Human trials begin for Army-developed Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine
Credit: This video was funded through a contract by the Departments of the United States Army and Defense. SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Walter Reed...
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Punching cancer with RNA knuckles
Credit: Georgia Tech / Micah Eavenson / Adam Karcz In the fight against cancer, doctors dish out combination-blows of surgery, chemotherapy and other drugs to...
Do second opinions matter in prostate cancer care?
A new analysis indicates that many men with prostate cancer obtain second opinions from urologists before starting treatment, but surprisingly, second opinions are not associated...
Dirty laundry may cause environmental contamination
A new paper published in FEMS Microbiology Letters, resulting from an investigation of a laundry facility that services several Seattle-area hospitals, suggests that soiled clinical...
Pancreatic cancer set to become third biggest cancer killer in EU next year
Credit: United European Gastroenterology (Vienna, 7 November 2016) The number of deaths from pancreatic cancer will overtake breast cancer mortality rates in the EU in...
Poor nutrition during pregnancy can cause early aging of baby’s heart
Credit: Dr. Peter Nathanielsz and Dr. Geoffrey Clarke New research has shown that the child of a slightly undernourished mother is more likely to suffer...
Record hot year may be the new normal by 2025
The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be just another average year by 2025 if carbon emissions continue to rise at their current...
Maternal B12 deficiency may increase child’s risk of type 2 diabetes
Credit: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick B12 deficiency during pregnancy may predispose children to metabolic problems such as type-2 diabetes, according to research presented...
People with low oxytocin levels suffer reduced empathy
People suffering medical conditions causing low levels of oxytocin perform worse on empathy tasks, according to new research presented today at the Society for Endocrinology...
IOF Young Investigator Awards presented at Singapore meeting
Today, at a session held during the IOF Regionals 6th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Singapore, five researchers from Australia, Hong Kong, India and Japan were...
Experts focus on urgent need for Fracture Liaison Services in the Asia-Pacific
Singapore - November 5, 2016 A proven method of identifying and managing patients at high risk of fracture is the implementation of coordinator-based Fracture Liaison...
SUNY Geneseo composer embarks on music project in Antarctica
Credit: Keith Walters GENESEO, N.Y. -- A SUNY Geneseo faculty member is in Antarctica with a team of climate scientists this month where he is...
Insight into the seat of human consciousness
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON - Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness. Now, a team of researchers led by neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
ORNL wins 7 R&D 100 Awards
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2016--Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received seven R&D 100 Awards in recognition...
NJIT engineers win Edison Patent Award for technology that masks the taste of bitter drugs
Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, and two of his former graduate students, Maxx Capece and Daniel To, received a Thomas...