Luke Skywalker’s hand inspires scientists to create robotic skin
Scientists at the University of Bristol are engineering human skin on artificial robotic muscles that can stretch and bend the ...
Increased nerve activity may raise blood pressure in anxiety
Bethesda, Md. (May 3, 2018)--Sympathetic nerve activity to skeletal muscle blood vessels--a function of the nervous system that helps regulate ...
Newly discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic ...
Anti-alcoholism drug shows promise in animal models
Credit: James Sahn/University of Texas at Austin Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully tested in animals ...
Walnuts impact gut microbiome and improve health
URBANA, Ill. - Diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, have been shown to play a role in heart health ...
Marmoset monkey model of Zika virus infection offers new insights into the human condition
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A novel marmoset model of human Zika virus infection offers new opportunities for better understanding ...
Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of ...
CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time
Credit: PLOS ONE MADISON - New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions ...
Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic ...
Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed ...
UIC researchers create heart cells to study AFib
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way turn pluripotent stem cells into atrial cells, ...
Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better ...
Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey, ...
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to ...
Environmental quality research questions identified for Latin American region
Credit: Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 3, 2018) - Using an innovative initiative, Latin American researchers from academia, government agencies ...
New study sheds light (and some shade) on anole diversification
Credit: Manueal Leal, MU Division of Biological Sciences The islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica -- collectively known ...
Study: Maternal placenta consumption causes no harm to newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies ...
Untangling DNA knots
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to ...
Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men
CHICAGO --- Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not ...
Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure
Credit: Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions ...
