Advance furthers stem cells for use in drug discovery, cell therapy
Credit: Credit: William Daly, Eric Nguyen and Mike Schwartz, UW-Madison MADISON, Wisconsin - Since highly versatile human stem cells were discovered at the University of...
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Females with autism show greater difficulty with day-to-day tasks than male counterparts
WASHINGTON--Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according to a study published in...
ASU-TGen led study identifies source of cell-specific change in Alzheimer’s disease
PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. -- July 12, 2017 -- Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified...
Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world
Credit: Jacob Miller The last month was recorded as the warmest June ever in many parts of the world. Last year, 2016, was the warmest...
Study identifies new target to preserve nerve function
Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of axons, the threadlike portions of...
NAS announces awards for Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnerships
WASHINGTON -- In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to building productive public engagement with science, the National Academy of Sciences, with support from the...
Immunosuppression underlies resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a novel mechanism behind resistance to angiogenesis inhibitors - drugs that fight cancer by suppressing the...
AMP to recognize Andrew P. Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H. with 2017 Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
BETHESDA, Md. July 14, 2017 The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit organization serving molecular diagnostic professionals, today announced that Andrew P....
Loyola and Gottlieb named 2017 Most Wired hospitals
For the 14th time, Loyola University Medical Center has been named one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a member of Loyola...
Feinstein Institute identifies potential cause for lupus
MANHASSET, NY -- Leading rheumatologist and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Betty Diamond, MD, may have identified a protein as a cause for the...
University of Birmingham launches £2million global research project
(University of Birmingham) The University of Birmingham has secured £2 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to launch a research group aimed...
ASHG honors Daniel MacArthur with inaugural Early-Career Award
Credit: courtesy Broad Institute BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Daniel MacArthur, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Analytic and...
Increased sample size in 2015 survey
Credit: Rob Margetta The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has more than doubled the sample size of its 2015 Survey...
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
Credit: University of Houston An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25 percent of the...
The end of aging? Targeting the underlying mechanisms for enhancing human healthspan
San Francisco, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), http://www.afar.org, the world-renowned non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing healthy aging through biom..
