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Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is...

In many countries, bone health may be at risk due to low calcium intake

Credit: IOF The new interactive Global Map of Dietary Calcium Intake in Adults, launched today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation...

Faster walking heart patients are hospitalized less

Ljubljana, Slovenia - 20 April 2018: Faster walking patients with heart disease are hospitalised less, according to research presented today...

Compound improves stroke outcome by reducing lingering inflammation

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 20, 2018) - An experimental compound appears to improve stroke...

Remote-control shoots laser at nano-gold to turn on cancer-killing immune cells

Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter A remote command could one day send immune cells on a rampage against a...

Research reveals stronger people have healthier brains

A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of...

Male contraceptive compound stops sperm without affecting hormones

CHAPEL HILL, NC - A new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE details how a compound called EP055...

New strategies for hospitals during mass casualty incidents

A community's ability to cope with mass casualty incidents (MCIs) is very dependent on the capacity and capability of its...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater risk of diabetes

Credit: UC San Diego Health An epidemiological study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine...

US military looks to develop revolutionary machine-learning tool to address upsurge in suicides

Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An alarming spike in suicides among U.S. military service members and veterans over...

Scientists identify 170 potential lung cancer drug targets using unique cellular library

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - April 19, 2018 - After testing more than 200,000 chemical compounds, UT Southwestern's...

Clinical trial tests tattoo sensor as needleless glucose monitor for diabetes patients

Credit: UC San Diego Health For Angela Valdez, being diagnosed with diabetes was an awakening. The disorder ran in her...

Media registration now open for TCT 2018

WHAT: Media registration is now open online for TCT 2018 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular...

Variants in non-coding DNA contribute to inherited autism risk

In recent years, researchers have firmly established that gene mutations appearing for the first time, called de novo mutations, contribute...

Scientists re-create brain neurons to study obesity and personalize treatment

Credit: Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute LOS ANGELES (April 19, 2018) -- Scientists have re-created brain neurons of...

A complete cell atlas and lineage tree of the immortal flatworm

Credit: Credit: Salah Ayoub, BIMSB/MDC and Jordi Solana, BIMSB/MDC, now at Oxford Brookes University From one stem cell to many...

UCalgary researchers develop a new method to discover drugs to treat epilepsy

Credit: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary For more than a third of children living with epilepsy, the currently approved medications...

3-D human ‘mini-brains’ shed new light on genetic underpinnings of major mental illness

Major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, severe depression and bipolar disorder share a common genetic link. Studies of specific families...

Novel antioxidant makes old blood vessels seem young again

Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see age-related vascular changes reverse by...

EPFL scientists become part of international effort to create Human Cell Atlas