Safety protocol breaches: ways to prevent infection transmission in health care setting
The medical community is losing its biggest gun in fighting infection, antibiotics. Researchers are turning to safety protocols to reduce...
MD Anderson Therapeutics Discovery team identifies and advances a drug that targets metabolic vulnerability and impairs cancer cell growth and survival
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A drug discovered and advanced by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
Toxicant levels up to 99 percent less in myblu aerosols compared to cigarette smoke
Credit: ©Fontem Ventures B.V. Kallithea, Greece, June 11th 2018 - A new aerosol chemistry study presented on Saturday at the...
Why are sight and sound out of sync?
The way we process sight and sound are curiously out of sync by different amounts for different people and tasks,...
Manipulated enzymes
Credit: © TU Graz TU Graz researchers managed for the first time ever to 'retrain' an enzyme to build ring-shaped...
Criticism from parents affects how children’s brains respond to emotional information
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Children of highly critical parents show less attention to...
Artificial gene defect reveals target to fight genetic disease
Credit: CeMM/Lydia Robinson-Garcia (Vienna, June 11, 2018) DNA Repair is essential for a healthy organism. In every day of our...
Research shows if your eyes wrinkle when you smile or frown, you appear more sincere
Researchers at Western University have shown that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more...
Post-stroke delivery of neurotrophic factor MANF promotes functional recovery in rats
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. This is due not only to the high incidence of stroke,...
Approaching an ideal amino acid synthesis using hydrogen
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Amines are an essential part of our everyday lives; a fact supported by the number...
Deep-freezing of orange juice can increase the absorption of beneficial compounds
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the Laboratory of Food Colour and Quality at the University of Seville have published...
New epigenetic drug against Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Credit: IDIBELL A new study by doctor Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of the...
Two bilateral French-Austrian research projects start at IST Austria
Credit: Waielbi Two joint projects between labs at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria and at French research...
Are you really you when you’re hungry?
WASHINGTON -- What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in...
Ingesting honey after swallowing button battery reduces injury and improves outcomes
Philadelphia, June 11, 2018--A team of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a...
Erectile dysfunction means increased risk for heart disease, regardless of other risk factors
DALLAS, June 11, 2018 -- Erectile dysfunction (ED) indicates greater cardiovascular risk, regardless of other risk factors, such as cholesterol,...
Mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease
Credit: Milena Menezes Carvalho/RIKEN National Science Institute Mutations in the gene ANT1 may confer a risk for bipolar disorder through...
Children with neuroblastoma have an elevated risk of long-term psychological difficulties
A new study reveals that pediatric neuroblastoma patients are at elevated risk for long-term psychological impairment. In addition, those who...
Reporting and evaluating wait times for urgent hip fracture surgery in Ontario, Canada
About two-thirds of patients admitted to hospital in Ontario for hip fracture did not receive surgery during the recommended time...
Moderate and extreme temperatures could increase the risk of occupational injuries
Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new study...
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