Salk scientists awarded $14.3 million to map circuitry for movement
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA, CA--(October 18, 2019) A team of Salk scientists led by Professor Martyn Goulding has been ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Why the flu is more deadly in those with diabetes
Researchers outlined immune dysfunction in mice that leads to more severe respiratory infections in those with diabetesCredit: University of Maryland ...
Creatine powers T cells’ fight against cancer
Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and ...
Development and analytical validation of a next-generation sequencing based microsatellite instabili
The assay has a clinically relevant 5-day turnaround time and can be conducted on as little as 20 ng genomic ...
NIH funds new All of Us Research Program genome center to test advanced sequencing tools
HudsonAlpha awarded $7 million to expand national health dataset with uncharted genetic variantsCredit: Photo courtesy of the HudsonAlpha Institute for ...
Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2019 goes to Serena Nik-Zainal
Bioinformatician receives Swiss 'nobel prize for cancer research'Credit: Courtesy of Serena Nik-Zainal. Today, the Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Foundation, which ...
Potato as effective as carbohydrate gels for boosting athletic performance, study finds
Credit: Graphic by Michael B. Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as ...
Dr. Denis Mukwege honorary doctor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Credit: Photo: Johan Wingborg, University of Gothenburg Dr. Denis Mukwege, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has received a prestigious ...
Candidate Ebola vaccine still effective when highly diluted, macaque study finds
Scientists hope findings mean vaccine supplies could stretch fartherCredit: NIAID WHAT: A single dose of a highly diluted VSV-Ebola virus ...
Genes linked to sex ratio and male fertility in mice
Michigan Medicine researchers find genes that help maintain the 50-50 balance between male and female offspringCredit: Leila Mullison, University of ...
New polysomnography electrode set enables easy at-home assessment of sleep bruxism
Credit: Tomi Miettinen An easy-to-use electrode set can assess sleep bruxism severity as well as a conventional polysomnography, a new ...
A compound effective to chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells identified
Credit: Hokkaido University A compound effective in killing chemotherapy-resistant glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs) has been identified, raising hopes of producing drugs ...
‘Flamenco dancing’ molecule could lead to better-protecting sunscreen
Credit: created by Dr Michael Horbury Molecule that protects plants from overexposure to light repurposed as a UV filter for ...
Researchers quantify limitations of health reports from direct-to-consumer genetic tests
Findings reported at ASHG 2019 Annual MeetingCredit: courtesy of Invitae HOUSTON, Texas - Health reports from direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests ...
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