Health Science
Study: Boosting Gut Bacteria Defense System may Lead to Better Treatments for Bloodstream Infections
An upset in the body’s natural balance of gut bacteria that may lead to life-threatening bloodstream infections can be reversed by enhancing a specific immune defense response, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Treatment worked better than cancer drugs alone in mice.
New research has revealed that parasitic ‘vampire’ plants that attach onto and derive nutrients from another living plant may benefit the abundance and diversity of surrounding vegetation and animal life.
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.
Scientists have found compounds that fought off Ebola infections in mice.
Grass plants can bind, uptake and transport infectious prions, according to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The research was published online in the latest issue of Cell Reports.
Extracts from leftover coffee grounds are full of antioxidants.
When people become severely burned, there are limited options available to repair the skin and tissue that have been affected. People must undergo painful and tedious surgery and skin transplants to repair the damaged skin and tissues. Stratatech Corp., a Madison, WI based company, has been focused on creating new treatment options for severe burns and recently developed new human skin tissue called StrataGraft that was used to heal severe burn wounds in 30 patients during a recent clinical trial.
Leading provider of ultrasensitive single molecule measurement technology expands lab and opens a call for proposals to stimulate local innovation.
Scientists’ award-winning work uses innovative methods to make the production of anti-malarial drugs cheaper
Salk scientists use molecular "scissors" to eliminate mitochondrial mutations in eggs and embryos.
The workings of the ingredient capsaicin in calming nerves become more clear in a Newark lab.
