New ‘promiscuous’ enzyme helps turn plant waste into sustainable products
Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to...
70K opioid-related deaths likely went unreported due to incomplete death certificates
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2018 - Several states are likely dramatically underestimating the effect of opioid-related deaths because of...
New diagnosis method could help spot head and neck cancers earlier
Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) are the most common head and neck cancers, but are often diagnosed late. Now, researchers...
Obstetric trauma rates for forceps deliveries have increased in Canada
Trauma to both mother and baby during vaginal deliveries, especially forceps deliveries, has increased in Canada in recent years, according...
Hip arthroscopy innovation represents paradigm shift for the surgery
CLEVELAND - Orthopedic surgeon Michael Salata, MD, Director, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center...
To tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, measure its beak, researchers say
(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have announced that, for a Galápagos penguin, beak size is nearly...
How water rules the world
Credit: World Scientific Why should I care about water when I can get as much as I want from my...
Women’s diseases that doctors must know
Credit: World Scientific Gynecological complaints account for a large burden of day-to-day practice in family medicine, in hospital emergency rooms,...
The key to getting published in biomedicine
Credit: World Scientific Besides good content, what else can professionals in the medical and para-medical professions do to improve their...
Structure of major brain receptor that is treatment target for epilepsy, anxiety solved
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 27, 2018 - UT Southwestern researchers today published the first atomic structure of a...
Latest advances in cognitive rehabilitation for cognitive effects of Multiple sclerosis
Credit: APA Books East Hanover, NJ. June 27, 2018. Multiple sclerosis, the most common neurological disease among people of working...
New findings on bacteria in female bladders
MAYWOOD, IL - Scientists and physicians at Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine were the first to publish groundbreaking research...
New mechanism involved in memory loss associated with aging discovered
Credit: Mariana Temido, iMM. A study led by Luísa Lopes, Group Leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes...
Beer. Soup. Barley’s next great use? A medical imaging drink
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Before launching their latest science experiment, University at Buffalo researchers bought more than...
Researchers identify key protein involved in triggering inflammation
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a protein that is crucial for activating inflammation -- both...
This curious animal grew larger over time — but its brain didn’t quite keep up
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new U of T Scarborough study has found that the ancestor of the modern...
UCalgary researchers discover antidepressant could be a promising treatment for PBC
Gail Wright considered herself healthy. She had no idea she had a chronic liver disease. "I was at a routine...
Lipid species offer insights into metabolic health
Credit: Courtesy of the Morgridge Institute for Research Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and...
Scientist awarded $2 million grant from the NIH to study the body’s immune memory response
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes...
Boston College team reports technology to enable precision antibiotics
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chestnut Hill, Mass. (6/27/2018) - Scientists are searching for ways to develop antibiotics...
