Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: adapting plant labs for human testing
Credit: Pierre-Luc Pradier. Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling ...
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Retesting for COVID-19: UPMC shares its experience
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2020 - In the first large, multicenter analysis of its kind, the 40-hospital UPMC health ...
First patients in NIH ACTIV-3 clinical trial enroll in Dallas
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute becomes first site in the world to conduct new trial testing experimental monoclonal antibodies ...
Save black lives
A call for racially-responsive strageties and resources for the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: CJR WASHINGTON - The Center ...
National Cancer Institute designates Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center as ‘exceptional’
ACC maintains distinction, the highest awarded by NCI, following rigorous review processCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The National Cancer Institute ...
UArizona Health Sciences researcher seeks safer, more effective leukemia treatment
Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis, of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, is studying a new chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related ...
Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices
Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive ...
UC Riverside and NEI partner to deliver continuing medical education
Content developed by School of Medicine for physicians and other health care professionals includes grand rounds and a journal club ...
New survey finds large racial divide in concern over ability to pay for COVID-19 treatment
Significant increase in medication insecurity also seen among people of colorCredit: Gallup-West Health U.S. Healthcare Study WASHINGTON, D.C. and SAN ...
UArizona Health Sciences researchers narrow in on novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
A $3.8-million federal grant to the University of Arizona's Dr. Chris Hulme will allow a UArizona College of Pharmacy-led team ...
Quitline plus surgery are big motivators for giving up smoking
Surgery clinics provide unique opportunities for encouraging healthy changesCredit: UC Regents / UC Davis Health Smokers who have thoracic surgery ...
How will the population accept COVID-19 tracing apps?
Research team led by the University of Göttingen analyses design and communication strategies for mass acceptanceCredit: Markus Winkler Coronavirus tracing ...
UArizona aims to provide rapid tests for those exposed to biothreats, such as COVID-19
Backed by a US Department of Defense contract for up to $9.5 million, the University of Arizona College of Medicine ...
Supportive communities and progressive politics can reduce suicide risk among LGBTQ girls
Credit: UBC Many LGBTQ youth continue to experience stigma and discrimination despite Canada's progress in protecting human rights. New research ...
Same-day IUD placements hard to come by in Ohio, study finds
Researchers: Obstacle to reproductive care could lead to unintended pregnanciesCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Though same-day access ...
Viral hepatitis: Europe needs to close the testing gap
World Hepatitis Day: is Europe on track for the on the way towards the Sustainable Development Goal for healthCredit: ECDC ...
Online tools can improve autism diagnosis
Credit: Swansea University Online tools and assessments can help speed up diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the first comprehensive ...
Huntsman Cancer Institute renewal of designation from the National Cancer Institute
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the designation of Huntsman Cancer ...
Male sexual worries: What has changed in the post-Viagra age?
Credit: This diagram appears with the permission of the authors and the International Journal of Impotence Research. The EAU thanks ...
COVID-19: Unearthing the ties that bind
New book provides deep dive into the vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemicCredit: University of Ottawa Is the global response to ...