Taming random gene changes as our bodies start to form
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists exploring how to tame random gene fluctuations as the embryos that become our bodies...
Penn study finds that different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells
Credit: John Wherry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Immunity PHILADELPHIA - The battle between the human...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2 million grant to study cancer genetics and radiation effectiveness
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, CLEVELAND: Can the genetic makeup of their cancers predict how patients with lung cancer will respond...
Genetic fixer-uppers may help predict bladder cancer prognosis
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Mutations in genes that help repair damage to DNA may aid in predicting the prognosis of patients...
Scientists’ discovery in Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living...
Malaria detectable in olfactory cocktail
Credit: Graphic: ETH Zurich / CDC, James Gathany Malaria is still a deadly disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Every...
Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health
A new expert consensus endorsed by the European Society for Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases...
3D images of cancer cells in the body
Credit: Jan Laufer / MLU Making tumour cells glow: Medical physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a...
How the waterwheel plant snaps
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group The midrib of the leaf (which has been transformed into a snap trap) bends slightly...
Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting
Credit: SUTD Nearly half a century ago scientists have noticed an interesting phenomenon that small particles flowing through a long...
Leading blockchain groups partner to establish a new field of life data economics
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. 15th of May, 7AM PST, San Francisco, CA - Today several leaders in blockchain and artificial...
Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity
Bethesda, Md. (May 15, 2018)--A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating...
New agility tests can discriminate between soccer players at different performance levels
Agility -- the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction -- is an important factor in soccer performance....
Scientists use Dorset, UK, as model to help find traces of life on Mars
Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's...
Nightingale Health expands biomarker services to analyze urine, CSF and cord blood
Credit: NIGHTINGALE HEALTH LTD. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker testing technology, today announced further...
Waterloo study says insurance industry dangerously unprepared for extreme weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University...
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in blacks on dialysis
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 15, 2018) - High levels of a protein activated by...
New hope for patients with depression and anxiety
There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately...
Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer’s or related dementias
Credit: Union College Communications Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with...
The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare
AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide....
