IMAGE: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (right) meets with Dr. Jay Evans, director of UM’s Center for Translational Medicine. view more Credit: University of Montana file photo MISSOULA – The University of Montana has received a $3.3 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative vaccine targeting opioid addiction. The principal investigator on…
IMAGE: Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) view more Credit: CHUM Did you know that 90% of cancer patients die from distant metastasis? The latter occurs when cancer cells have the ability to move within the patient’s body and invade its healthy tissues. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from…
Extremely premature infants who fail to grow as expected have delayed development of their microbiome, or communities of bacteria and other micro-organisms living in the gut, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports. Analysis of these infants’ metabolism revealed that their bodies are responding as if they were fasting, despite caloric intake similar…
IMAGE: Frames from a 10 hour long time-lapse sequence with model prediction (red line) and explant spreading (dotted line). ‘Good’ models predict not only the extent of the movement but also… view more Credit: MechMorpho Lab/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 9, 2019) … A bioengineering group from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is…
IMAGE: This is Dr. Pat Breysse, CDC. view more Credit: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ANN ARBOR, Mich. (July 9, 2019) – Pat Breysse, Ph.D., Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, will deliver the keynote address…