Lipid raft components offer potential cholesterol-lowering drug target
Approximately 1 in every 4 deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease, according to the Centers for...
Yale-led team examines impact of diet intervention on autoimmunity in mice
New Haven, Conn. -- Could a change in diet be beneficial to people with autoimmune diseases such as lupus? A...
Insilico to present latest advances in deep learning for biomarker development at 2019 PMWC
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, December 20, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
Study finds elevated risk of rare blood cancers after chemotherapy for most solid tumors
Findings from a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) show that patients treated with chemotherapy for...
Leuven scientists tackle one immune disease after the other
In two recent studies, the same team of scientists has uncovered the mechanisms underlying two distinct immunological disorders affecting both...
Chemists discover new signatures to identify cystic fibrosis in infants sooner
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Scientists at McMaster University have discovered several new biomarkers from a single drop of blood...
Yale Cancer Center scientists advise caution in immunotherapy research
New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists suggest that as the number of clinical...
NIH-developed test detects protein associated with Alzheimer's and CTE
Findings could lead to early diagnosis, better treatment studiesCredit: NIAID WHAT: An ultrasensitive test has been developed that detects a...
How kimchi gets its kick (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2018 -- Kimchi, the fermented cabbage dish beloved in Korea and around...
How sperm stem cells maintain their number
Credit: NIBB The steady production of sperm relies on the number of sperm stem cells in the testis remaining constant....
Researchers from the CNIO and the Hospital 12 de Octubre make sense out of the chaos of melanoma
Credit: CNIO Unlike other skin cancers - and without knowing really why - melanoma is one of the most aggressive...
Bacteria rely on classic business model
The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its hostCredit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum...
Age is more than just a number: Machine learning may predict if you're in for a healthy old age
Salk researchers analyze skin cells from more than 100 people of different ages to find molecular signatures that change as...
Pay-it-forward model increases STD testing among gay men in China
Intervention could be used to increase screening for other infectious diseasesCredit: Jon Gardiner/UNC Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, N.C. - Chinese gay...
The production of Ac-225
This article by Dr. Jonathan W. Engle is published in Current Radiopharmaceuticals, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2018Credit: Bentham Science Publisher,...
Genome offers clues to esophageal cancer disparity
A genomic duplication may help explain why esophageal adenocarcinoma is much more common in Caucasians and presents a potential target...
Swedish research multiplies the life of rechargeable NiMH batteries
Credit: Niklas Björling / Stockholm University Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method to multiply the lifespan of nickel-metal...
Parkinson's disease experts devise a roadmap
Issued in conjunction with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, important consensus guidelines for running proof of concept preclinical and clinical...
Scientists find nanoparticles with peculiar chemical composition
Credit: MIPT Press Office Scientists from Russia and China discovered a host of new and unexpected nanoparticles and found a...
NUS study: In response to heat, the more affluent use air-conditioners; low-income households use water
Global warming may increase water stress in tropical Asian cities through household water demand Singapore households from different socioeconomic groups...
