Residents: Frontline defenders against antibiotic resistance?
Credit: Children's National Health System Antibiotic resistance continues to grow around the world, with sometimes disastrous results. Some strains of bacteria no longer respond to...
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Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals
Credit: Université de Montréal Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new international...
Antidepressant may enhance drug delivery to the brain
Credit: NIEHS NIH rat study suggests amitriptyline temporarily inhibits the blood-brain barrier, allowing drugs to enter the brain. New research from the National Institutes of...
U study: Law aiding infants at risk for hearing loss
Credit: University of Utah A Utah law has led to increased early identification of infants with hearing loss due to a congenital infection, according to...
Discover of a protein that protects against fatty liver
Credit: C. Maillo, IRB Barcelona This condition generally leads to chronic inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which can trigger fibrosis, cirrhosis and ultimately liver cancer. This study...
Working on your tot’s memory now can help his high school…
Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at the age of 13, researchers...
Treatment nonexistent for some glioblastoma patients
Credit: UIC Patients diagnosed at high-volume centers are up to 40 percent more likely to receive treatment for glioblastoma, according to a study from researchers...
New technique can detect impurities in ground beef within minutes
Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. Food science...
Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children
Credit: Dr. Adam Levine PROVIDENCE, R.I. –To properly treat young children with severe diarrhea, caregivers in clinics long on patients and short on resources need...
New way to find DNA damage
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6, 2015 – University of Utah chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to DNA that sometimes leads to...
Discovery of key molecules involved in severe malaria
Credit: Osaka University Malaria*1 is one of three major infectious diseases*2 affecting approximately 300 million people every year, accounting for about 500,000 deaths, but effective...
There’s a deeper fish in the sea
Credit: Mackenzie Gerringer/University of Washington The ocean's deepest fish doesn't look like it could survive in harsh conditions thousands of feet below the surface. Instead...
Space radiation won’t stop NASA’s human exploration
Credit: NASA While it's true that space radiation is one of the biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars, it's also true that NASA...
Good vibrations help reveal molecular details
Credit: Hafner Lab/Rice University HOUSTON – (Feb. 15, 2017) – Five years of hard work and a little "cosmic luck" led Rice University researchers to...
Study may explain why people with type O blood more likely to die of cholera
People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research from Washington University School of...
