50-year-old flu virus model revamped, revealing pandemic prediction possibilities
Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to ...
On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry ...
Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection. ...
New data network for Huntington’s disease research
Huntington's disease is an hereditary disorder of the nervous system caused by a faulty gene on chromosome four. The faulty ...
Omics technologies for analysis of precious rare biosamples
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Omics technologies such as proteomics have far-reaching ...
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Credit: Afonso RF, Balardin JB, Lazar S, Sato JR, Igarashi N, Santaella DF, Lacerda SS, Amaro E Jr. and Kozasa ...
Nagoya medical researchers propose new disease category of skin disorders
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Dry scaly skin, blistering, rashes. Many people will experience some kind of skin problem ...
Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health to general population
Chicago, IL, July 13, 2017 - Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health and well-being to the general population, ...
Laser-cooled ions contribute to better understanding of friction
Credit: PTB Friction: what you want from car brakes, otherwise rather a nuisance. In any case, it is useful to ...
UNC Health Care honored as ‘Most Wired Advanced’ by American Hospital Association
Credit: American Hospital Association CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - July 13, 2017 -- UNC Health Care is one of only 27 ...
ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations ...
How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life (video)
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in ...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning ...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and ...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild ...
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats ...
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of ...
Study links maternal obesity during pregnancy to behavioral problems in boys
Ann Arbor, MI, July 13, 2017 - Maternal obesity and child neurodevelopmental problems have both increased in the U.S. and ...
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine A major 20-year study provides further evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers negligible benefits ...
FDA advisory committee recommends first-ever CAR-T gene therapy treatment for cancer
Credit: Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Today the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, an independent panel of experts, voted unanimously ...
