With promising results from emerging therapies, Penn research yields hope for amyloidosis
PHILADELPHIA - Two new treatments are showing promise and overall survival is on the rise for AL amyloidosis, according to a series of studies involving...
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Feathered fathers and mothers have diverse parenting arrangements
Credit: Nature MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Birds of a feather flock together but they schedule parenting duties differently, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Brett...
NASA sees ‘nada’ strength left in Tropical Cyclone Nada
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Cyclone Nada in the Northern Indian Ocean and infrared imagery showed that Nada had...
Global Internet of Things consortium establishes investment vehicle at Tel Aviv University
The global consortium Israel IoT Innovations-i3 Equity Partners (i3) has established an investment vehicle at Tel Aviv University with the initial sum of $20 million...
NYU Tandon’s Elza Erkip garners prestigious engineering award
BROOKLYN, New York - Elza Erkip, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, will be the 2016 recipient...
Artificial intelligence toolkit spots new child sexual abuse media online
Amsterdam, December 1, 2016 - New artificial intelligence software designed to spot new child sexual abuse media online could help police catch child abusers. The...
Four weeks to prepare cancer patients for surgery
Just four weeks of prehabilitation may be enough to help some cancer patients get in shape for surgery. That's according to a recent study of...
NEOMED researchers identify link between brain and bone in Alzheimer’s disease
ROOTSTOWN, OH--Researchers at NEOMED have just identified a major connection between areas of the brainstem - the ancient area that controls mood, sleep and metabolism...
Experts argue it’s time to stop using bite marks in forensics
Researchers are increasingly skeptical about the validity of bite-mark identification as trial evidence. A new paper in Journal of Law and the Biosciences describes the...
IUPUI chemists develop new technique that could speed drug development
Credit: Whitney Walker, School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- Synthesizing useful new compounds is what pharmaceutical discovery and development is a..
New findings boost promise of molybdenum sulfide for hydrogen catalysis
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Duke University and Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) holds more promise than previously thought as...
Tangled threads weave through cosmic oddity
Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble, A. Fabian New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 in greater...
Northern Ohio institutions become laboratories for future energy usage
Credit: Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University, NASA Glenn Research Center and the University of Toledo will serve as "living laboratories" that demonstrate...
Einstein and Penn State researchers awarded $12.2 million to study Alzheimer’s disease
December 1, 2016 -- (BRONX, NY) --The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University a...
Research team discovers a pathogen’s motility triggers immune response
Credit: Rada Lab/by Madison Floyd Until now, a pathogen's ability to move through the body has been overlooked as a possible trigger of immune response,...
