Environmentally friendly production of active pharmaceutical ingredients
(Bielefeld University) Mostly, the chemical industry still follows very extensive procedures when producing active pharmaceutical ingredients and other complex substances....
Like a game of ‘spot the difference’ for disease-prone versus healthy people
Understanding common diseases sometimes boils down to grasping some of their basic mechanisms. For instance, a specific kind of natural...
Study links unhealthy segregated neighborhoods to childhood asthma
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J. -- Researchers have had trouble explaining why black children are...
New study shows supplementation of capsicum extract helps increase metabolic rate
Morristown, N.J., Aug. 7, 2017 - As we age, managing healthy weight may become more difficult due to a slowing...
You are what your grandmother ate: Intergenerational impacts of prenatal nourishment
A study published online in The FASEB Journal shows that parents' own prenatal environment has a detectable impact on their...
In utero exposure to diesel exhaust could be linked to adult heart failure
According to a study published online in The FASEB Journal, involving mice, gestational exposure to airborne particles derived from diesel...
Molecule in human saliva has potential for wound healing
A study published online in The FASEB Journal delves into the mystifying fact that wounds in your mouth heal faster...
Increased brain acidity in psychiatric disorders
Your body's acid/alkaline homeostasis, or maintenance of an adequate pH balance in tissues and organs, is important for good health....
Modern domestic dog has a single geographic origin
(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) By analyzing the DNA of two prehistoric dogs from Germany, an international research team has determined...
Drought-affected trees die from hydraulic failure and carbon starvation
The report finds that hydraulic failure, which is the inability of a plant to move water from roots to leaves...
Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert
Credit: Michael Gooseff An abnormal season of intense glacial melt in 2002 triggered multiple distinct changes in the physical and...
How an unlikely cellular ‘antenna’ can impair brain development
Credit: Anton Lab, UNC CHAPEL HILL, NC - An antenna-like structure on cells, once considered a useless vestige, appears to...
Single strep bacteria protein sets off white blood cell’s early warning system
Credit: UC San Diego Health Group A Streptococcus bacteria -- the cause of strep throat and flesh-eating infections -- have...
Breakthrough device heals organs with a single touch
Credit: Please courtesy The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and...
A new view for protein turnover in the brain
Credit: Marisa Goo, Gentry Patrick/UC San Diego Keeping the human brain in a healthy state requires a delicate balance between...
Find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in aged chimpanzee brains
Credit: iStock ATLANTA -- The brains of aged chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, show pathology similar to the human Alzheimer's...
What’s killing trees during droughts? Scientists have new answers.
Credit: FAO As the number of droughts increases globally, scientists are working to develop predictions of how future parched conditions...
Researchers set record for fastest light pulse
Credit: University of Central Florida A research team at the University of Central Florida has demonstrated the fastest light pulse...
New antibiotic class found effective against gonorrhea in the laboratory
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 700,000 people around the world die annually from drug resistant infections. It...
Case Western Reserve University develops therapeutic to repair and regenerate tissue
Rodeo Therapeutics, a new drug development company created by two highly regarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers,...
