Month: August 2018

Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements are widely used and popular, with US households spending an average of almost USD ...

Breastfeeding in Germany from a scientific viewpoint

Is breastfeeding really better? The intense debate on this question has been going on for decades -- and is often ...

Francisella tularensis infections from foods unlikely

In Germany, 41 cases of tularemia were reported in 2016. The infections are mainly due to direct contact with infected ...

Tough life in the savannah? Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought

Credit: Adam van Casteren Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe fruit specialist among the great apes but also incorporate ...

MSU scientists unraveled the influence of aging on kidneys regeneration ability

Credit: Courtesy of Egor Plotnikov. Autophagy is a process of destruction and processing of damaged cell components by the cells ...

Initiation of potentially inappropriate drugs linked to higher fracture, mortality risk

A recent study published in The European Journal of Health Economics finds that the initiation of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) ...

Mechanism of fibrosis development discovered

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable lung disease of ...

Findings from Marshall University researcher reveal insights into brain circuitry

Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from a team led by Marshall ...

Novel approach keeps liquids from freezing at very low temperatures for extended periods

Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) have developed a simple method to maintain water ...

Autoimmune response drives vision loss in glaucoma

Boston, Mass. -- A research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that ...

Study suggests glaucoma may be an autoimmune disease

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Glaucoma, a disease that afflicts nearly 70 million people worldwide, is something of a mystery despite its ...

More than 40 percent of women with asthma may develop COPD, but risk may be reduced

Credit: ATS Aug.10, 2018--More than 4 in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Late effects of treatment hinder independence of adult survivors of childhood brain tumors

Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital In the first study of its kind, St. Jude Children's Research ...

Wearable ‘microbrewery’ saves human body from radiation damage

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital ...

New technology improves CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in mosquitoes, other species

Credit: Rasgon laboratory, Penn State A technology designed to improve CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in mosquitoes and other arthropods succeeds with ...

Scientists discover how to protect yeast from damage in biofuel production

Credit: Trey Sato MADISON, Wis. -- Some chemicals used to speed up the breakdown of plants for production of biofuels ...

Photo Credits: Menna Clatworthy, University of Cambridge

Kidney cancer’s developmental source revealed

August 11, 2018

In the first experiment of its kind, scientists have revealed the precise identity of cancer cells of the most common ...

RCSI and Bayer enter research collaboration to improve hemophilia treatment

Credit: Julien Behal Photography Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018: RCSI and Bayer have today announced a research collaboration that aims to ...

Tbx6 revealed as crucial to heart and skeleton formation from stem cells

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Many studies have attempted to identify a single transcription factor that can induce ...

Bribing bacteria to play nicely is good for everyone