Tag: Medicine/Health

The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...

Scientists may have a way to let preemies breath easier

Study finds biological process that helps underdeveloped lungs fight infectionsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - The continuing epidemic of pre-term births ...

New technique tracks individual protein movement on live cells

New microscopy method allows researchers to follow individual molecules over long periods of time as they move along and inside ...

Kidney patients benefit using organs from Hepatitis C-infected donors

Credit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative Services A new medical approach recommended by University of Cincinnati physician-researchers may reduce organ wait times, ...

Cancer immunotherapy target helps fight solid tumors

Solid tumors are notoriously hard to treat with immunotherapy, but new research provides a target for disarming these cancers and ...

Low folate levels can indicate malnutrition in hospital patients

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University About 10% of patients who come to complex care hospitals may have low ...

Technique can label many specific DNAs, RNAs, or proteins in a single tissue sample

Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute developed a method to multiplex imaging of specific and rare molecules in samples, which offers ...

New high-throughput method to study gene splicing at an unprecedented scale

A new technique to follow the splicing of thousands of genes shows that it may occur far more often than ...

Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch

Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider's sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movementCredit: Rongrong ...

What induces sleep? For fruit flies it’s stress at the cellular level

Researchers reveal that fruit fly sleep is induced by cellular oxidative stress, which may explain why chronic lack of sleep ...

A new way to monitor cancer radiation therapy doses

A new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring can be used on skin and is relatively inexpensiveCredit: Image credit Subhadeep ...

Scientists discover that human cell function removes extracellular amyloid protein

Credit: Eisuke Itakura The accumulation of aberrant proteins in the body will cause various neurodegenerative diseases. Amyloid β, one of ...

Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report

Credit: Alzheimer Europe Brussels, 18 February 2020 - Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP ...

IVF-conceived children have somewhat higher mortality risk in their first weeks of life

Credit: Anders Norderman Children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques including in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a somewhat higher mortality risk ...

Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia

University of South Florida study suggests a new approach to inhibit the buildup of brain damaging tau tangles associated with ...

Researchers challenge new guidelines on aspirin in primary prevention

Credit: Florida Atlantic University The most recent guidelines for primary prevention recommend aspirin use for individuals ages 40 to 70 ...

Cutting off kidney cancer at its roots

Credit: Birchmeier Lab, MDC Scientists at the MDC have discovered stem cells responsible for the most common form of kidney ...

Parents from lower-income families less likely to say child’s water supply is safe

Nearly a quarter of parents in national poll aren't confident in the safety of their home tap water; income disparities ...

The paradox of dormancy: Why sleep when you can eat?

February 15, 2020

Credit: Image by Dieter Ebert, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Why do predators ...

CDI laboratory explores pathway to open up blood cancer treatments