Given the choice, zebrafish willingly dose themselves with opioids
Credit: University of Utah Health As the opioid crisis escalates, the science behind addiction remains poorly understood. To address this...
Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- "Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do," says...
CWRU awarded funding to understand how plant particle stimulates anti-tumor response
Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for...
Trash to treasure: The benefits of waste-to-energy technologies
Credit: Shutterstock/Argonne National Laboratory Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to...
HPV vaccination rates lag for vulnerable population of childhood cancer survivors
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Aug. 24, 2017) Despite being at an increased...
State’s stem cell agency awards $18.2 million grant for B cell cancer clinical trial
Credit: National Cancer Institute The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today unanimously approved...
New app assesses radiation dosage in pediatric imaging
Credit: The Authors. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- A new Java-based application for Android tablets that provides neurosurgeons...
DNA sensor plays critical role in cancer immunotherapy via response to unexpected DNA form
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - August 23, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report for the first time that...
Androgen deprivation therapy increases risk of heart failure in men with prostate cancer
Men with localized prostate cancer who received androgen deprivation therapy, a hormone treatment, were at significantly higher risk of heart...
Understanding how omega-3 dampens inflammatory reactions
Omega-3 supplements may help slow the development of diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. Omega-3 fatty acids, which we...
New imaging technique spots prostate tumors starved of oxygen
A new imaging technique uncovers oxygen levels in prostate tumours and could lead to a non-invasive way to determine which...
New ambitious research program receives big grant for research into leukemia
The newly established research programme, 'Programme for Translational Hematology', has just received DKK 100 million in funding from the Novo...
Average cost of first 2 years of oropharyngeal cancer treatment in Texas is $139,749
Bottom Line: In Texas, the average cost for the first two years of health care after a diagnosis of oropharyngeal...
Exploring the ground truth: NASA’s twin study investigates metabolites
Credit: NASA You may think you're just an average Joe, but according to your metabolomics data your body is percolating...
Survival of soil organisms is a wake-up call for biosecurity
Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least...
Fantastic beasts and why to conserve them
According to a new study, by the University of Leeds and Cardiff University, the conservation of threatened species has much...
Baby boomer squirrels master tricky timing
Credit: Anni Hämäläinen Female squirrels who align their reproduction to take advantage of food-rich years and align have more pups...
Plant ‘smells’ insect foe, initiates defense
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State It cannot run away from the fly that does it so much damage, but tall...
Scientists develop novel ‘dot’ system to improve cancer detection
Credit: Kristen Cusato La Jolla, Calif., August 24, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have...
Researchers closer to understanding how a drug could induce health benefits of exercise
The research team - led by the University of Leeds - has found that a protein called Piezo1 in the...
