First identified in 2012, the MERS-coronavirus is capable of causing severe pneumonia. There are no effective treatments for MERS. Researchers…
One quarter of bacterial pathogens can spread antibiotic resistance directly to peers
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that at least 25 percent of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria found in clinical settings are capable of…
Cheap nanoparticles stimulate immune response to cancer in the lab
Researchers have developed nanoparticles that, in the lab, can activate immune responses to cancer cells. If they are shown to…
Motivational aspects of mindfulness: Quality differs by situation
What makes people more or less mindful from one situation to the next? Researchers have found that mindfulness is not…
After a bone injury, shape-shifting cells rush to the rescue
Conventional thinking is that bone regeneration is left to a small number of mighty cells called skeletal stem cells, which…
Common form of heart failure could be treated with already approved anticancer drug
Thanks to new research, a drug capable of reversing a common form of heart failure known as heart failure with…
As Other Democrats Feud, Bloomberg Hammers Trump on Health Care
While the presidential candidates argue about each other’s health plans, Michael Bloomberg’s ads have attacked the president over pre-existing conditions.
Newspaper ‘hierarchy’ of injury glamorizes war
British newspapers are routinely glamorizing combat by creating a moral separation between combat and non-combat injuries, according to new research.
Genetics contributes to mental health risks in adoptees
The adoption of children is a fundamental method of building families. However, adoptees may face subsequent adaptive challenges associated with…
More than a knee injury: ACL tears cause harmful changes in our brain structure
It’s known that some joint function is often permanently lost after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and re-injury is common even…