Cell-penetrating ‘nanodrills’ show promise for intracellular drug delivery
PORTLAND, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have created new nanomaterials able to...
Study examines blood lead levels of Flint children before and after water crisis
Flint children's blood lead levels were nearly three times higher almost a decade before the year of the Flint water...
New family of promising, selective silver-based anti-cancer drugs discovered
Credit: Dr Zelinda Engelbrecht, Ms Therese van Wyk at the University of Johannesburg. A new family of very promising silver-based...
Remake, refill, reuse: Recycling at the synapse revealed
Credit: OIST Neurons in the brain form tangled webs of connections. Within these webs, cells communicate with each other to...
Opioid analgesics reduce use of antipsychotics in persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Initiating an opioid analgesic reduced the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in persons with Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from...
Scientists launch global effort to model pancreatic beta cell, solve diabetes
Credit: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya, Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience USC researchers have launched a massive scientific...
Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients
Credit: Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy (CC BY-SA 3.0) MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 26, 2018) -- Researchers at Tufts University...
Captured on film for the first time: Microglia nibbling on brain synapses
Credit: L. Weinhard, EMBL Rome For the first time, EMBL* researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses. Their findings...
Smoking in patients with heart attack reduced with varenicline
In patients who have had a heart attack, the drug varenicline significantly reduced smoking during the following year, found a...
Important development could reduce numbers of fish required in toxicology research
Credit: University of Plymouth Scientists have developed a new technique to examine the effects of chemicals on digestive systems of...
Treatment rates for dangerously high cholesterol remains low
DALLAS, March 26, 2018 -- Less than 40 percent of people with severe elevations in cholesterol are being prescribed appropriate...
Drug-related mortality rates are not randomly distributed across the US
Credit: Shannon M. Monnat Ann Arbor, March 26, 2018 - Drug-related deaths have grown to be a major US public...
Top sports leagues heavily promote unhealthy food and beverages, new study finds
Credit: NYU Langone Health The majority of food and beverages marketed through multi-million-dollar television and online sports sponsorships are unhealthy...
Cancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows
Cancer patients' pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows Patients with cancer could benefit from a simple bedside system...
Study: More people rely on government catastrophic drug plans
TORONTO, March 26, 2018-- Government spending for the catastrophic drug program in Ontario rose 700 per cent between 2000 and...
Machine learning model provides rapid prediction of C. difficile infection risk
Every year nearly 30,000 Americans die from an aggressive, gut-infecting bacteria called Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which is resistant to...
Oxycodone use shifts in Australia after tamper-resistant versions introduced
After the introduction of tamper-resistant oxycodone in Australia, dispensing rates for higher-strength formulations decreased for people younger than 65 years,...
Breakthrough in battle against rice blast
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of...
Two immunotherapies used together for the first time to tackle tumors
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 26, 2018) - Two immunotherapies - one that enables the...
New research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gases
Credit: Credit: Christian Dinkel DULUTH, Minnesota--A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first...
