Pigeon study takes on sexism in science
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis In experimental research, scientists tend to assume that — unless they are looking specifically at reproduction or sexual behavior — male...
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New treatment shows promise for patients with rare dermatologic disease
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – A new treatment for a rare and often incurable condition called dermatomyositis (DM) reduced the severity of the disease in...
Global CAR T therapy trial shows high rates of durable remission for…
In a pair of clinical trials stretching from Philadelphia to Tokyo, the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy Kymriah™ (formerly known as CTL019) demonstrated...
Asthma research unexpectedly yields new treatment approach for inherited enzyme disease
Credit: Courtesy of EBioMedicine Experiments designed to reveal how a protein protects the lungs from asthma-related damage suggest a new way to treat a rare...
Wayne State receives major NIH grant to develop novel treatment for…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A Wayne State University research team recently received a $1.9 million grant from the National Eye Institute...
Peptide complex formed in the brain is responsible for…
Credit: Vladimir Polshakov. Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure of a peptide complex, formed...
Systems analysis points to links between Toxoplasma infection and…
More than 2 billion people – nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people in the United States –...
A monkey and a virus: One million years together
Credit: Image courtesy of the MIPT press office The introduction of sequencing and genome comparison tools marked the beginning of a new era in animal...
Diagnosing mononucleosis: UGA’s Mark Ebell works to expedite proper treatment
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia's Mark Ebell wasn't impressed with research on infectious mononucleosis when he wrote his first published review on it...
People with prosthetic arms less affected by common illusion
Credit: Lauren Jennings People with prosthetic arms or hands do not experience the "size-weight illusion" as strongly as other people, new research shows. The size-weight...
New EU project designed to link diagnosis and treatment of diseases over the long term
This news release is available in German. An international team from four EU countries plans to use an innovative concept to improve the use of...
Lesions found within pancreatic islets provide clue for diabetes…
Credit: Saba Parween Researchers at the Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine have created the first 3D spatial visualization of an obese mouse pancreas showing the...
Scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson’s even earlier
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – A new study provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson's disease even earlier...
St. Jude and TSRI scientists help launch Human Dark Proteome…
Memphis, TN and La Jolla, CA – November 9, 2015 – Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and other...
New NIH grant will study alcohol’s effects on the nervous system
Credit: Michigan Tech When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects on our brains and hearts?...
