New membrane water treatment system to reduce toxic waste by over 90 percent
Credit: NTU Singapore A new pilot plant to treat industrial wastewater is being built that could potentially reduce the amount...
Lack of diversity in cell lines prevents minorities from accessing ‘precision medicine’
Looking at a sample of 'ethnically diverse' cell lines, a City of Hope researcher found that most were of European...
Rare cancers: A growing focus of early-stage clinical trials
TAT International Congress 2019 -- Paris, France -- Feb. 25-27, 2019Credit: ©European Society for Medical Oncology Paris, France, 25 February...
Better options needed for children at higher risk of premature heart disease
American Heart Association Scientific Statement DALLAS, Feb.25, 2019 -- Obesity and severe obesity in childhood and adolescence have been added...
Fat cells work different ‘shifts’ throughout the day
Fat cells in the human body have their own internal clocks and exhibit circadian rhythms affecting critical metabolic functions, new...
Is the most effective weight-loss strategy really that hard?
New study shows dietary self-monitoring takes less than 15 minutes a dayCredit: Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist If you want lose weight,...
Faced with choice overload, Indian farmers say, ‘I’ll have what he’s having’
Genetically modified seeds have exploded in India since the government liberalized the economy in the 1990sCredit: Purdue University/Andrew Flachs Suicide...
Estrogen made by neurons important to making memories
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2019) - Estrogen in the brain is important to...
Patients’ HIV status should not impact their cancer care
New articles published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, note that there is no medical justification...
Mothers with children taken into out-of-home care at risk of poor prenatal care in next pregnancies
Mothers whose first child was taken into care were found to have inadequate or no prenatal care during subsequent pregnancies,...
New marine protected area established in the Batangas Province of the Philippines
Community-driven MPA a major conservation victory for the 'center of the center' of marine biodiversityCredit: © Joseph Ascalon / SEA...
Early life stress alters helping behavior of meerkat offspring
Credit: Copyright: Dominc Cram ANN ARBOR--Parents make sacrifices to allow their children to have better lives than they did, but...
How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a...
Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis
'The Last-Time Buyer: housing and finance for an ageing society' A CSFI report by Professor Les Mayhew Incentives to downsize...
Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer
First study to investigate long-term effect of postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy on sperm count and concentration Men with early stage...
Eating small amounts of peanut after immunotherapy may extend allergy treatment benefits
UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for...
Immunotherapy for egg allergy may allow patients to eat egg safely long after treatment
UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for...
Likelihood of tick bite to cause red meat allergy could be higher than previously thought
UNC research reveals the red meat allergy-causing alpha-gal -- a sugar in nearly all mammal blood except for humans -...
Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters
Tweets shown to change minds of millennials on NFL protestsCredit: Study authors LAWRENCE -- When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took...
Disability progression in multiple sclerosis linked to income, education
Credit: Courtesy Marilyn Lenzen Neighbourhood income and education level is associated with risk of disability progression in patients with multiple...
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