A 3-D model of a human heart ventricle
Credit: Luke MacQueen/Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard SEAS Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle...
MDI Biological Laboratory to sponsor ‘Live Longer, Live Better’ lecture series
How close is medicine to an anti-aging pill? Can anti-aging therapies delay the onset of age-related degenerative diseases? What lifestyle...
Scientists get first look at T cell responses in Ebola virus survivors
Scientists conducting the first comprehensive study of key immune system cells-collected from West African Ebola survivors-that kill Ebola infected cells...
Abnormal gene copying seen in tauopathy fruit fly models
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- It sounds like science fiction: Nefarious genes clone themselves and settle their rogue copies in distant...
A 3D model of a human heart ventricle
Credit: Luke MacQueen/Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard SEAS Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle...
Turmeric eye drops could treat glaucoma
A derivative of turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new...
First dementia prevalence data in lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults
Chicago, July 22, 2018 - The first dementia prevalence data from a large population of lesbian, gay and bisexual older...
Women under-treated for heart attacks die at twice the rate of men
Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients (2183 men, 715 women) reveals that six months...
First practice guidelines for clinical evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease
CHICAGO, July 22, 2018 - Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer's...
The great NFL practice conundrum: How much should you train to avoid injury?
It seems like the most banal advice you could give an athlete: don't overtrain. And yet, when the National Football...
The short, tumultuous working life of a major league baseball pitcher
There are pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) who have had 30-year careers, but as UC Riverside demographer David Swanson...
Saliva test could improve diabetes control and treatment
Diabetes assessment currently relies on measurement of blood sugar levels -- but a simple saliva sample could replace this, says...
Exercise cuts risk of chronic disease in older adults
New research has shown that older adults who exercise above current recommended levels have a reduced risk of developing chronic...
SF State study compares athlete and truck driver, identical twins
When it comes to being fit, are genes or lifestyle -- nature or nurture -- more important? Researchers at San...
Wearable device from Stanford measures cortisol in sweat
The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods...
Mother-child communication in plants
Credit: Source: Thomas Laux An international team led by the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has shown that...
The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells
Credit: Heidelberg University Hospital/ HITS/ ZMBH Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium move ten times faster through the skin than...
Single-molecule magnetic tweezers reveal dual function of FACT in gene regulation
In eukaryotic cells, linear genetic DNA wraps around histones to form stable nucleosomes that further assemble to form chromatins. Nucleosomes...
Oregon researchers say sea pickles are adapting to the Pacific Northwest
Credit: Photo by Kelly Sutherland EUGENE, Ore. - July 20, 2018 - Tubular colonial jellies known as pyrosomes that arrived...
New findings on intercellular communication
Led by Benoit Vanhollebeke, WELBIO investigator at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Laboratory of Neurovascular Signaling (ULB's Faculty...
