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pH comes from the term “power of Hydrogen”, or the hydrogen ion concentration present in a given solution. It helps to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center scientist wins Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and tobacco control expert Michael Cummings, Ph.D., is one of two scientists to win the annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease.

3 Sep 2021

New computational approach may predict how individuals are likely to respond to vaccines

In an advance that sheds light on why certain vaccines may influence people differently, a new computational approach developed at the University of Michigan may predict how individual patients are likely to respond.

2 Sep 2021

Setting individual objectives for physical exercise and supporting their pursuit generates positive and long-lasting changes

The cardiovascular implications of physical exercise can be improved by helping individuals design and set out to accomplish key goals.

2 Sep 2021

Growing wheat varieties with biological nitrification inhibition trait could increase yields

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into waterways and air, while maintaining or raising its productivity and grain quality, says a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

2 Sep 2021

Trial tests effectiveness of two prospective stroke therapies over standard of care

Another goal of the study is to screen all participants for a mutation known to prevent clopidogrel, a prodrug, from being fully metabolized into its active form.

2 Sep 2021

Study identifies how immune sensors launch a multi-faceted innate immune response to infections

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists have identified how immune sensors in infected cells organize and launch a multi-faceted innate immune response to infections with live viruses and bacteria. The discovery appears today in Nature.

2 Sep 2021

First-of-its-kind bionic arm restores natural behaviors in patients with upper limb amputations

Cleveland Clinic researchers have engineered a first-of-its-kind bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations that allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation, according to new findings published in Science Robotics.

1 Sep 2021

Unmarried heart disease patients living in rural areas may experience higher rates of hopelessness

Living in a rural setting and being unmarried were each linked to higher rates of hopelessness among people with heart disease, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access journal of the American Heart Association.

1 Sep 2021

Researchers develop new photodynamic therapy for the treatment of deep tumors

Therapies should be highly effective and as free as possible of side effects—a big challenge, particularly in the case of cancer.

1 Sep 2021

Study explores factors that drive older adults to start or sustain physical activity

The importance of physical activity is well recognized by both science and the public. Yet, more than 80 percent of adults in the United States fail to meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans," which recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week. Moreover, 40 percent of Americans over the age of 75 are entirely inactive.

1 Sep 2021

Manualized equine-assisted therapy shows promise for treating veterans with PTSD

As veterans have high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and historically poor treatment outcomes and high attrition, alternative treatments have gained much popularity despite lack of rigorous research.

1 Sep 2021

Reattachment to work in the morning allows leaders to be more successful throughout the day

Getting into the right mindset for work can set the tone for the rest of your day -; and it's an especially beneficial practice for managers, a new Portland State University study found.

1 Sep 2021

New beetle-inspired smart device developed for personalized skin care

Drawing inspiration from nature, a team of international scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle.

31 Aug 2021

Blood test could enable early detection of cancer in people with neurofibromatosis type 1

People with an inherited condition known as neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1, often develop non-cancerous, or benign, tumors that grow along nerves. These tumors can sometimes turn into aggressive cancers, but there hasn't been a good way to determine whether this transformation to cancer has happened.

31 Aug 2021

Investigational vaccine does not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection

An investigational HIV vaccine tested in the "Imbokodo" clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa posed no safety concerns but did not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection, according to a primary analysis of the study data. The Phase 2b proof-of-concept study, which began in November 2017, enrolled 2,637 women ages 18 to 35 years from five countries.

31 Aug 2021

New strategy combining heart failure with depression treatment improves patients' clinical outcomes

A telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients' clinical outcomes, discovered clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh.

31 Aug 2021

New evidence provides strong support for the halt on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure and treatment of COVID-19.

31 Aug 2021

University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science receives $23.5 million NIH award

The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science has received a $23.5 million, four-year award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.

30 Aug 2021

Researchers identify 55 lingering effects of COVID-19

As COVID-19 hospitalizations once again soar in a fourth surge more than 18 months after the pandemic started, some patients continue to experience symptoms long after recovering from COVID, according to a Houston Methodist study recently published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

30 Aug 2021

Daily walnut consumption lowers LDL cholesterol levels and may promote cardiovascular health

Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as "bad cholesterol," and reduced the number of total LDL particles and small LDL particles in healthy, older adults, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

30 Aug 2021

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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center scientist wins Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease

New computational approach may predict how individuals are likely to respond to vaccines

Setting individual objectives for physical exercise and supporting their pursuit generates positive and long-lasting changes

Growing wheat varieties with biological nitrification inhibition trait could increase yields

Trial tests effectiveness of two prospective stroke therapies over standard of care

Study identifies how immune sensors launch a multi-faceted innate immune response to infections

First-of-its-kind bionic arm restores natural behaviors in patients with upper limb amputations

Unmarried heart disease patients living in rural areas may experience higher rates of hopelessness

Researchers develop new photodynamic therapy for the treatment of deep tumors

Study explores factors that drive older adults to start or sustain physical activity

Manualized equine-assisted therapy shows promise for treating veterans with PTSD

Reattachment to work in the morning allows leaders to be more successful throughout the day

New beetle-inspired smart device developed for personalized skin care

Blood test could enable early detection of cancer in people with neurofibromatosis type 1

Investigational vaccine does not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection

New strategy combining heart failure with depression treatment improves patients' clinical outcomes

New evidence provides strong support for the halt on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science receives $23.5 million NIH award

Researchers identify 55 lingering effects of COVID-19

Daily walnut consumption lowers LDL cholesterol levels and may promote cardiovascular health

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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