10/11/2019
A genetic link has now been found for some instances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS. The new UW Medicine research study is the first such to make an explainable link tracking the mechanism...
09/23/2019
A completely new, comprehensive human genome reference will be created in a National Institutes of Health-funded, multi-institutional initiative. The Human Pangenome Project will be based on the...
07/05/2019
To people trying to help a survivor of sexual assault, take note. Saying the following could lead to serious harm:
“At least it wasn’t worse!”
“Let’s take your mind off of this.”
“Just move on with...
06/24/2019
The American Heart Association today announced a concerted research effort toward sudden cardiac arrest. The endeavor will comprise four U.S. centers, each honing in on distinct aspects of the often-...
06/19/2019
Almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating.
People experiencing cardiac arrest will suddenly become unresponsive and either stop breathing or...
01/07/2019
A martial-arts maneuver can reduce blood loss in someone who has sustained a significant wound, suggests a small, proof-of-concept study.
The findings were published Jan. 6 in Emergency Medicine...
08/30/2018
Scientists have now developed an assay that concurrently profiles both the epigenome and the transcriptome of each of thousands of single cells. Read their report in the Aug. 30 First Release edition...
08/03/2018
Scientists have completed a major effort to map the regulatory landscape of the mouse genome at a single-cell resolution.
The team applied a special assay that they had previously developed to...
05/20/2018
The patient in front of the doctor is breathing heavily, sweating and her heart is racing: classic signs of sepsis.
But the physician, perhaps attending to blood loss from the patient’s leg wound or...
05/01/2018
Among more than 230,000 cardiac patients who had sustained a heart attack or undergone one of two common heart procedures, only 16 percent participated in a formal exercise program after their...