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Study reveals how ASV and HIV-1 share similar structural features that drive membrane targeting, assembly

A key step in retroviral growth inside a cell, as described by Jamil Saad, Ph.D., and colleagues, is portrayed on the cover of The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

18 Dec 2018

UC San Diego Health offers new DRG stimulation device for phantom limb pain

In May 2000, Raul Silva was involved in a motorcycle accident in Baja California, Mexico, badly breaking his left femur, or thighbone. He underwent emergency surgery in Mexicali and, at first, everything seemed fine. Then an infection set in, worsened, and Silva eventually made his way to San Diego, where his left leg was amputated.

18 Dec 2018

Osteoporosis is not only a women's disease

Osteoporosis, a bone disease that can result in painful fractures - typically in the back, hip or wrist - is often thought of as a woman's disease. But men get it too, just usually later in life than women.

18 Dec 2018

Mindfulness training could be excellent strategy to prevent and manage obesity

Mindfulness training may improve the effectiveness of intensive weight management programs, suggesting that it could be an excellent strategy for healthcare providers in preventing and managing obesity.

18 Dec 2018

Key device patent issued to pioneer of wearable sweat sensor

Eccrine Systems, Inc., an advanced sweat sensor company, today announced that a key patent, US10136831, has been issued to Dr. Jason Heikenfeld, Co-Founder & CSO, and prominent University of Cincinnati researcher.

18 Dec 2018

Black men diagnosed with low-grade prostate cancer have higher risk of death, study shows

Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer classified as low risk may actually have a more-aggressive form of the disease that is more likely to be fatal than in nonblack men placed in the same prognostic category, a new study suggests.

18 Dec 2018

New drug could significantly slow progression of ALS, shows research

A new drug could significantly slow the progression of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. Current treatments slow progression of the degenerative disease by only a few months, and these findings could revolutionize the treatment of patients suffering from ALS, extending and improving quality of life.

18 Dec 2018

Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. linked with occasional use

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. appears more closely linked with their occasional use by many people than by their repeated use among smaller numbers of people, according to a large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

18 Dec 2018

FSU researchers discover how breast cancer evades immune system detection

Recent breakthroughs in immunotherapy are making a huge difference in treating some forms of cancer, especially metastatic cancer. But breast cancer has proven a tricky foe for this new therapy, and an interdisciplinary team of FSU researchers is now a little bit closer to figuring out why.

18 Dec 2018

Young children in low-income, rural areas at higher risk for second- and third-hand smoke exposure

Infants and toddlers in low-income, rural areas may be at higher risk for second- and third-hand smoke than previously reported, according to new Penn State-led research.

18 Dec 2018

Weight change in middle-aged, elderly Chinese Singaporeans related to increased risk of death

Both moderate-to-large weight gain and weight loss, defined as a change of 10% or more in weight, among middle-aged and elderly Chinese Singaporeans are linked to increased risk of death, particularly from cardiovascular disease, and between them, weight loss was associated with higher risk than weight gain.

18 Dec 2018

'Little Foot' endocast reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features

First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features.

18 Dec 2018

New therapy for childhood blindness shows 'very promising' results

A new therapy aimed at improving the sight of people with one of the most common forms of childhood blindness, has shown 'very promising' initial results, according to a study involving UCL researchers.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers discover promising new compound against Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcer - one of the most neglected among the NTDs - is a debilitating and stigmatizing disease. Affecting mainly children in West and Central Africa, the chronic disease results in devastating skin lesions and can lead to permanent disfigurement and long-term disabilities.

18 Dec 2018

Study finds significant use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa

Researchers who have undertaken the first systematic review of into the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa found its use is significant and not just because of a lack of resources or access to "conventional medicine".

18 Dec 2018

Combination of a vaccine and checkpoint drugs reduces pancreatic tumors in mice

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered a combination of a cancer vaccine with two checkpoint drugs reduced pancreatic cancer tumors in mice, demonstrating a possible pathway for treatment of people with pancreatic cancers whose response to standard immunotherapy is poor.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers identify link between mucus in the small airways and pulmonary fibrosis

A team of investigators led by members of the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty at CU Anschutz Medical Campus has identified a connection between mucus in the small airways and pulmonary fibrosis.

18 Dec 2018

New app accurately measures and charts progression of skin wounds

Monitoring a wound is critical, especially in diabetic patients, whose lack of sensation due to nerve damage can lead to infection of a lesion and, ultimately, amputation.

18 Dec 2018

Study examines relationship between growth restriction and risk of childhood mortality

Almost all children live to see their eighteenth birthday despite a severe growth restriction, as long as they have survived their first month during infancy. This is indicated in a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, which is published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

18 Dec 2018

Study reveals mechanism behind failed remyelination in MS

Researchers have discovered that in adult stem cells, the activation of a specific transcription factor induces pathological quiescence and that this is deactivated in MS.

18 Dec 2018

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Study reveals how ASV and HIV-1 share similar structural features that drive membrane targeting, assembly

UC San Diego Health offers new DRG stimulation device for phantom limb pain

Osteoporosis is not only a women's disease

Mindfulness training could be excellent strategy to prevent and manage obesity

Key device patent issued to pioneer of wearable sweat sensor

Black men diagnosed with low-grade prostate cancer have higher risk of death, study shows

New drug could significantly slow progression of ALS, shows research

Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. linked with occasional use

FSU researchers discover how breast cancer evades immune system detection

Young children in low-income, rural areas at higher risk for second- and third-hand smoke exposure

Weight change in middle-aged, elderly Chinese Singaporeans related to increased risk of death

'Little Foot' endocast reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features

New therapy for childhood blindness shows 'very promising' results

Researchers discover promising new compound against Buruli ulcer

Study finds significant use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa

Combination of a vaccine and checkpoint drugs reduces pancreatic tumors in mice

Researchers identify link between mucus in the small airways and pulmonary fibrosis

New app accurately measures and charts progression of skin wounds

Study examines relationship between growth restriction and risk of childhood mortality

Study reveals mechanism behind failed remyelination in MS

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