WSU looks for practices to thwart antimicrobial resistance
Credit: Washington State University The death last year of a woman in Reno, Nev., from an infection resistant to every type of antibiotic available in...
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Penn gastroenterologists receive funding to continue research…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – A research group in the division of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has...
TSRI scientists stabilize HIV structure, design potential AIDS vaccine candidates
LA JOLLA, CA – June 28, 2016 – Want to catch a criminal? Show a mugshot on the news. Want to stop HIV infections? Get...
Nation’s largest state effort to track concussions in youth athletes under way in Texas
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – December 12, 2016 – The nation's largest statewide effort to track concussions among youth athletes is under way in Texas...
New TSRI study: Flipping molecular ‘switch’ may reduce…
IMAGE: Loren 'Larry' Parsons, senior author of the new study, is a professor at The Scripps Research Institute. Credit: Photo courtesy of The Scripps Research...
Quest to prevent Macular degeneration continues with UA researcher’s $1.7m NIH grant
Credit: Kris Hanning, UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. – After showing that individuals who take levodopa, or l-dopa, for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease are...
Bad cold? If you’re lonely, it may feel worse
Credit: Illustration by Valentina Gonzalez/Rice University HOUSTON – (March 30, 2017) – Suffering through a cold is annoying enough, but if you're lonely, you're likely...
Changes in metabolites can regulate earliest stages of development
Changes in cellular metabolites have been shown to regulate embryonic stem cell development at the earliest stages of life. Metabolites are simple compounds generated during...
Encouraging clinical results for an antibody drug to prevent or treat HIV
Credit: The Rockefeller University A new biologic agent–the most potent of its kind so far–is showing early promise as part of a potential new strategy...
Nanoparticles loaded with mRNA give disease-fighting properties to…
Biodegradable nanoparticles (orange) carry short-lived gene therapy to specific cells (light teal), giving them disease-fighting properties. Kimberly Carney / Fred Hutch News Service A new...
A ‘release and kill’ strategy may aid treatment of tuberculosis
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been called "the perfect pathogen." These bacteria hijack human macrophages, persist inside the cells to evade immune...
Women may be more vulnerable to concussions because of…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Women have smaller, more breakable nerve fibers in the brain compared to men that may make them more susceptible to...
Novel approach in primary care setting may help identify patients with…
Credit: ATS With five simple questions and an inexpensive peak expiratory flow (PEF) meter, primary care clinicians may be able to diagnose many more patients...
New York Blood Center joins Blood Centers of America
Credit: Blood Centers of America West Warwick, RI, July 20, 2017 – Blood Centers of America (BCA) announced today that New York Blood Center (NYBC)...
Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental…
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil and Senegal, have described the first "direct experimental proof" that the...
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