One in five Ontario children and youth suffer from a mental disorder, but less than one-third have had contact with
Day: April 17, 2019
Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath
Researchers have designed a new type of adhesive patch that can be placed directly on the heart and may one
Genetic defects without consequences
Many diseases are caused by genetic defects. However, their severity can vary among individual patients, so that even mild forms
Three studies show how tumors hijack the immune system to resist radiation therapy
More than a decade ago, radiation oncologists noticed a nifty phenomenon: Sometimes radiation used locally against a tumor could excite
Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death
Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held
Molecular switch for the X chromosome
A large number of genes have to be switched on or off at different times during development. A particular challenge
How Enterococcus faecalis bacteria causes antibiotic resistant infection
A new study led by a research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School describes how bacteria
Taking care of people with TBI: New tool could speed caregiver research
A traumatic brain injury happens in an instant: a battlefield blast, a car crash, a bad fall. But the effects
Indicators of Mental Illness and Despair on the Rise among Gen X-ers, Study Suggests
A new study looking at the mental health of so-called Gen X-ers (i.e., people born between 1974-1983), published in the
The Leukemia Atlas: Researchers unveil proteins that signal disease
Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) survive five years after the initial diagnosis. To
