Stone tools reveal modern human-like gripping capabilities 500,000 years ago
Credit: Alastair Key and Metin Eren This research is the first to link a stone tool production technique known as...
Organizers of the 2019 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress announce agenda & call for abstracts
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 20, 2018) -- The Crohn's & Colitis Congress® https://www.crohnscolitiscongress.org/CCC19/Public/Enter.aspx, the premier meeting for clinical and research professionals...
Brain cancer potentially resists immunotherapies by trapping T cells in bone marrow
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Certain brain cancers are associated with low numbers of immune system T-cells circulating in...
E-cigarettes can damage DNA
BOSTON, Aug. 20, 2018 -- The popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow worldwide, as many people view them as...
New drug could prevent debilitating side effect of cancer treatment
Credit: Courtesy of Dennis Riley BOSTON, Aug. 20, 2018 -- About 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with...
A GPS for inside your body
Credit: Simon Simard Medical processes like imaging often require cutting someone open or making them swallow huge tubes with cameras...
Techniques for reducing sugar content in dairy products show promise
Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - Dairy foods are popular among consumers, and sales gross more than $125 billion per year...
Consuming milk at breakfast lowers blood glucose throughout the day
Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes,...
New assay to detect genetic abnormalities in sarcomas outperforms conventional techniques
Credit: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - Sarcomas are rare tumors that are often misdiagnosed. Specific...
Mother tongue versus father tongue: a new study reconciles the two hypotheses
Mother or father who has a stronger influence on their children's language has puzzled linguists for many years? Mother tongue...
Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons in mice
Credit: Nedivi Lab/Picower Institute A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to...
Socioeconomic status may explain racial & ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival
A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer...
Teen tattoos: 1/2 of parents concerned about negative health effects, impact on employment
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Seventy-eight...
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, has spread outside of…
DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2018 -- Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic...
Young, healthy people still vulnerable to CVD if their LDL cholesterol is high
DALLAS, August 20, 2018 -- Young, healthy people may still face a lifetime risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease...
Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully
(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely...
Sex in plants requires thrust
Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by...
Rogue proteins may underlie some ALS and frontotemporal dementia cases, says study
Credit: Aarti Sharma /Columbia University ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in...
In teen friendships, misery does love company
Credit: Florida Atlantic University A new study on adolescent friendships offers support for the belief that misery really does love...
Nanoparticles in our environment may have more harmful effects than we think
Credit: University of Southern Denmark Researchers warn that a combination of nanoparticles and contaminants may form a cocktail that is...
