Archive: 04/05/2016

Quick and easy arm test accurately identifies markers of frailty in older adults facing surgery

A simple arm test that employs a novel wearable technology can rapidly and accurately identify physiological frailty in older adults, according to study results published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ...

May 4, 2016

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Saying 'I'm gay' doesn't boost well-being equally for gay men of every ethnicity, research finds

A new study of gay Latino and gay white men suggests different ethnic groups experience "coming out" differently.

May 4, 2016

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Discovery of cancer gene may predict survival in patients with mouth cancers

Loyola researchers have identified a tumor gene that may help to predict survival outcomes in patients with cancer of the mouth and tongue.

May 4, 2016

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Call to re-examine '14-day rule' limiting in vitro human-embryo research

Bioethicists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and The Hastings Center, working with a research administrator at The Rockefeller University, are proposing a reexamination of an internationally recognized ...

May 4, 2016

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Scientists develop human embryos through early post-implantation stages for first time

A new technique that allows embryos to develop in vitro beyond the implantation stage (when the embryo would normally implant into the womb) has been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge allowing them to ...

May 4, 2016

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Ketamine lifts depression via a byproduct of its metabolism

A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down ketamine likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and grantees have discovered. This metabolite ...

May 4, 2016

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Bugs as drugs: Harnessing novel gut bacteria for human health

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have grown and catalogued more than 130 bacteria from the human intestine according to a study published in Nature today.

May 4, 2016

Liberia's last known Ebola patients discharged from hospital

Liberia's last two known Ebola patients have been discharged from hospital after recovering from the disease, the ministry of health said Wednesday.

May 4, 2016

Kent legal expert shows how UK surrogacy laws have become 'nonsensical'

May 4, 2016

Inheritable bacterium controls Aedes mosquitoes' ability to transmit Zika

Aedes mosquitoes carrying the bacterium Wolbachia—found inside the cells of 60 percent of all insect species—are drastically less able to transmit Zika virus, say researchers at Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) ...

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Archive: 04/05/2016

Quick and easy arm test accurately identifies markers of frailty in older adults facing surgery

Saying 'I'm gay' doesn't boost well-being equally for gay men of every ethnicity, research finds

Discovery of cancer gene may predict survival in patients with mouth cancers

Call to re-examine '14-day rule' limiting in vitro human-embryo research

Scientists develop human embryos through early post-implantation stages for first time

Ketamine lifts depression via a byproduct of its metabolism

Bugs as drugs: Harnessing novel gut bacteria for human health

Liberia's last known Ebola patients discharged from hospital

Kent legal expert shows how UK surrogacy laws have become 'nonsensical'

Inheritable bacterium controls Aedes mosquitoes' ability to transmit Zika

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