Pre-op daily life disability may predict poor outcome after hip replacement
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study looking at medical records of more than 43,000 U.S. adults with hip-joint damaging osteoarthritis...
Revealed: The secret superpower that makes C. difficile so deadly
Discovery lets doctors predict disease severity, points to new treatmentCredit: UVA Health System A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile...
COPD and type 2 diabetes
This article by Dr. Chaitanya Mamillapalli et al. is published in Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, 2019 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
How light triggers brain activity
Protein researchCredit: RUB, Kramer Enormous therapeutic potential Researchers consider optogenetics to have enormous therapeutic potential. "It is feasible that light...
BU, Johnson & Johnson Innovation alliance: Immune system boost could prevent lung cancer
Genomic differences related to the immune system may play a key role in the early development of lung cancer. That...
Simple and fast method for radiolabelling antibodies against breast cancer
Radioactive antibodies that target cancer cells are used for medical diagnostics with PET imaging or for targeted radioimmunotherapy. Researchers from...
New chemical tool to block endocytosis in plants identified
Plant cells absorb many important substances through a process called endocytosis. In plants, endocytosis is essential for nutrient uptake, passing...
More evidence that blood tests can detect the risk of Alzheimer’s
A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the...
The scientists developed a new method for improving the efficiency of air purifiers
Credit: Sergei Preis, TalTech Clean air is something that we are continuously proud of in our little Estonia, and it...
Plant signals trigger remarkable bacterial transformation
Credit: Copyright Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Hokkaido University. The cycad Cycas revoluta is a palm-like plant that grows on rocky coastal cliffs...
Innovation at the heart of breast cancer care: First ESMO Breast Cancer Congress
Lugano, Switzerland, 23 April 2019 - Innovative breast cancer treatment will be discussed during the first ESMO Breast Cancer Congress...
Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists
Credit: Ola Jakup QUANTUM PHYSICS: University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information....
NUS researchers identified new biomarkers associated with ‘chemobrain’
Credit: National University of Singapore Cognitive impairment associated with cancer, also known as "chemobrain", has gained recognition as a complication...
Quantum gas turns supersolid
Credit: Uni Innsbruck Supersolidity is a paradoxical state where the matter is both crystallized and superfluid. Predicted 50 years ago,...
Scientists create largest collection of coral reef maps ever made
New global atlas offers new way to map coral reefs from spaceCredit: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation MIAMI--A study...
Thiazide diuretics reduced the risk of fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Raija Törrönen The use of thiazide diuretics was associated with a decreased risk of low energy fractures in people...
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are much more robust than bumblebees
Credit: Albin Andersson The insecticide clothianidin affects different species of bees in different ways. While it has no demonstrably negative...
Soft tissue makes coral tougher in the face of climate change
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their...
Ten ASU engineering faculty receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members continue record of dynamically solving research challengesCredit: Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Tempe,...
TOS president-elect co-authors study on genetic test for obesity
SILVER SPRING, Md.--President-elect of The Obesity Society (TOS) Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS, has co-authored a new study that...
