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June 8, 2018

Credit: Guttman laboratory / Cell Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six ...

Face transplantation — An established option to improve quality of life in patients with severe facial trauma

June 8, 2018

June 8, 2018 - Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the ...

Half of hepatitis C patients with private insurance denied life-saving drugs

PHILADELPHIA - The number of insurance denials for life-saving hepatitis C drugs among patients with both private and public insurers ...

Flu virus is protected by mucus when airborne, regardless of humidity

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2018 - Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs ...

Deadly behavior-modifying weapon identified in insect-world chemical arms race

Credit: University of East Anglia Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the insect world have identified a powerful chemical ...

Are you really into me?

Credit: University of Rochester Communications/Michael Osadciw According to a new study, those who feel greater certainty that a prospective romantic ...

Sustained use of opioids before spine surgery increases risk of continued use after surgery

June 7, 2018 - Patients who take prescription opioids for a longer period before spinal surgery are more likely to ...

Study: Larger sample sizes needed to increase reproducibility in neuroscience studies

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Small sample sizes in studies using functional MRI to investigate brain connectivity and function are common in ...

Colorado study suggests new combination treatment against relapsed head and neck cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The five-year survival rate for locally-advanced head and neck cancer is only 46 percent, ...

Excess zinc in muscles contributes to wasting syndrome in cancer

NEW YORK, NY (June 6, 2018)--It's estimated that nearly one-third of all cancer deaths are caused not by the cancer ...

Flexible solar cells: Will they someday power your devices?

Will you ever be able to charge your mobile device, car and even clothing with flexible solar cells? Researchers at ...

End-to-end blood testing device shows capacity to draw sample and provide diagnostic results

Researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers University have developed an end-to-end blood testing device that integrates robotic phlebotomy ...

Emergency physicians debunk ‘dry drowning’ myths, highlight drowning risk in older swimmers

June 6, 2018 - Parents have been reading--and sharing--alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to "dry ...

Insilico to present advances in AI and blockchain for healthcare at Data Science in Africa Workshop

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for ...

Targeting strategy may open door to better cancer drug delivery

Credit: Zhang lab/vecteezy.com Bioengineers may be able to use the unique mechanical properties of diseased cells, such as metastatic cancer ...

Aircraft microbiome much like that of homes and offices, study finds

Credit: Georgia Tech What does flying in a commercial airliner have in common with working at the office or relaxing ...

A laser that smells like a hound

Credit: Credit: Sarah Scholten University of Adelaide researchers have created a laser that can "smell" different gases within a sample. ...

More breast cancers found with combined digital screening

June 5, 2018

OAK BROOK, Ill. - A combination of digital mammography and tomosynthesis detects 90 percent more breast cancers than digital mammography ...

Neurons ripple while brains rest to lock in memories

June 5, 2018

Credit: Illustration by Etienne Ackermann/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 5, 2018) - Memories resonate in the mind even when it's ...

NASA funds Rutgers scientists’ pursuit of the origins of life