IU biologists report method to calculate lifetime energy requirements of cells, genes
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a recently published paper, Indiana University biologists have calculated the lifetime energy requirements of multiple types ...
Month: January 2018
In defense of pathogenic proteins
IMAGE: Scientists found in yeast cells protein aggregates (light green spots). As cells age and divide, these aggregates become more ...
Zika virus challenges for neuropsychiatry recently published by Dove…
A new study, published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal, examines this by critically reviewing the literature. The Zika ...
Researchers develop technology enabling standard cameras to produce hyperspectral images
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 13, 2017 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed miniaturized hyperspectral ...
Dulling cancer therapy’s double-edged sword
Credit: Journal of Experimental Medicine/Sulciner et al. Researchers have discovered that killing cancer cells can actually have the unintended effect ...
Protein transport channel offers new target for thwarting pathogen
Luiz Bermudez, a professor in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Credit: Karl Maasdam CORVALLIS, Ore. – A bacterium that attacks ...
Mosquito sex protein could provide key to controlling disease
Credit: Photo by Alex Wild If you thought the sex lives of humans were complicated, consider the case of the ...
Study suggests handwashing compliance in child care facilities is insufficient
Credit: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Arlington, VA, November 29, 2016 – Child care personnel properly clean ...
Ancient skulls shed light on migration in the Roman empire
Credit: NC State University Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean ...
Certain heart fat associated with higher risk of heart disease in…
Credit: Rick Sciullo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2017 – A higher volume of a certain type of fat that surrounds the ...
NRL scientists find high prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Kenya
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Lt. Cmdr. Michael Prouty-NAMRU-2 (Released) WASHINGTON – Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global ...
Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung cancer
Credit: Department of medical physics, Aarhus University, Denmark. Vienna, Austria: Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop ...
AGS guidance on diversity proves ‘seeing’ older patients is about more than seeing age
IMAGE: New guidance from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) aims to transform approaches to healthcare for our increasingly diverse older ...
Whooping cough booster vouchers don’t boost immunization rates…
IMAGE: This is Alison Buttenheim PhD, MBA, an Assistant Professor of Nursing and an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at ...
Depressed with a chronic disease? Consider alternative therapies
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 6, 2017 – Scientists are finding more evidence that commonly prescribed antidepressants aren't effective ...
Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of ...
Blood test predicts prostate tumor resistance
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM When bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, treatment with these medications becomes ineffective. Similarly, tumor cells can ...
Anti-HIV drug for adults is safe, effective in children exposed to…
HIV-infected children exposed in the womb to nevirapine, a drug used to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, can safely and effectively ...
New study finds that vaccinating mothers against flu can protect…
Each year, influenza causes between 250,000 and half a million deaths around the world. Pregnant women and young infants have ...
Why do some head knocks cause more damage than others?
Credit: Pinton Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC – Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean ...
