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New study questions longstanding belief related to hemodialysis patients treated with catheters

The findings of a new study call into question the longstanding belief that the higher risk of premature death seen in hemodialysis patients who are treated with catheters is due to an elevated risk of complications.

7 Oct 2016

30-day readmission rate does not accurately measure hospital quality

The 30-day window for hospital readmissions -- used by the federal government to penalize hospitals believed to provide lower-quality care because patients return to the hospital following discharge -- should be reduced to a week or less to more accurately measure factors within a hospital's control, new research from UC Davis has found.

7 Oct 2016

Study offers promise for therapeutic management of fetal and congenital genetic diseases in utero

A breakthrough study by research teams at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Oregon Health & Science University offers promise for therapeutic management of congenital diseases in utero using designer nucleotide sequences that can simply be injected into the fluid surrounding the developing fetus to potentially treat disabling-to-lethal genetic defects.

7 Oct 2016

Study provides important insights into impact of late HIV testing

An estimated 1.2 million people live with HIV in the United States, with nearly 13 percent being unaware of their infection.

7 Oct 2016

Pitt researchers show how repair protein finds structural errors in DNA

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute have demonstrated how Rad4, a protein involved in DNA repair, scans the DNA in a unique pattern of movement called "constrained motion" to efficiently find structural faults in DNA.

7 Oct 2016

Duke researchers devise computerized method for rapid, accurate diagnosis of malaria

Duke researchers have devised a computerized method to autonomously and quickly diagnose malaria with clinically relevant accuracy -- a crucial step to successfully treating the disease and halting its spread.

7 Oct 2016

TMDU researchers develop new double-layered cell transfer technology for effective bone repair

Various technologies have been developed to introduce laboratory-grown bone-forming cells into bone defects to promote their repair.

7 Oct 2016

New study highlights need for routine skin cancer screening for all transplant patients

A new study from Drexel University College of Medicine suggests all organ transplant recipients, regardless of race, should receive routine, total-body screenings for skin cancer.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers discover mass migration of inhibitory neurons into the brain's frontal cortex after birth

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a previously unknown mass migration of inhibitory neurons into the brain's frontal cortex during the first few months after birth, revealing a stage of brain development that had previously gone unrecognized.

6 Oct 2016

New method allows early detection of tooth decay using long-wavelength infrared imaging

Dental caries-- tooth decay -- is the most prevalent dental disease among children and adults around the world. Left too long before treatment, the disease results in difficulty eating, infection, and even tooth loss.

6 Oct 2016

IDRI awarded two-year NIH grant to develop novel RNA-based Zika virus vaccine

As Zika cases continue to rise around the world -- and in the United States -- with associated increases in Guillain-Barre syndrome and congenital birth defects, the need for a safe and effective vaccine to protect against Zika virus is greater than ever.

6 Oct 2016

Psychologist designs interactive game for testing memory

Psychologist Jamie Edgin studies human memory at the University of Arizona, where her research often involves working with very young children and children with intellectual disabilities.

6 Oct 2016

TUM scientists develop bioinformatics tool that allows worldwide bacterial analysis

Sequencing data from biological samples such as the skin, intestinal tissues, or soil and water are usually archived in public databases.

6 Oct 2016

Studies look at alternative ways to overcome barriers and improve cancer screening rates

Early diagnosis of cancer is linked to better survival rates. Unfortunately, participation rates for cancer screening worldwide are low even when screening programmes are free.

6 Oct 2016

New research highlights growing epidemic of hookah use among young adults in the U.S.

Dr. Michael Weitzman and his co-authors from New York University's College of Global Public Health and The Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health of the New York University School of Medicine have published important new research on the growing epidemic of hookah use among America's youth and young adults.

6 Oct 2016

Leading scientists convene to discuss applications of bioelectronic medicine

In a first-of-its-kind gathering at the New York Academy of Sciences, researchers from some of the world's leading universities and institutions convened to discuss the various applications of bioelectronic medicine, the cutting-edge field that uses technology to treat disease and injury.

6 Oct 2016

Penn Medicine awarded CDC grant to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded more than $1 million by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance.

6 Oct 2016

Researchers to investigate similarities between Crohn's and Johne's disease that affects cattle

Researchers still have a lot to learn about Crohn's disease, a chronic form of inflammatory bowel disorder that affects as many as 700,000 Americans.

6 Oct 2016

Revised prostate cancer guidelines did not reduce usage of PSA tests, study finds

Controversy over prostate cancer screening guidelines that discourage use of PSA tests did not significantly reduce use of the test, a five-year review of more than 275,000 visits at UT Southwestern Medical Center showed.

6 Oct 2016

Aggressive neuroblastoma contains specific protein not found in benign forms of cancer

Aggressive forms of neuroblastoma contain a specific protein in their cells' nuclei that is not found in the nuclei of more benign forms of the cancer, and the discovery, made through research from the University of Rochester Medical Center, could lead to new forms of targeted therapy.

6 Oct 2016

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New study questions longstanding belief related to hemodialysis patients treated with catheters

30-day readmission rate does not accurately measure hospital quality

Study offers promise for therapeutic management of fetal and congenital genetic diseases in utero

Study provides important insights into impact of late HIV testing

Pitt researchers show how repair protein finds structural errors in DNA

Duke researchers devise computerized method for rapid, accurate diagnosis of malaria

TMDU researchers develop new double-layered cell transfer technology for effective bone repair

New study highlights need for routine skin cancer screening for all transplant patients

Researchers discover mass migration of inhibitory neurons into the brain's frontal cortex after birth

New method allows early detection of tooth decay using long-wavelength infrared imaging

IDRI awarded two-year NIH grant to develop novel RNA-based Zika virus vaccine

Psychologist designs interactive game for testing memory

TUM scientists develop bioinformatics tool that allows worldwide bacterial analysis

Studies look at alternative ways to overcome barriers and improve cancer screening rates

New research highlights growing epidemic of hookah use among young adults in the U.S.

Leading scientists convene to discuss applications of bioelectronic medicine

Penn Medicine awarded CDC grant to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance

Researchers to investigate similarities between Crohn's and Johne's disease that affects cattle

Revised prostate cancer guidelines did not reduce usage of PSA tests, study finds

Aggressive neuroblastoma contains specific protein not found in benign forms of cancer

Microphysiological systems in drug discovery

Considerations for taking ASO discovery programs into animal models

Neurofilament light as a translational biomarker

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