Archive: 22/06/2018

Nearly 400 people used California assisted death law in 2017

California health officials say 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in 2017, the first full year after a law making the option legal took effect.

Jun 22, 2018

Study reveals new therapeutic target for slowing the spread of flu virus

Influenza A (flu A) hijacks host proteins for viral RNA splicing and blocking these interactions caused replication of the virus to slow, according to new research published in Nature Communications by Kristin W. Lynch, Ph.D., ...

Jun 22, 2018

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About face: Special collection of papers celebrates research on how the human face forms

Our faces can reveal a lot about us, and now scientists are revealing a lot about faces. PLOS Genetics announces a special collection of papers to highlight recent advances in our understanding of how faces form, curated ...

Jun 22, 2018

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New study shows how gut immune cells are kept in control

Every day, the human gut works on a fine-tuned balance that ensures the retention of essential nutrients while preventing infection by potential armful microbes. Contributing to this surveillance system is a specialised group ...

Jun 22, 2018

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Men tolerate stress incontinence years before seeking help

Men often tolerate stress urinary incontinence for more than two years before seeking medical help—and one-third put up with it for more than five years, making it important for doctors to check for this problem, a new ...

Jun 22, 2018

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People with schizophrenia account for more than one in ten suicide cases

A new CAMH and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) study shows that people with schizophrenia account for more than 1 in 10 cases of suicide in Ontario, and that young people are disproportionately affected.

Jun 22, 2018

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Collaborative model for post-disaster behavioral health recovery may serve as standard

Faculty in LSU Health New Orleans schools of Medicine and Public Health and colleagues report that a collaborative effort to build capacity to address behavioral health and promote community resilience after the 2016 Great ...

Jun 22, 2018

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Challenging our understanding of how platelets are made

Platelets are uniquely mammalian cells, and are the small cells of the blood that are critical for us to stop bleeding when we cut ourselves. They are also a central part of the process of thrombosis, which underlies heart ...

Jun 22, 2018

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Decellularized cartilage-based scaffold promotes bone regeneration at fracture site

To help prevent possible complications such as nonunion at large fracture sites, researchers have developed a cartilage matrix that mimics the early stages of repair and provides the essential structural and biological properties ...

Jun 22, 2018

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Blood test predicts spastic cerebral palsy

A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, Ph.D., associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Bioinformatics, showing that DNA patterns in circulating ...

Jun 22, 2018

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