago Obstructive sleep...
Potential therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease
Credits: yourgenome.org There is new hope in the fight against Huntington’s disease. Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that changing a specific part of the...
Chronic pain linked to partners of people with depression
Partners of people with depression are more likely to suffer from chronic pain, research has found. The study shows that the two conditions share common...
