Possible new treatment strategy against progeria
Credit: Daniel Whisenant Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in ...
Metabolic syndrome: New use for an old drug
The syndrome, which affects more than 35% of the over-50 population in Western countries, could be treated with Ibrutinib, a ...
The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures
Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main ...
2/3 of parents cite barriers in recognizing youth depression
Teens and preteens are no strangers to depression: 1 in 4 parents say their child knows a peer with depression; ...
15-year study finds treatment gaps exist for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving ...
Omega-3 shows protection against heart disease-related death, without prostate cancer risk
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Should you take omega-3 pills? Or try to have two to servings of omega-3 rich fish a ...
Intermittent fasting increases longevity in cardiac catheterization patients
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare While Intermittent fasting may sound like another dieting craze, the practice of routinely not eating and drinking ...
Researchers discover new mutations in gene associated with disease that causes the heart to weaken
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified new mutations in a ...
Teens with heart disease improve exercise capacity in large clinical trial
CHOP cardiologists report milestone results for Fontan survivors in multicenter, phase 3 FUEL TrialCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The largest-ever ...
New catalysts remove NOx pollutants at lower temperatures
Bulk 'defective' vanadium oxide for NOx removal from industrial exhaust at temperatures lower than 150 degrees CelsiusCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
ASU collects 5 solar awards in latest round of DOE funding
ASU continues to keep solar shining in Phoenix Metro areaCredit: Deanna Dent/ASU Now Arizona State University has received five prestigious ...
A better understanding of soft artificial muscles
Research sheds light on the underlying mechanics of soft filamentsCredit: (Video courtesy of Nicholas Charles/Harvard SEAS) Artificial muscles will power ...
How to build a chloroplast
Plants use a single communication route when developing new chloroplastsCredit: Image by PhotoMIX Ltd. No copyright. No credit required. https://www.pexels.com/photo/closeup-photo-of-sprout-1002703/ ...
Training collaboration launched between Wistar & Leiden University Medical Center
Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 15, 2019) -- The Wistar Institute and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) formalized ...
CSU lands $1.2 million in NIH funding to advance work on a new tuberculosis vaccine
Credit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography A team of researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State ...
NASA gets an eyeful of Typhoon Fengshen
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Fengshen after its eye opened as Fengshen had ...
NASA looks at Tropical Depression Kalmaegi’s water vapor concentration
Credit: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Philippine Sea, water vapor data provided information about the intensity of ...
NASA identifies new eastern pacific tropical storm
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of developing Tropical Storm Raymond in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. ...
New US Army software rapidly converts live drone video into 2D and 3D maps
Software-only solution creates maps in a matter of minutes, allowing locally collected video to be processed into immediately usable geospatial ...
Vaping less harmful than smoking for vascular health, major study finds
Study finds significant improvements in vascular health of chronic smokers who transition to e-cigarettesCredit: Dominic Glasgow / University of Dundee ...
