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Researchers identify new mechanism to resist fungal infection in cells

Indiana University researchers have identified a mechanism involving the body's ability to resist fungal infection. The work could help advance research on cancer therapies that use the body's own immune system to fight disease.

18 Nov 2019

UMass Amherst professor wins 2019 Nils Foss Excellence Prize for pioneering work in food design

University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Professor David Julian McClements was honored Monday in Hillerød, Denmark, with the 2019 Nils Foss Excellence Prize for his pioneering work in food design and nanotechnology.

18 Nov 2019

Healthful dietary patterns may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss.

18 Nov 2019

Recycled wastewater evokes disgust reactions

If people are educated on recycled water, they may come to agree it's perfectly safe and tastes as good -- or better -- than their drinking water.

18 Nov 2019

No symptoms? No thyroid testing!

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has published new recommendations that rule out the need to do a thyroid screening test “just because” if the patient doesn’t have symptoms of thyroid abnormality, is an adult, isn’t pregnant, and has no risk factors for thyroid disease. This should put to rest any doubts that thyroid screening is a part of a routine check-up.

18 Nov 2019

Legislation and rising incidence of vaccine preventable diseases – the connection explored

There have been repeated reports of outbreaks of “vaccine-preventable disease” or VPDs across United States over the past few years. A new research letter was published this week in the JAMA Pediatrics. It was titled, “Association of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Incidence With Proposed State Vaccine Exemption Legislation.”

18 Nov 2019

Sterilizing mosquitoes may be the answer to curb Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, WHO reports

A new technique that sterilizes male mosquito through radiation shows promise in fighting mosquito-borne illnesses, including Zika, dengue and chikungunya. Soon, health experts plan to test the technique as part of global health efforts to control these diseases.

18 Nov 2019

TARA's organ-on-a-chip technology can directly measure in vivo cardiac performance, study shows

TARA Biosystems, Inc. today reported in vivo and in vitro functional data from a study of investigational candidate, MYK-491, showing that TARA's human iPSC-derived organ-on-a-chip technology can directly measure in vivo cardiac performance.

18 Nov 2019

U.S. Army project may lead to new class of self-healing materials and therapeutics for soldiers

Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic polymers that may create new high-performance materials and therapeutics for Soldiers.

18 Nov 2019

Research shows substantial health benefit of shifting to clean energy sources in Africa

With economies and populations surging, an industrial revolution is inevitable on the African continent. The question is, what's going to power it?

18 Nov 2019

Antibiotics face an existential crisis

Antibiotics are facing an existential crisis less than a century after their introduction. The bacteria-fighting drugs are becoming less effective as a result of their overuse in both humans and animals.

18 Nov 2019

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among homeless adults, with mortality rates that are substantially higher than the general population.

18 Nov 2019

Radiology-led awareness initiatives help decrease medical radiation dose that Americans receive

The Image Gently and Image Wisely awareness campaigns, radiology and industry collaboration to advance low-dose technologies, growing use of the ACR Dose Index Registry, and mandatory accreditation of imaging facilities under Medicare are among the primary factors that produced a 15-20 percent reduction in medical radiation dose that Americans receive.

18 Nov 2019

Neural architecture search automates the development of deep learning-based models for cancer research

Argonne researchers have created a neural architecture search that automates the development of deep-learning-based predictive models for cancer data.

18 Nov 2019

Potential new therapy for progeria

Aging is a complex and natural process that affects all living organisms. As people age, normal biological processes are affecting, resulting in a decline in various organs and age-related conditions. Though aging is normal, some children affected by a disease called Progeria may age way faster than others.

18 Nov 2019

Research looks at the influence of online platforms on rising illegal drug epidemic

New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science looks at the influence online platforms have on the rising illegal drug epidemic. This study shows drug abuse treatment admissions and overdose deaths have increased since the founding of Craigslist.

18 Nov 2019

Study examines sexual harassment among physicians and other faculty at academic medical center

A new study has shown that the majority of women (82.5%) and men (65.1%) working at an academic medical center reported at least one incident of sexual harassment by staff, students, and faculty during the previous year.

18 Nov 2019

Cancer drug shows promise in treating metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a group of health problems characterized by the presence of elevated blood pressure, increased levels of triglycerides, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and obesity. If it’s left untreated, it can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Usually, treating metabolic syndrome involves targeting individual risk factors and modifying lifestyle practices.

18 Nov 2019

Biogerontology Research Foundation launches Longevity AI Consortium at King's College London

The Biogerontology Research Foundation announces the official launch of the Longevity AI Consortium, which has been established at King's College London with the strategic and financial support of the Biogerontology Research Foundation.

18 Nov 2019

Medicare buy-in could offer more affordable health care coverage to older adults

Opening Medicare to Americans aged 50 to 64 would lower health care premiums for the group, but also drive up costs for younger people who buy health insurance on exchanges created under the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

18 Nov 2019

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Researchers identify new mechanism to resist fungal infection in cells

UMass Amherst professor wins 2019 Nils Foss Excellence Prize for pioneering work in food design

Healthful dietary patterns may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss

Recycled wastewater evokes disgust reactions

No symptoms? No thyroid testing!

Legislation and rising incidence of vaccine preventable diseases – the connection explored

Sterilizing mosquitoes may be the answer to curb Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, WHO reports

TARA's organ-on-a-chip technology can directly measure in vivo cardiac performance, study shows

U.S. Army project may lead to new class of self-healing materials and therapeutics for soldiers

Research shows substantial health benefit of shifting to clean energy sources in Africa

Antibiotics face an existential crisis

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

Radiology-led awareness initiatives help decrease medical radiation dose that Americans receive

Neural architecture search automates the development of deep learning-based models for cancer research

Potential new therapy for progeria

Research looks at the influence of online platforms on rising illegal drug epidemic

Study examines sexual harassment among physicians and other faculty at academic medical center

Cancer drug shows promise in treating metabolic syndrome

Biogerontology Research Foundation launches Longevity AI Consortium at King's College London

Medicare buy-in could offer more affordable health care coverage to older adults

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