A national team has just published the largest-ever examination of the state of research on all aspects of youth firearm…
Self-sterilizing polymer proves effective against drug-resistant pathogens
Researchers have found an elastic polymer that possesses broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, allowing it to kill a range of viruses and…
Peering into the soul of the immune system to better fight disease
A rare, short-lived population of immune cells in the bloodstream may serve as ‘periscopes’ to monitor immune status via lymph…
Study assesses outcomes for meth users with burn injures
Researchers were surprised to find that methamphetamine use is not linked with worse health outcomes among burn patients, but was…
Old cells, new tricks: important clue to AML diagnosis and treatment discovered
Around 22,000 people will be diagnosed this year in the US with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the second most common…
Jogging and five other exercises ward off weight gain despite ‘obesity genes’
For people who inherited genes that increase their chance of becoming obese, there is hope for keeping the weight off.…
Assessing direct-to-consumer stem cell clinics
This direct-to-consumer stem cell marketplace has come under increasing scrutiny, but relatively little is known about the clinics or how…
‘Voltron’ imaging tool captures brain cell action in living animals
Scientists have developed a new way to track neural activity. The technique can target specific brain cells and relies on…
System to image the human eye corrects for chromatic aberrations
Researchers report a new imaging system that cancels the chromatic optical aberrations present in a specific person’s eye, allowing for…
‘Wildling’ mice could help translate results in animal models to results in humans
Researchers developed a new mouse model that could improve the translation of research in mice into advances in human health.…