Month: December 2018

This article by Dr. Sanjay Singh et al. is published in Current Drug Delivery, Volume 15 , Issue 8 , ...

Prostate cancer: New computer model enables researchers to predict course of disease

Credit: © Niclas Blessing/UKE How does a normal cell turn into a deadly cancer? Seeking an answer to this question, ...

Treatment shown to improve the odds against bone marrow cancer

Hope has emerged for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer as new research into a therapeutic drug ...

How does diet during pregnancy impact allergies in offspring?

Credit: Children's National Health System Pregnant women routinely swear off alcohol and tobacco to boost their chances of having a ...

Reducing variations in feeding practices and fortifying breast milk helps micro-preemies grow

Improved growth trends for the tiniest newborns seen shortly after targeted interventionsCredit: Children's National Health System ORLANDO, Fla.-(Dec. 10, 2018)-Standardizing ...

Physicists edge closer to controlling chemical reactions

Credit: MIPT Press Office A team of researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Aarhus University in ...

Your brain on imagination: It's a lot like reality, study shows

Credit: CU Boulder Imagine a barking dog, a furry spider or another perceived threat and your brain and body respond ...

Some brain tumors may respond to immunotherapy, new study suggests

Credit: Antonio Iavarone / Columbia University Immunotherapy has proved effective in treating a number of cancers, but brain tumors have ...

Dopamine's yin-yang personality: It's an upper and a downer

Known as a reward that makes us seek pleasure, dopamine also reinforces avoidance of painCredit: Christine Liu graphic For decades, ...

Insilico Medicine to showcase its AI Engine for Future Drug Discovery at the 2018 Future Tech Forum

Artur Kadurin, Chief AI Officer and CEO of Insilico Taiwan, to present 'AI in Drug Discovery Creates the Best Era ...

Researchers image atomic structure of important immune regulator

Understanding structure of human TIM-3 provides new insights for cancer and autoimmune drug developmentCredit: Richard Blumberg, Brigham and Women's Hospital ...

The surprising upward link between college alcohol consumption and physical activity

Study to examine why those who exercise more drink mostCredit: University of Houston Upending conventional wisdom that physical activity can ...

Editing consciousness: How bereaved people control their thoughts without knowing it

Applying machine-learning techniques for neural decoding Columbia engineers and psychiatrists are first to show that avoidant grievers monitor even their ...

Two compounds in coffee may team up to fight Parkinson's

Caffeine plus another compound in coffee beans' waxy coating may protect against brain degeneration, Rutgers study findsCredit: Steve Hockstein/Harvard Studio ...

A glimmer of hope for the world's coral reefs

The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalateCredit: Justin Marshall ...

Small but versatile

Key players in the marine nitrogen cycle can utilize cyanate and ureaCredit: © K. Kitzinger / Max Planck Institute for ...

Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug

Researchers tested chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier lifecycle stage than most current ...

Interventions in dog populations could reduce rabies in rural China

Credit: Tian H, et al. (2018) Domestic dogs play a key role in the transmission and expansion of rabies in ...

Interplay between MicroRNAs and targeted genes in cellular homeostasis of adult zebrafish

The article by Dr. Gary Hardiman et al. is published in Current Genomics, Volume 19, Issue 7, 2018Credit: Dr. Gary ...

Strep bacteria compete for 'ownership' of human tissue