NFL player health: The role of club doctors
How can we ensure that National Football League players receive excellent health care they can trust from providers who are as free from conflicts of...
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Blood test could predict best treatment for lung cancer
A blood test could predict how well small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients will respond to treatment, according to new research* published in Nature Medicine today...
Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis is crucial for legume plant microbiome assembly
Credit: Rafal Zgadzaj, Section for Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University New findings from the study of legumes have identified...
Structure of human astrovirus could lead to antiviral therapies, vaccines
Human astroviruses infect nearly everyone during childhood, causing diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. For most people, it's not a serious disease, but structural biologist Rebecca DuBois...
Teaching excellence framework risks ‘driving a wedge’ between teaching and research
The Physiological Society has released a report following a series of high profile roundtable sessions with senior politicians and academics. The report makes recommendations to...
ASM Director of Education Amy Chang named AAAS Fellow
Washington D.C.-- Nov. 21, 2016 -- Amy L. Chang of the American Society for Microbiology has been named a Fellow of the American Association for...
OU professor recognized by AAAS as new fellow
Michael Kaspari, a University of Oklahoma biology professor, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for innovative studies...
History of cells told through MEMOIR
Credit: Elowitz and Cai Labs/Caltech Researchers have developed a new method for reading the history and "family trees" of cells. Called MEMOIR, or Memory by...
New math tools for new materials
University of Utah mathematician Graeme Milton presents a new tool for understanding how energy waves move through complex materials, opening up possibilities to design materials...
Edison T. Liu of The Jackson Laboratory named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Jennifer Torrance. Edison T. Liu, M.D. of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has been named a Fellow of the American Association...
Vitamin D supplements may benefit children with Autism spectrum disorder
Vitamin D supplementation improved symptoms of autism in a recent trial. Studies have shown an association between the risk of autism spectrum disorder and vitamin...
Adding higher frequencies helps detect adolescent hearing loss
Adding higher frequencies to the American Academy of Pediatrics hearing test protocol helps detect adolescent hearing loss, according to a team of pediatricians and audiologists....
Greater efforts are needed to encourage patients to report adverse drug reactions
In a review of published studies addressing patients' perceptions and factors influencing their reporting of adverse drug reactions, most patients were not aware of reporting...
New sensor system predicts heart failure events before they occur
A suite of sensors can predict heart failure events by detecting when a patient's condition is worsening, according to John Boehmer, professor of medicine, Penn...
Exercise may not provide benefit over physical therapy after knee replacement
In a randomized trial of patients who underwent total knee replacement as a treatment for osteoarthritis, a group program of strengthening and aerobic exercises was...
