Virginia Tech researchers lead breakthrough in quantum computing
Credit: Virginia Tech The large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
National Academy of Medicine and FDA announce the 2019 Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellows
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) along with the US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) have ...
Diet of traditional Native foods revealed in hair samples
Credit: Photo courtesy of the UA Museum of the North University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have linked specific chemical signatures ...
Researchers develop new technology for multiple sclerosis diagnosis and treatment
Patent-pending tool creates 3D images of brain lesionsCredit: Center for BrainHealth DALLAS (July 19, 2019) - Researchers at the Center ...
Alaska researchers will apply hibernation insights to human health
Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris A new five-year, $11.8 million National Institutes of Health grant will help University of ...
US emergency medical services underrepresented of women and minorities
More must be done to tackle issue, with less than a quarter of newly certified paramedics being female Women and ...
San Francisco VA researcher to receive prestigious Barnwell Award
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Michael Shlipak will receive the Department of Veterans Affairs' Barnwell Award at an award ceremony at ...
Airborne particles can send our detox systems into overdrive
An international team of scientists have observed a previously unclear inflammatory mechanism caused by airborne particles that can worsen asthma ...
Sclerosing agent delivery improvements to protect against malignant pleural effusion
Kazan Federal University and Fox Chase Cancer Center have unveiled promising research results in BMC Cancer.Credit: Kazan Federal University Preclinical ...
Signals from skin cells control fat cell specialization
Credit: Kobe University When cells change to a more specialized type, we call this process cellular differentiation. Scientists have revealed ...
Exposure to common chemicals in plastics linked to childhood obesity
Study finds replacement chemicals for BPA aren't safe for consumers WASHINGTON--Exposure to common chemicals in plastics and canned foods may ...
Antibiotics can inhibit skin lymphoma
New research from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhagen shows, surprisingly, that antibiotics inhibit ...
Study in mice advances combination immune therapy for ovarian cancer
Two FDA-approved drugs significantly extend survival time in mouse model of deadly gynecologic disease Delivering two federally approved immunity-altering drugs ...
Children with medical emergencies during airline flights have limited aid
On-board first-aid kits lack pediatric treatments for the most common maladies DURHAM, N.C. -- Children afflicted with medical emergencies during ...
Gravity changes mass of muscles and bones, which was experimentally observed in space
Credit: Masaki Inada An international collaboration led by scientists mainly at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, ...
Study reveals top tools for pinpointing genetic drivers of disease
A new benchmarking study has determined the best analysis tools for identifying errors in a patient's DNA that are responsible ...
Interventions for type 2 diabetes successful across the genetic landscape
BOSTON - As the number of people with type 2 diabetes soared to 8.8 percent of the population by 2017, ...
Device could automatically deliver drug to reverse opioid overdose
Credit: Purdue University video/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Opioid users tend to be alone and incapacitated during an overdose. ...
Bacteria-killing gel heals itself while healing you
McMaster researchers aggregate trillions of phages into new formCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON July 25, 2019 - McMaster ...
MERS-CoV vaccine is safe and induces strong immunity in Army-led first-in-human trial
SILVER SPRING, MD - A Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) vaccine candidate was shown to be safe, well-tolerated, ...
