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East Carolina University associate professor receives patent for treating Restless Legs SyndromeCredit: Cliff Hollis/East Carolina University An East Carolina University ...
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Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Sumiti Vinayak CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the ...
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that stem cells loaded with antibiotics may represent a novel therapy for implant-related bone infectionsCredit: ...
‘Social cells’ related to social behavior identified in the brain
Credit: © 2020 Miura et al. A research team led by Professor TAKUMI Toru of Kobe University's Graduate School of ...
Medical mystery: ‘Creeping fat’ in Crohn’s patients linked to bacteria
Credit: Cedars-Sinai In many patients with Crohn's disease abdominal fat migrates to the wall of the inflamed small intestines. What ...
Scientists map genes controlling immune system ‘brakes’
The findings help point toward drug targets for new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseaseCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN ...
Stand Up To Cancer’s Sharp Tank Award goes to multiple myeloma research
Catherine Marinac was awarded $100,000 from SU2C to study health disparities in multiple myeloma as part of a "Shark Tank"-style ...
High risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19
Systematic review of the worldwide published data on "Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients".Credit: MedUni Vienna/Matern (Vienna, 01 October 2020) ...
Researchers advance COVID-19 antibody knowledge with paper in journal
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 30, 2020) - Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues ...
Timing the life of antimatter particles may lead to better cancer treatment
Japanese team aims to detect oxygen concentration in tumors using upgraded medical imaging scanCredit: Taiga Yamaya, CC-BY Experts in Japan ...
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue ...
Award supports study of collagen regulation in breast cancer health disparities
$3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center researcher focuses on defining changes in collagen structure that are linked to disparities ...
UC Davis engineers lead $36m effort to improve recovery from spinal cord injuries
Credit: Karen Moxon/UC Davis Engineers at the University of California, Davis, will lead a consortium of universities, biomedical startups and ...
Poor cognitive performance predicts impairment in activities of daily living years later
In study of older Latino caregivers, poorer performance in single cognitive testing was associated with impairments in daily activities seven ...
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the worldCredit: Anna Miller/Tufts University ...
Bacteria virus combo may be cause of neonatal brain infections in Uganda
Credit: Schiff Lab, Penn State A newly identified bacteria and a common virus may be the underlying cause of infection-induced ...
Pan-microbial study implicates a potential culprit in a pediatric brain disorder in Uganda
Credit: J.N. Paulson et al., Science Translational Medicine (2020) Researchers have identified a new species of bacteria that may contribute ...
Urgent need for blood-based biomarkers to diagnosis concussion
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 30, 2020--There is an urgent need for objective markers for ...
NIH awards $35.5 million to use bioengineered organ models to improve clinical trials
Clinical trials on a chip researchers plan to build and test common and rare disease models to help improve the ...
2020 $100k Jean Mayer Prize from Tufts Nutrition awarded for tackling COVID-19 food crisis
Recipients honored for response and commitment to COVID-19 crisis to improving food access, nutrition, communities and cultureCredit: Tufts University BOSTON ...
