Gene editing just got easier
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of researchers has made CRISPR technology more accessible and standardized by simplifying...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Credit: Denis Sinyakov/Greenpeace Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe...
Ex-smokers might be better off with high rather than low nicotine e-cigs
Vapers using low rather than high nicotine e-cigarettes may be using their devices more intensely, potentially increasing the risk of...
Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded
Credit: V.V. Kondrashin and V.A. Tsybin; Spyrou et al. 2018. Analysis of 3,800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin...
Schools join research into the effect of air pollution on children’s health
Over 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a...
Reducing opioids not associated with lower patient satisfaction scores
A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 2,500 patients who used high doses of opioids for at least six months showed...
Cebit 2018: Digital assistant teaches runners healthier running style
Credit: Oliver Dietze Visitors to the computer fair Cebit will be able to try it out on June 11 at...
‘Supersized alcopops’ pose unique danger to youth
Credit: Creative Services, George Mason University College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being...
Increased safety in diagnosing cardiac infarction with more sensitive analytical method
Credit: Photo by Pernilla Lundgren Five percent more cardiac infarctions detected and 11 percent fewer patients suffering a relapse. That...
New method helps make orthotopic brain-tumor imaging clearer and faster
Credit: ZHENG Hairong Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose....
Virtual brain gives insights into memory deficits in depression
Credit: RUB, Marquard During a depressive episode the ability of the brain to form new brain cells is reduced. Scientists...
Visual worlds in mirror and glass
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The beautifully bright and clear colorful rays of light offered...
Consumers beware: High user star ratings dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...
Food allergies connected to children with autism spectrum disorder
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice...
Are antibiotics overused in treatment of outpatient acute respiratory infections?
Bottom Line: Antibiotics are most commonly prescribed for acute respiratory infections, although most of these infections are caused by viruses...
Association of food allergy, other allergies with autism spectrum disorder
Bottom Line: Food and other types of allergies are more likely to be reported in children with autism spectrum disorder...
ORNL launches Summit Supercomputer
Credit: Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 8, 2018--The U.S. Department of Energy's...
Carbon dioxide reduces belly fat
Technique performed outside U.S., but no previous randomized trial to study effectiveness Non-invasive fat reduction increasingly sought after by patients...
Wayne State researchers examine the role of glutamate in aging cognitive diseases
DETROIT - As people around the world live longer, the prevalence of age-associated cognitive disorders is growing. Alzheimer's disease (AD),...
A ‘super’ receptor that helps kill HIV infected cells
Credit: Melissa Cowan While treatments for HIV mean that the disease is no longer largely fatal, the world still lacks...
