A patent study on the great new hope emerging from marine derived anticancer drugs
Anticancer agents targeting microtubule from marine sources hold great potential in the field of cancer therapeutics and are gradually advancing ...
Advances in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the AI Pharma Innovation Summit 2017 in Boston
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 21, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company focused on drug ...
Regional ‘hot spot’ of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date ...
Screen time or story time?
Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler - early on in ...
Temple study: Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory & protects brain against Alzheimer’s
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is ...
Urban agriculture only provides small environmental benefits in northeastern US
"Buy local" sounds like a great environmental slogan, epitomized for city dwellers by urban agriculture. But when it comes to ...
One in 6 women with learning disabilities has attempted suicide
Toronto, CANADA - A new study by the University of Toronto found that the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was ...
New gene mutations found in white blood cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Gene mutations accumulating in cells are typical of the development of cancer. Finnish researchers found that a similar accumulation of ...
Bitter or sweet? How taste cells decide what they want to be
Credit: Paola Nogueras/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (June 21, 2017) -- Ever burn your tongue so badly that you were unable to ...
Breast implants may impede ECG and lead to false heart attack diagnosis
Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Breast implants may impede an electrocardiogram (ECG) and could result in a false heart ...
Stroke history higher in asymptomatic versus symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients
Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Newly diagnosed asymptomatic atrial fibrillation patients have a higher rate of previous stroke than ...
European Heart Rhythm Association congress becomes annual in 2018
Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) announced today that its scientific congress will become ...
Study seeks to improve screening for falls in emergency departments
When individuals visit the emergency department after falling, they may receive a diagnosis reflecting the injury sustained -- such as ...
Small rodent species may become endangered
Credit: Thames Water A small rodent called the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a European Protected Species and is monitored ...
When estimating extinction risk, don’t leave out the males
Credit: Luke Eberhart-Phillips Extinction risk for some species could be drastically underestimated because most demographic models of animal populations only ...
Drowsy dormice doze into decline
Credit: Thames Water & People's Trust for Endangered Species Britain's population of hazel dormice, famed for their sleepy lifestyle, has ...
Allen Institute releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for ...
Family history and location of genetic fault affect risk for carriers of cancer genes
A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and ...
Age-specific overall risk of breast, ovarian cancer among women with BRCA1/2 genetic mutations
Researchers conducted an analysis that included nearly 10,000 women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations to estimate the age-specific ...
NAMS 2017 position statement updates guidelines for hormone therapy use
CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 20, 2017)--A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women ...
