New technology for enzyme design
Credit: AK Seibel Enzymes are tools of nature that accelerate almost all biochemical reactions in living cells as biological catalysts....
When push comes to shove: Airway cells propel liver cancer spread to lungs
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer, and the third...
Direct visualization of dynamic structures of protein disaggregation molecular machines
Credit: NINS/IMS When proteins are exposed stresses like a heat shock, they lose their native structure and form toxic insoluble...
Dieting associated with risky behaviours in teenage girls
Teenage girls who diet are more likely to engage in other health-compromising behaviours, including smoking, binge drinking, and skipping breakfast,...
Cautious prawns win battle for food
Credit: Callum Duffield / Daniel Maskrey Prawns have personalities - and cautious crustaceans do better in the battle for food,...
Psychiatric disorders shouldn’t disqualify youth with severe obesity from weight loss surgery
WASHINGTON - (June 1, 2018) - Psychiatric disorders, a common comorbidity of severe obesity, especially for youth, should not disqualify...
Immunocompromised patients with sepsis may face higher mortality at hospitals treating small numbers
Credit: ATS June 1, 2018--Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis appear more likely to die if they are treated in a hospital...
Walking faster could make you live longer: research
Speeding up your walking pace could extend your life, research led by the University of Sydney suggests. Walking at an...
Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel
Credit: Alvaro Mata Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which...
Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study
Credit: OIST Just a little longer. It's a common experience: hanging on in the hopes that our patience will pay...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how...
Irradiating chest lymph nodes in patients with early stage breast cancer improves survival without increasing side effects
Credit: ©EORTC Chicago, USA: Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical...
New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in...
New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that...
