New book on Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance from CSHLPress
One of the greatest medical accomplishments of the past century was the introduction of antibiotics into the clinic. However, the use of these lifesaving drugs...
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Newly identified rare Alzheimer’s disease gene mutation more common in Icelandic people
Credit: Shinya Yamamoto, Baylor College of Medicine People with Icelandic heritage are more likely to carry a novel rare mutation in the TM2D3 gene, which...
No sex without a kiss! Researchers discover how the brain controls sex
Credit: privat A research team led by Professor Julie Bakker at Liège University (Belgium) and Professor Ulrich Boehm at Saarland University (Germany) has made a...
Max Planck Florida study reveals cortical circuits that encode black…
While some things may be 'as simple as black and white,' this has not been the case for the circuits in the brain that make...
UofL, Harvard, USF provide model for medical schools to teach signs of human trafficking
Credit: University of Louisville As many as 88 percent of human trafficking victims in the United States interact with a health care professional while they...
Circulating tumor cells associated with relapse in late-stage melanoma…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study revealing a connection between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and relapse in stage IV melanoma patients points to liquid...
Blood flow altered in brains of preterm newborns vs. full-term infants
Credit: Credit: M. Bouyssi-Kobar, et al., The Journal of Pediatrics. WASHINGTON – (Dec. 4, 2017) – Cerebral blood flow (CBF) of key regions of newborns'...
Data analysis finds lower risk of infection with LASIK than with contacts over time
Credit: University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tenn. – Which causes fewer eye infections – contact lens wear or LASIK surgery? While traditionally contacts...
Researchers use video gamelike test to study learning and recovery in…
Credit: Johns Hopkins Media A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The...
High risk of falling — an early sign of Parkinson’s
IMAGE: Helena Nyström is a doctoral student at Umeå University, and co-author of an article on fall-related injuries published in PLOS Medicine. Credit: Umeå University...
Beyond bullying: Study shows damaging affects of multiple forms of victimization on school climate
Credit: Jeff Clarke School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging...
UNIST student receives AMOREPACIFIC Great Global Next Generation…
Credit: Han Bin Jeong (UNIST) Han Bin Jeong, a doctoral student in the School of Life Sciences at UNIST, has been selected to receive the...
TSRI-invented compound ozanimod shows positive results in late-stage…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute February 21, 2017 – Results from a new Phase 3 study conducted by the Celgene Corporation demonstrate that ozanimod, a...
Southwestern Health Resources Names Senior Executive Officers
Top regional health care leaders tapped to lead key elements of the integrated network formed by UT Southwestern and Texas Health Newswise — DALLAS —...
BigH1 — The key histone for male fertility
Credit: Albert Carbonell, IRB Barcelona. Barcelona, Wednesday 13 December, 2017. – Researchers in the Chromatin Structure and Function Lab at the Institute for Research in...