Health challenges for migrants and ethnic minorities tackled at global conference
Global experts are gathering in Edinburgh to tackle health disadvantages associated with migration, ethnicity and race. Around 700 experts from...
Measuring the hardness of living tissues without damage
Credit: Yohei Kondo During development, when a fertilized egg transforms its shape dramatically into an animal's body, cell populations forming...
Ecological systems research: What do disturbances in the system result in?
Credit: André Künzelmann/UFZ A single disruptive factor rarely appears in isolation. Usually, a number of them, such as climatic extremes,...
Lignin — A supergreen fuel for fuel cells
Credit: Linköping University Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses...
Leonid Sazanov elected member of EMBO
Credit: IST Austria The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences. Today it announced the election...
62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members
Heidelberg, 14 May 2018 - EMBO announces today that 62 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining...
Very obese women should lose weight during pregnancy for a healthy baby
Credit: Elsevier, Heliyon London, May 14, 2018 -- Very obese women should actually lose weight during pregnancy in order to...
Scientists discover a variation of the genome predisposing to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: IDIBELL An article published in Nature Medicine with the collaboration of the research group of Dr. Manel Esteller, director...
News from the Journal of Lipid Research
Healthy octogenarians have high cholesterol efflux capacity Many scores designed to help doctors predict whether a patient is at risk...
Molecule that acts on human cells might provide hope for ‘irresistible’ cold cure
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as...
Nanomedicine — Targeting cancer cells with sugars
In the treatment of cancer, there are still several limitations. Especially the delivery of sufficient amounts of active chemotherapeutic drug...
EuroPCR 2018 Abstracts — A key to what’s of interest today in interventional cardiology
Paris, France, May 2018. The EuroPCR Scientific Abstracts, now available online, play an essential role in keeping abreast of developments...
Better equipped in the fight against lung cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women....
The digital doctor’s visit: Enormous potential benefits with equally big risk
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute While data privacy has been a much-talked about topic lately--with questions still lingering about how giants...
Motivation to move may start with being mindful
Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A meditation and stress reduction program may be as effective at...
New approach to cancer research aims to accelerate studies and reduce cost
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A new model for improving how clinical trials are developed and conducted by...
Burnout and scope of practice in new family physicians
Among physicians, family physicians report some of the highest levels of burnout. According to a new study, however, early career...
An updated analysis of direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs
Although proponents suggest that direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising is educational and motivating, a new analysis finds that the potential educational...
Screening tool improves prediction of developing Dementia
In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited test to screen for cognitive defects--follow-up with...
