Impaired learning linked to family history of Alzheimer’s
Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer’s disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a …
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Maternal obesity linked to childhood cancer
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center found that …
Light touch to improve rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis
A new way of detecting rheumatoid arthritis using infrared light could offer an objective way of diagnosing the disease and …
Computation and experimentation come closer together
A bioengineering group from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is bringing the worlds of computational modeling and …
Standard TB tests may not detect infection in certain exposed individuals
An international collaboration of infectious disease experts has identified a large group of people who appear to have naturally mounted …
Carbohydrate in the heart seems to help regulate blood pressure
New research suggests that a particular type of carbohydrate plays an important role in regulating the blood pressure in the …
Cascade exacerbates storage diseases: Researchers show that a defective degradation enzyme triggers a series of consequential damages
In rare, hereditary storage diseases such as Sandhoff’s disease or Tay-Sachs syndrome, the metabolic waste from accumulating gangliosides cannot be …
Understanding C. auris transmission with the healthcare environment
Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida auris on their skin can shed the fungus …
New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease
Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to …
Porous border could hinder efforts to stem spread of Ebola
Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to visit nearby family and friends …
Superfast gene sequencing helps diagnose critically ill patients: ‘Metagenomic’ test for neurological infections has real clinical benefit
In an analysis of the real-world impact of a pioneering test called metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), developed by UCSF scientists …
Drug delays type 1 diabetes in people at high risk: Immunotherapy slows progression to clinical disease by 2 years or more
A treatment affecting the immune system effectively slowed the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes in high risk individuals, according …
Tart cherry shown to decrease joint pain, sore muscles in some breast cancer patients
Tart cherry reduces the musculoskeletal effects of aromatase inhibitors in patients with non-metastatic breast cancer, according to new findings from …
How blood vessel damage from high glucose concentrations unfolds
A mechanism in the cells that line our blood vessels that helps them to process glucose becomes uncontrolled in diabetes, …
Immunotherapy drug found safe in treating cancer patients with HIV, study suggests: Researchers seek to break down HIV exclusions in cancer clinical trials
The results of a study led by physicians at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed that patients living with HIV …
New records show spread of parasitic deer flies across the United States
With flattened bodies, grabbing forelegs and deciduous wings, deer keds do not look like your typical fly. These parasites of …
A new mechanism for accessing damaged DNA
UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer. But this process is counteracted by …
Successful HIV effort prompts call for clinics to expand mental health services on site
Increasing access to mental health services improves HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, a new study from the University of Virginia …