Month: December 2018

We're bad at knowing when we will fall -- or when we're uprightCredit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - You ...

Media Advisory: Young age associated with worse prognosis in specific breast cancer subtype

Researchers are available for interviewsCredit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are rapidly advancing ...

Johns Hopkins team identifies promising diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease

Credit: Dean Wong, M.D., Ph.D. and Ayon Nandi, M.S., Ph.D. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have identified in live human ...

Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic

Credit: Jan Kansanen Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most ...

How to survive on 'Game of Thrones': Switch allegiances

Credit: Dr. Reidar Lystad, 2018 Characters in the Game of Thrones TV series are more likely to die if they ...

Middle aged men in lyrca on the rise but 'Mamils' confined to weekends, affluent suburb

December 9, 2018

Credit: MJA University of Sydney authors who led the research said the Mamil study was prompted by media attention given ...

Potential seen for tailoring treatment for acute myeloid leukemia

Rapid drug response screening for leukemia stem cells offers clues to relapse and to improving patient-specific therapiesCredit: Alice C, Gray ...

New generation of therapeutics based on understanding of aging biology show promise for Alzheimer's disease

Credit: ADDF logo A review published in Neurology® explores novel approaches beyond the common amyloid that could slow or prevent ...

UC San Diego researcher gets $4 million NCI award to study cancer drug resistance, spread

Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded David Cheresh, PhD, Distinguished Professor and vice chair ...

Carnegie Mellon researchers probe hydrogen bonds using new technique

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy to probe the hydrogen bonds ...

Study highlights correlations between violent death and substance use

Consumption of alcohol or at least one drug was associated with over half the violent deaths that occurred in São ...

Study: Damning evidence of dam's impacts on rainforest birds

A 30-year old hydroelectric project in Thailand has caused rainforest bird communities to collapseCredit: Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij BANGKOK, Thailand (December 7, ...

Some people uncomfortable discontinuing cancer screening even when benefit is low

Study finds mixed feelings about using age, life expectancy and risk calculators to guide screening decisionsCredit: University of Michigan Rogel ...

One out of 3 rivers in the Iberian Peninsula is affected by salinization

Current map of river salinizationCredit: Rubén Ladrera, University of La Rioja (Spain) These are some of the red lines revealed ...

Modest increases indicate ongoing job growth for Americans with disabilities

nTIDE November 2018 Jobs Report: Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire -- featuring a call to action honoring the ...

Planning processes for Chicago's 606 Trail spawned gentrification, study finds

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When nonprofit groups coordinate large green infrastructure projects such as Chicago's 606 Trail, ...

Molecular insights into spider silk

Credit: Figure: Hannes Neuweiler/Universität Würzburg They are lightweight, almost invisible, highly extensible and strong, and of course biodegradable: the threads ...

Researchers evaluate pMSCs sheets for engineered repair and regeneration of heart tissue

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 7, 2018--The placenta offers an abundant source of placenta-derived mesenchymal ...

Reproduction: From Hippocrates to IVF

Credit: Cambridge University Library The first book to take in 3,000 years of baby-making shows how women functioned as "vessels" ...

News about a plant hormone