Could bacteria fuel the future?
A group of bacteria best known for causing stomach trouble could also be a source of sustainable energy. The U.S....
Nanoplatform developed with three molecular imaging modalities for tumor diagnosis
Credit: Marco Filice Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have developed a hybrid nanoplatform that locates tumours using...
GA4GH announces new interoperability standards for genomic data sharing
BASEL (October 4, 2018) -- The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) today announced the release of three new...
How the brain learns during sleep
Credit: RUB, Kramer Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Bonn have investigated which activity patterns occur in the...
Nanopore technology with DNA computing easily detects microRNA patterns of lung cancer
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (14), pp 8531-8537. Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society Small...
Protein dynamics: Molecular machines at work
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a special fluorescence-based imaging technique to track the shape changes that occur...
New details of HIV life cycle
Credit: Evan Krape Research by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details...
New method measures single molecules from nanoliter of blood in real time
Credit: Giovanni Maglia, University of Groningen University of Groningen scientists, led by Associate Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia, have...
Digital marketing exposure increases energy drink usage among young adults
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, October 5, 2018 - Energy drinks represent a new category of nonalcoholic...
ACMG awarded five-year, $13 million contract renewal to continue newborn screening efforts
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for...
New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting
Following a review of the latest evidence --including a range of recent trials of drug and lifestyle interventions -- the...
The urban training intervention increases physical activity in COPD patients
Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy...
How has children’s body image changed over time?
Results from a Chinese nationwide survey indicate that the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity nearly tripled from 6.5% to 16.8% from...
Study links individual HPV types to HIV infection
Credit: Genevieve Casanova, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team led by a scientist at the University of...
How to make a lab-on-a-chip clear and biocompatible (with less blood splatter)
Credit: Sanaz Habibi and Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to...
Boston Medical Center, Boston University receive $1.58M CDC grant in efforts to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
BOSTON-- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible...
Studies needed on impact of cannabis use on puberty
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Oct. 5, 2018) - McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies...
Gene signature predicts outcome after spinal cord injury
Scientists have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans,...
New cancer vaccine platform a potential tool for efficacious targeted cancer therapy
Credit: Vincenzo Cerullo Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used...
Sink traps are surprising source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICU
NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) -- During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital...
