Nutrients may reduce blood glucose levels
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (October 10, 2018) - Type 2 diabetes is driven by many metabolic pathways, with some ...
Creating custom brains from the ground up
Scientists studying how genetics impact brain disease have long sought a better experimental model. Cultures of genetically-modified cell lines can ...
NIH study finds probiotic bacillus eliminates staphylococcus bacteria
Credit: NIAID A new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and their Thai colleagues shows that a "good" bacterium ...
Setting personal goals for dementia care
Dementia is a health condition that affects your memory in ways that can make it difficult to carry out your ...
Molecular details of protein reveal glimpse into how kidney stones form
Credit: Ruth Pumroy, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Kidney stones--solid, pebble-like grit that forms when too much of certain minerals ...
E-cigarettes should be used more actively to help smokers quit, experts recommend
"Ongoing nervousness" about the use of e-cigarettes in stop-smoking services can be a "significant" barrier to people finding support, research ...
In black men, baseline screening in midlife strongly predicts aggressive prostate cancer
Boston, MA -- Black men are more likely to be diagnosed with, and to die from, prostate cancer yet recommendations ...
Lung cancer deaths are 28 percent lower in California
Early adoption of tobacco control efforts in California lead to fewer people ever smoking, reduced the amount used by those ...
Understanding water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa
Credit: Virginia Tech Greater access to antibiotic drugs, together with their misuse and overuse, has accelerated the emergence of antibiotic ...
$3.6 million to study adverse effects of genome editing
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--October 10, 2018--As genome editing technologies quickly advance toward clinical therapies, they are raising hopes of a completely ...
Advances in deep learning for drug discovery and biomarker development published in top journal
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, 10th of October, Rockville, MD - While the many concepts in artificial intelligence date back to ...
Columbia scientist awarded $11.3 million to identify new targets against brain disease
Credit: John Abbott for Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Anthony Fitzpatrick, PhD, a Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute ...
Tracking a killer
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- A major cause of human disability and death throughout the world, sepsis is a condition that ...
Mount Sinai builds modeling systems identifying gene-drug and environment interaction
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington has designed ...
Team gets a closer look at how proteins meet on the cell membrane
Credit: Izard laboratory, Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Oct. 10, 2018 - Scripps Research scientists have uncovered the workings of ...
UNC to create next generation, ultra-long-acting antiretroviral formulations
Credit: UNC School of Medicine It has been well established that HIV transmission can be efficiently halted by effective treatment ...
Risk of blindness among premature babies with low levels of blood platelets
Credit: Photo: Ann-Sofie Petersson Premature babies with low levels of platelets (thrombocytes) in their blood run a greatly increased risk ...
Near-infrared spectroscopy could improve flu vaccine manufacturing
Recent research from North Carolina State University outlines how near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy could be used to make cell-culture-based flu vaccine ...
The fine print
Credit: Robby Bowles/University of Utah College of Engineering. Sept. 27, 2018 -- With today's technology, we can 3-D-print sculptures, mechanical ...
Getting relief from sexual dysfunction and incontinence caused by menopause
CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 8, 2018)--Microablative fractional CO2 lasers are energy-based devices designed to help manage troublesome menopause symptoms such as ...
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