Can the brain help heal the heart?
Credit: UCF, College of Medicine A University of Central Florida College of Medicine scientist is advancing research on how neurons...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu...
Fire-safety sectors call for global PFAS ban, no loopholes for toxic firefighting foam
New report includes just released data on PFAS exposures to Australian Firefighters (Gothenburg, Sweden): Industry fire-safety experts from the oil...
Storage beyond the cloud
A new way to store information in molecules could preserve the contents of the New York Public Library in a...
Environmental pollutants could impact cellular signs of aging
Researchers have linked some environmental pollutants with diseases, a decreased life span and signs of premature aging, such as wrinkles...
HER2 positive breast cancer: Treatment de-escalation needs to be personalized
ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 1 May 2019 -...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients affected by disabilities well in advance of diagnosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis often are affected by functional disability a year or two before the...
A newly identified mechanism can be targeted to boost angiogenesis
CNIC scientists have discovered a cellular and molecular mechanism that could be exploited to induce productive formation of blood vessels...
Sex drug ‘effective’ as heart failure treatment
A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction has been found by University of Manchester scientists to slow or even reverse...
Searching for lost WWII-era uranium cubes from Germany
University of Maryland researchers are piecing together what exactly happened to hundreds of cubes of uranium from a secretive and...
Suicide attempts by self-poisoning have more than doubled in teens, young adults
A new study from Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center found rates of suicide attempts by self-poisoning...
Quitting smoking is associated with reduced risk of bladder cancer in postmenopausal women
Bottom Line: A large study of postmenopausal women indicated that quitting cigarette smoking was associated with significantly reduced risk of...
Effort to improve rescue kits for diabetes gets $1.4 million boost with SBIR grant
Monon Bioventures and Purdue University awarded grant to improve diabetes treatment WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Diabetes is a disease of...
New urine tests for bladder cancer may improve patient outcomes; reduce procedures, costs
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2019) - Two new urine tests appear to accurately...
Diabetes drug could help smokers kick the habit
Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Phillip Robinson has gone from 10 cigarettes a day to one or two every other...
Research funding agencies issue global guidelines on societal and economic impact
Statement of Principles will be issued in São Paulo during annual meeting of Global Research Council attended by representatives of...
Reef engineers
Marine scientists investigate the relationship between bumphead parrotfish and their coral reef habitat on a molecular level The next time...
Mayo Clinic, other experts call for urgent focus on brain disease that mimics Alzheimer’s
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In collaboration with the University of Kentucky, the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Rush University Medical...
Biologists warn of peril from biological invasions as White House cuts funding
As the Trump Administration prepares to cut in half the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of...
Do you smell what I smell?
From genes to receptors to perception: Olfaction unraveledCredit: Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2019) - Several years ago the internet...
