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New CDC report shows 10% increase in U.S. autism rates

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that finds the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among 11 surveillance sites as 1 in 54 among children aged 8 years in 2016 (or 1.85 percent).

26 Mar 2020

Stanford scientists describe potential transmission pathways of COVID-19

Much remains unknown about how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spreads through the environment.

26 Mar 2020

Women physicians drive unfunded studies on pay disparity

Physician gender pay gaps continue to persist in the U.S. despite an impressive body of research spanning more than 25 years.

26 Mar 2020

NUI Galway study provides insights on neural basis of intelligence

An international collaborative study led by researchers from the NUI Galway provides findings on the neural basis of intelligence, otherwise known as general cognitive ability.

26 Mar 2020

Removing a gene prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice by disguising beta cells

Removing a gene from the cells that produce insulin prevents mice from developing Type 1 diabetes by sparing the cells an attack from their own immune system, a new UW-Madison study shows.

26 Mar 2020

Targeting specific histone deacetylase may be novel therapeutic strategy for NSCLC

The survival rates for patients with non-small cell lung cancer have improved greatly over the past decade thanks to several new targeted treatment options for patients.

26 Mar 2020

Mount Sinai researchers reveal innovative mechanisms to predict and prevent Crohn's disease

In a series of four studies published today in Gastroenterology, a journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, Mount Sinai inflammatory bowel disease researchers, describe the identification of predictive tools and a new understanding of environmental factors that trigger IBD.

26 Mar 2020

New studies investigate role of COVID-19 in breast milk and pregnancy

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are launching a pair of studies to answer critical questions regarding the roles COVID-19 may play in breast milk and pregnancy.

26 Mar 2020

A quest to unlock the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2

How the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 made the leap from animals to humans is a puzzle that scientists are trying to solve as humanity comes to grip with the deadly pandemic sweeping the globe.

26 Mar 2020

Study suggests potential therapeutic strategy against diabetes

Maintaining vitamin D receptor levels in pancreatic cells that synthesize and secrete insulin (β cells) could contribute to protecting against the development of diabetes and counteract pancreatic cell damage caused by the progression of the disease.

26 Mar 2020

Experimental heart disease drug may treat chemo-resistant ovarian cancer

Most ovarian cancer starts in fallopian tubes. Then it sloughs from its site of origin and floats around in fluid until finding new sites of attachment. It's not easy for cancer cells to survive away from their moorings.

26 Mar 2020

Highly focused radiation may slow disease progression in men with oligometastatic prostate cancer

Highly focused, intense doses of radiation called stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR) may slow progression of disease in a subset of men with hormone-sensitive prostate cancers that have spread to a few separate sites in the body, according to results of a phase II clinical trial of the therapy.

26 Mar 2020