Tag: Medicine/Health

Hospitals, doctor groups begin responding to parents' call for improved supportCredit: Cincinnati Children's Be it autism, sickle cell or other ...

Earlier falls predict subsequent fractures in postmenopausal women

Credit: Heikki Kröger The risk of fracture in postmenopausal women can be predicted by history of falls, according to new ...

Bandage material helps stop bleeding without adhering to the wound

Credit: Li Z et al. Nature Communications 2019 "We did not actually plan this, but that is just how science ...

Nuclear radiologists ‘outsmart’ prostate cancer with an apparently ineffective drug

Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr When a non-scientist tries to imagine a scientist, the image that often arises is one of ...

Peering into the genome of brain tumor

Osaka University-led research introduces a machine-learning algorithm for predicting genetic mutations of malignant brain tumor types based only on MRI, ...

IVI to lead critical standard reagents availability for oral cholera vaccine manufacturing

This will ensure uniform efficacy and help meet global demandCredit: International Vaccine Institute January 9, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea ...

Surgery may add months or years of survival for adults with rare and deadly brain cancers

Findings from medical records study could help doctors and patients make more informed treatment decisionsCredit: Alicia Ortega, MS For adult ...

Smoking HIV out of dormancy

A newly discovered mechanism allows the immune system to detect and respond to HIVCredit: CEMIR, the Centre of Molecular Inflammation ...

Getting to the heart of heart beats: Cardiac thin filament structure and function revealed

Researchers use CryoEM to visualize the most detailed images of cardiac muscle thin filaments to date, revealing for the first ...

How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new drug blueprints

Credit: Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that two very different species of bacteria ...

Team’s fabricated corneal tissue allows closer look at how eyes heal

NIH grant helps researchers develop new ways to study eye's repair mechanismsCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Cells called ...

Gene network helps to turn white fat into beneficial calorie-burning fat

A new approach to treating overweight and obesityCredit: M. Jooss /TUM Our fat cells, technically referred to as adipocytes, play ...

The nation’s leading prostate cancer nonprofit responds to 2020 Cancer Facts and Figures

2020 prostate cancer death tolls to be highest in two decadesCredit: ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer/Mariano LIm WASHINGTON, ...

Abnormal neuron activity manifests as parental neglect

Credit: Shea lab/CSHL, 2020 The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life. Its circuits readily rewire as ...

Brazilian scientists unveil chemotherapy resistance mechanism related to p53 mutation

Study conducted in living cells opens up new opportunities for the development of more effective therapies against different types of ...

FSU study aids fight against HIV, hepatitis B

Credit: Colin Hackley/Florida State University College of Medicine TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine ...

University of Colorado Cancer Center named Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The most important factor predicting the survival of pancreatic cancer patients is whether the ...

Persistence of gut microbial strains in twins, living apart after cohabitating for decades

A genomics tool can determine whether twins maintained identical gut strains, even after living apart for years.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Neurons’ energy organelle protected from damage linked to ALS, Alzheimer’s

Potential medications to protect mitochondria found with novel screening strategyCredit: Ronald Davis Lab at Scripps Research JUPITER, FL -- Jan. ...

UNH researchers solve protein structure associated with inherited retinal diseases