NIH awards $44 million for landmark study on health challenges in the rural South
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) has been awarded a five-year, $44 million contract from the National Heart,…
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Degeneration in two brain regions causes severe narcolepsy symptoms
For nearly 25 years, scientists believed they knew what caused the most severe form of narcolepsy. A new UCLA Health…
Portable MiniDock MTB delivers tuberculosis results in thirty minutes
Drugs to treat tuberculosis have been around for more than 75 years, yet it remains the world’s top infectious disease…
Scientists discover a potential new way to slow ALS disease progression
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the progressive loss of motor neurons, which in most cases…
Inflammation from leaking mitochondria drives aggressive pancreatic cancer growth
Scientists at The Wistar Institute and clinical researchers from ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered…
UCLA researchers build programmable artificial organelles using RNA
Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on…
New spinal cord interface restores bladder control and sensation
Approximately 308,000 people in the United States live with spinal cord injury. Nearly all lose bladder control. And yet the…
Climate change increases stroke risk through extreme weather and pollution
The World Stroke Organization is warning that climate change poses an escalating threat to brain health, with extreme heat in…
Task switching between organ types increases patient mortality rates
When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8 percent,…
High lipoprotein(a) levels tied to persistent cardiovascular risk, study finds
Share on PinterestA new study suggests elevated lipoprotein(a) levels are linked to residual cardiovascular risk. Image credit: Evgeniia Siiankovskaia/Stocksy A…