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In 2016, the National Institutes of Health introduced a regulation to address a growing issue in clinical research -- sex differences. Until then, most work that relied on animal models tended to use only male critters. ...

Videos Imec presented an organ-on-chip platform for pharmacological studies with signal quality. The device uses a high-density multi-electrode array chip with microfluidic well plate, in which cells can be cultured if t...

Product Announcement Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new Stamped spring pin socket addressing high performance requirements for testing BGA1296 - CBT-BGA-6076. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 19 gra...

Videos Researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems... Contributed Author: Massachusetts Institute...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Physician satisfaction scores on online third-party review sites tend to be skewed and can easily mislead patients, according to a new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators. This distortion ma...

(University of Rochester Medical Center) Supriya G. Mohile, M.D., M.S., an oncologist at the Wilmot Cancer Institute and trailblazer in the growing field of geriatric oncology, has been named the 2018 winner of the B.J. ...

(American Chemical Society) Whether they're trying to hide some gray or embrace a new or quirky color, people adore hair dyes. But some of these dyes may be harmful to humans and the environment. Now in a study appearing...

(George Washington University) Experts at the GW, led by Gaby Moawad, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, outlined some of the concerns and proposed so...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Computer-designed, 3D-printed models are emerging as a useful new tool for planning and carrying out cosmetic plastic surgery of the nose, reports a paper in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstr...

(Scripps Research Institute) The new tool opens the possibility of creating drugs that can be taken conveniently as pills to correct genetic diseases.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) A study showing that pneumococcal vaccination produces a lasting antibody response in preterm infants has been named winner of the inaugural ESPID-PIDJ Award, recognizing the best paper submitted ...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have developed a 3D brain organoid that could have potential applications in drug discovery and disease modeling.

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) The need for nurses who practice on community-based primary care and public health teams is growing. As health care moves from hospital settings to the...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) With available testing for breast cancer risk genes, some women are learning at young ages that they are at high lifetime risk of breast cancer. Plastic surgeons play a key role in counseling and ...

News Origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and figures - dates back to the sixth century. At UMass Lowell, it is inspiring researchers as they develop a 21st century solution to the shortage of tissue a...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) Medicine offers no treatment for children crippled by mucolipidosis IV, which hits them in the first year of life and gradually becomes fatal. But researchers battling it with limited me...

(Portland State University) The odds of an infant dying before their first birthday are higher in counties with greater proportions of conservative Protestants, especially fundamentalists, than in counties with more main...

(Montana State University) James Mazer, Montana State University associate professor of neuroscience, published findings in the journal Neuron that reveal how the brain maintains attentional focus during eye movements. T...

(University of Pennsylvania) Leaning on evolutionary and ecological theory, University of Pennsylvania researchers modeled how a tumor's various cancer cell lineages compete for dominance. Their findings help explain a s...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Just because you stopped smoking years ago doesn't mean you're out of the woods when it comes to developing lung cancer. That's the 'bad' news. The good news is your risk of lung ca...

(Carnegie Institution for Science) The fruit fly Drosophila is powerful for studying development and disease and there are many tools to genetically modify its cells. One tool, the Gal4/UAS system, has been a mainstay of...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) New this year, Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) 2018, featuring practical clinical workshops, innovation sessions, and live case demonstrations, is the first part of a comprehensiv...