Recent research has identified brief seizures as a potential cause for the sudden, unexpected deaths of young children during sleep, shedding light on over 3,000…
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Dr. Ariane Lewis, a leading brain injury expert, advocates for reforms to the U.S.’s legal definition of death following a survey of 41 organizations. She…
Lucid Dying: Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences During CPR While They Were Seemingly Unconscious
A new study shows that around one in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest describe lucid experiences of death that occurred…
According to new research, COVID-19 infections can reduce the number of bacterial species in a person’s gut, creating space for dangerous microbes to thrive. (Illustration…
New biotechnology combines targeted and immune therapies to kill treatment-resistant cancer cells. Targeted therapies specifically attach to and inhibit cancer-causing proteins, but cancer cells can…
A mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, may have been solved by a new study. This image depicts an intestine affected…
New research finds that neurons with the same birthdate showed distinct connectivity and activity throughout the animals’ adult lives. A new study finds that brain…
Evidence mounts for alternate origins of Alzheimer’s disease plaque, as a new experiment in mice reveals that the buildup of debris-filled plaques is preceded by…
Successful Xenotransplantation Surgery: Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney Transplanted to Human Body
Successful Xenotransplantation Surgery: Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney Transplanted to Human Body
During a 54-hour observation period after the transplant, Dr. Montgomery and his team tested the kidney tissue and monitored urine production and creatinine levels. All…
Abnormal crosstalk between blood platelets and cells lining blood vessels is one cause of deadly organ damage in patients with severe COVID-19First identified in 2019…
Watching a mother mouse gather her pups into the family’s nest trains other female mice without pups to perform the same parenting task, a new…
Early results show that a new combination drug therapy is safe and effective against advanced skin cancer in patients who were not able to have…
Chest X-ray from patient severely ill from COVID-19, showing (in white patches) infected tissue spread across the lungs. Credit: Courtesy of Nature Publishing or npj…
A single protein that appears necessary for the COVID-19 virus to reproduce and spread to other cells is a potential weakness that could be targeted…
Fewer New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus than health experts had anticipated, a new study shows. Regional death rates have dropped from the highs…
A combination of genetic and emotional differences may lead to post-traumatic stress (PTS) in police officers, a new study finds. Based on biological studies of…
No matter how close parks are to home, perceptions of park-centered crime may keep New Yorkers from using them. Researchers at NYU Grossman School of…
Advances in treatment have led to the largest yearly declines in deaths due to melanoma ever recorded for this skin cancer, results of a new…
Exposure to electronic-cigarette (E-cig) smoke caused mice to develop lung cancer, a new study finds. Published online today, October 7, 2019, in Proceedings of National…