Machine learning can help us understand conversations about death
Credit: Andy Duback Some of the most important, and difficult, conversations in healthcare are the ones that happen amid serious ...
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Deeper understanding of irregular heartbeat may lead to more effective treatment
Credit: Madalena Sas Researchers at Imperial have shown how the chaotic electrical signals underlying irregular heart rhythms lead to the ...
Exercise yields some cardiovascular benefits in children with excess weight
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds ...
Use of venetoclax in transplant conditioning regimen shows promise in myeloid cancers
Trial is important step toward determining if this drug add-on can reduce risk of relapse in these patientsCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer ...
E1912 follow-up shows ibrutinib effective, well tolerated by majority of CLL patients
Follow-up data from Phase 3 E1912 study shows previously untreated patients (aged 70 or younger) with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who ...
Emerging role of adenosine in brain disorders and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 6, 2019 -The role of adenosine in neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration ...
The next step in organ transplants: New startup takes aim at reperfusion injury
Charleston, SC-based Lydex Pharmaceuticals has received a small business technology transfer grant from the NIH to investigate and develop compounds ...
Clinical trial explores new therapeutic for type 1 diabetes
First NIH-funded clinical trial in the US using umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of patients with ...
Team finds link between vitamin A and brain response in Monarch butterflies
The findings pave the way for understanding the mechanisms by which vitamin A operates in the brain to translate day ...
Why people buy, trade, donate medications on the black market
'Seeing others suffer is too stressful'Credit: Charlie Ehlert, University of Utah Health Altruism and a lack of access and affordability ...
Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry ...
Scientists use crabs to validate popular method to identify unknown human brain neurons
Study by MU scientist and team could contribute to future breakthroughs in understanding the brain and neurological diseasesCredit: University of ...
What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 -- Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do ...
Animated videos advance adoption of agriculture techniques
Credit: Michigan State University In remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural ...
Study shows first signs of cross-talk between RNA surveillance and silencing systems
Credit: DGIST A recent study by a team of scientists in Korea reveals new findings about how various systems involved ...
Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic
A genetically programmed living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing and could be developed as a probiotic therapy for patients ...
Genetic typing of a bacterium with biotechnological potential
Credit: Kanazawa University Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium occuring in soil, aquatic environments and plants. Although the virulence of Pseudomonas ...
First investigational drug therapy for liver disease NASH awaiting FDA approval
Global clinical trial designed in collaboration with VCU successfully tested a drug therapy to treat NASH, a chronic liver disease ...
Weight for it: Time-restricted eating benefits those at risk for diabetes, heart disease
Pilot study finds limiting food consumption to a 10-hour window each day translated into lost pounds, lower blood pressure and ...
Janus bases among The Scientist’s Top Innovations of 2019
Invented at Carnegie Mellon, the bivalent nucleic acid recognition platform is being used to develop treatments for rare genetic diseasesCredit: ...
