City of Hope’s Xiuli Wang, Ph.D., awarded $3.8 million by CIRM
Credit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today awarded City of Hope's Xiuli...
NIH awards $1.55 million to Indiana University to improve chronic-disease management
Credit: Indiana University The National Institutes of Health, under the National Library of Medicine's program on data science research, has...
Eating leafy greens could help prevent macular degeneration
A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce...
For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects hormone levels — and may promote parental engagement
October 18, 2018 - For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels...
Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Samples of ancient sediments from a lake basin in East Africa have revealed that arid conditions...
Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2018--A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to...
A role for circadian enhancers to prevent myocardial injury in the perioperative setting
Innovative cardioprotective strategies are of imminent demand. Nonfatal myocardial ischemia (MI) poses a significant risk to patients undergoing major non-cardiac...
Adolescent THC exposure alters neurons/gene networks associated with psychosis risk
Corresponding Author: Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,...
Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Adding to growing evidence that pesticide use may be contributing to the decline...
Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests
La Jolla, CA - Oct. 17, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment...
Combining genetic and sun exposure data improves skin cancer risk estimates
Credit: Dr. Fontanillas SAN DIEGO, Calif. - By combining data on individuals' lifetime sun exposure and their genetics, researchers can...
Vast leukemia dataset could help researchers match therapies to patients
Credit: J. Tyner et al./ Nature 2018 After years of work, researchers are releasing a massive dataset detailing the molecular...
OHSU-led effort results in largest cancer dataset of its kind
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff PORTLAND, Oregon - After more than five years and 672 patient samples, an OHSU research team has...
Illinois scientists find stem cell proliferation is controlled directly by nervous system
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Somatic stem cells are microscopic workhorses, constantly regenerating cells throughout...
3D-printed lithium-ion batteries
Credit: American Chemical Society Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by...
Moss rapidly detects, tracks air pollutants in real time
Moss, one of the world's oldest plants, is surprisingly in tune with the atmosphere around it. Now in a study...
Wringing water from the air
Scientists estimate that half a billion people in the world lack sufficient water to meet their daily needs, and that...
Pitt engineer’s research on magnetically activated engineered cells attracts NIH funding
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering During graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Warren Ruder wondered if it...
World Heritage Sites threatened by rising sea levels
In the Mediterranean region, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in low-lying coastal areas. These include, for example, the...
Evolution is everywhere
Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences (Cambridge University Press, October 2018) is a new...
