Scientists show we don’t need horses to treat diphtheria
Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodiesCredit: PETA India London - A project taking the ...
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UTSW researchers uncover new vulnerability in kidney cancer
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Jan. 16, 2020 - A UT Southwestern researcher led a team that identified a new vulnerability ...
Helping patients prep mind and body for surgery pays off, study suggests
'Prehabilitation' for at-risk patients linked to lower length of stay and total costs by encouraging walking, breathing exercises, nutrition, and ...
Older undiagnosed sleep apnea patients need more medical care
Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - Older adults with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea seek more health care, ...
Study gauges efficacy of drugs against pork tapeworm
Credit: Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization official photo (CC BY 4.0) Taenia solium--also called pork tapeworm--is a parasite ...
Low doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
Discovery that radiation creates breaks that allow in foreign DNA must be confirmed in animal studiesCredit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of ...
Improved brain chip for precision medicine
Device chooses right combo of cancer drugs in record timeCredit: University of Houston The Akay Lab biomedical research team at ...
Breakthrough on curbing dengue
Credit: CSIRO Scientists from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, and the University of California San Diego have engineered the first ...
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2020 - Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according ...
January Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights: Sleep, race/ethnicity, artificial intelligence
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association January 2020 Journal DigestCredit: Credit Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, January 16, 2020 ...
The Society for Pediatric Research announces new members
Credit: SPR The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce 130 new members. New members will be recognized ...
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategyCredit: Anderson, Hirpa, Zheng, Banerjee and Gunawardena, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Jan. 2020. ...
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make ...
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German ...
Progress in unraveling the mystery of the genomics of Parkinson’s disease
The International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) reviews the progress made since it was founded ten years ago and looks ...
How decisions unfold in a zebrafish brain
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics Some things we do appear almost automatic, like opening the fridge when feeling hungry ...
Niels Geijsen appointed new co-editor-in-chief of StemJournal
Credit: StemJournal Amsterdam, January 16, 2020 - StemJournal is pleased to announce the expansion of its editorial leadership with the ...
Most youths surviving opioid overdose not getting timely treatment to avoid recurrence
Credit: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A study of more than 4 million Medicaid claims records during a ...
Organs-on-Chips Centre opens in UK for advancements in medical research and drug development
Credit: Emulate, Inc. A new research centre which aims to revolutionise medical research and drug development using microengineered Organs-on-Chips has ...
Scientists discover link between ALS genes
Study holds promise for ALS treatmentsCredit: University of Malta The enzyme Gemin3 was identified as the molecular 'bridge' between genes ...
