PAINS-killer: UNC study finds serious issues with popular drug screening tool
A widely used screening tool deployed in the early phases of drug discovery to weed out undesirable compounds is wrong so often it can't be...
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Researchers at UIC identify master molecule behind corneal inflammation
One of the symptoms of herpes simplex virus-1 infection of the eye is lingering inflammation of the cornea - the clear outer layer of the...
Imaging reveals how well PTSD patients will respond to psychotherapy, researchers find
A pair of studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine demonstrates that scientists can predict, with a high degree of accuracy,...
Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching in 2018
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of Systems Medicine: Journal of Medical...
Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer
Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women who carry these mutations consider...
Squeezing innovation out of the NASA Twins study: Pipetting and cell isolation in space
Credit: NASA Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on twin astronauts as part of...
Artificial intelligence to uncover human biases
Credit: Insilico Medicine Since 2015 artificially-intelligent systems surpassed human accuracy in many tasks including image recognition, voice recognition, autonomous driving and strategy games s..
Neural stem cells steered by electric fields in rat brain
Credit: Junfeng Feng Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain towards a specific location. The research, published July...
How dragon blood could save your life (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 11, 2017 -- Chemists have found potential drugs and other really useful compounds in some truly bizarre places...
In rats that can’t control glutamate, cocaine is less rewarding, staving off relapse
Credit: Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick Rats missing a neuroreceptor that controls the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate are less amenable to the rewarding effects...
Eye microbiome trains immune cells to fend off pathogens
Credit: Rachel Caspi and Anthony St. Leger Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on the eye are essential for...
Antibiotics taken late in pregnancy can increase risk for IBD in offspring
A study by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine shows that when mice that are genetically susceptible to developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were...
Key immunological mechanism for regulating intestinal flora discovered
Credit: Jose Cano Researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have shown for the first time that immunoglobulin M, secreted by the...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and treatment
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test a promising drug treatment against...
Prosthetic knee type may determine cost of care for amputees
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults...
