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New research combines metals and organic acids as viable alternative to antibiotics

Antibiotics are an effective means of treating bacterial contamination. But extensive use of antibiotic substances in medicine and agriculture has resulted in increasingly antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

23 May 2017

Experimental treatment tempers HLH, MS symptoms in mouse models, study shows

Immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis unleash destructive waves of inflammation on the body, causing death or a lifetime of illness and physical impairment.

23 May 2017

Scientists identify new risk genes providing insights about cause of CAD

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite dozens of regions in the genome associated with CAD, most of the genetic components of heart diseases are not fully understood, suggesting that more genes are out there to be found.

23 May 2017

Study shows new promise in the fight against pancreatic cancer

New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California shows new promise in the fight against one of the most lethal forms of cancer.

23 May 2017

Johns Hopkins researchers find ways to curb common and deadly hospital-acquired infections

For some hospital patients, going on a ventilator is often the difference between life and death. About 800,000 hospital patients undergo mechanical ventilation each year in the United States due to a variety of illnesses or conditions, such as a brain injury, stroke or pneumonia.

23 May 2017

Simple change in eating habits would sharply reduce greenhouse gases, suggest researchers

A team of researchers from four American universities says the key to reducing harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) in the short term is more likely to be found on the dinner plate than at the gas pump.

23 May 2017

RIT researchers develop new high-speed lane of online traffic for emergency information

In a disaster, a delay can mean the difference between life and death. Emergency responders don't have time to wait in traffic -- even on the congested information superhighway.

23 May 2017

Researchers show how DPF2 protein controls blood cell production in leukemia

Many things go wrong in cells during the development of cancer. At the heart of the chaos are often genetic switches that control the production of new cells.

23 May 2017

Researchers identify small RNA molecule that promotes deadly forms of breast cancer

Researchers from Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous breast tissue.

23 May 2017

Exposure to high prenatal stress and air pollution linked to increased risk for childhood asthma

A new study has found that children, especially boys, whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of outdoor particulate air pollution at the same time that they were very stressed were most likely to develop asthma by age six.

22 May 2017

Study finds link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations

Nearly 130 million hectares of forest--an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa--have been lost since 1990, according to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

22 May 2017

Obstructive sleep apnea linked to increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), according to new research presented at the ATS 2017 International Conference.

22 May 2017

Investigational biologic may reduce need for systemic corticosteroids in patients with severe asthma

An investigational biologic may reduce the need for adults with severe asthma to take an oral corticosteroid to control their asthma, according to a randomized controlled trial presented at the ATS 2017 International Conference.

22 May 2017

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may not extend lifespan in heart-healthy older adults, study finds

Statins are increasingly prescribed to geriatric patients to stave off premature death from heart disease despite a lack of evidence that this practice benefits older populations.

22 May 2017

Biomarker may predict death or poor pulmonary outcomes in extremely preterm infants

Tests of cells collected from the umbilical cord blood vessel walls at birth can predict death or poor pulmonary outcomes in extremely preterm infants, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

22 May 2017

Pitt scientists discover genes responsible for severe congenital heart disease

The first known identification of two genes responsible for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a severe congenital heart defect, has been reported by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

22 May 2017

Cancer drug may help treat food allergies

A cancer drug for patients with certain types of leukemia and lymphoma can also prevent reactions to some of the most common airborne allergies, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study. The promising data from this pilot study could have greater implications for adults with food allergies.

22 May 2017

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New research combines metals and organic acids as viable alternative to antibiotics

Experimental treatment tempers HLH, MS symptoms in mouse models, study shows

Scientists identify new risk genes providing insights about cause of CAD

Study shows new promise in the fight against pancreatic cancer

Johns Hopkins researchers find ways to curb common and deadly hospital-acquired infections

Simple change in eating habits would sharply reduce greenhouse gases, suggest researchers

RIT researchers develop new high-speed lane of online traffic for emergency information

Researchers show how DPF2 protein controls blood cell production in leukemia

Researchers identify small RNA molecule that promotes deadly forms of breast cancer

Exposure to high prenatal stress and air pollution linked to increased risk for childhood asthma

Study finds link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations

Obstructive sleep apnea linked to increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation

Investigational biologic may reduce need for systemic corticosteroids in patients with severe asthma

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may not extend lifespan in heart-healthy older adults, study finds

Biomarker may predict death or poor pulmonary outcomes in extremely preterm infants

Pitt scientists discover genes responsible for severe congenital heart disease

Cancer drug may help treat food allergies

Sleep disorders have different symptoms and effects in men and women, study finds

Study uncovers new genes linked to intelligence

Rotavirus vaccination in babies, young children linked to slightly increased risk for intussusception

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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