New triggerable, tough hydrogels could make drug-releasing systems safer
Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients ...
Princeton researchers report new system to study chronic hepatitis B
Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department ...
Ingestible drug-delivery materials may help patients comply with treatment regimens
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health ...
Zebrafish study reveals clues to healing spinal cord injuries
Credit: University of Edinburgh Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies for ...
CARB-X funding for global scientists racing to discover new antibiotics to treat superbugs
Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the US and UK are to share up to US$17.6m ...
Dragonfly brains predict the path of their prey
Credit: David O'Carroll, Lund University New research from Australia and Sweden has shown how a dragonfly's brain anticipates the movement ...
Humans imitate in unique ways: Comparing children and bonobos
From an early age, children are very skilled in imitating the actions of others and are so motivated to do ...
Violent sleep patterns & stress hormones change after a violent crime in the neighborhood
Almost 1.2 million violent crimes - homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery - were committed in the United States in ...
NASA encourages kids to Train Like an Astronaut
Credit: Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut Mission X: Train like an Astronaut, since its inception in 2011, has morphed ...
No gene is an island
Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other ...
Researchers offer new and novel paradigm for advancing research on beneficial microbes
St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field ...
Anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent inhibits glioblastoma growth and radiation resistance
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Glioblastoma is a primary brain tumor with dismal survival rates, even after treatment with surgery, ...
Reaching black men in barbershops could lead to early detection of colorectal cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Health Aging black men are at much greater risk of dying prematurely of colorectal cancer than any ...
Molecular hitchhiker on human protein signals tumors to self-destruct
Credit: Vanderbilt University Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team ...
New therapeutic approach for difficult-to-treat subtype of ovarian cancer identified
PHILADELPHIA -- (July 24, 2017) -- A potential new therapeutic strategy for a difficult-to-treat form of ovarian cancer has been ...
Researchers develop new method to generate human antibodies
Credit: Sanjuan Nandin et al., 2017 An international team of scientists has developed a method to rapidly produce specific human ...
Breast cancer patients can use antiperspirants during radiotherapy
PHILADELPHIA - Women undergoing daily radiation therapy for breast cancer are commonly told they should not use antiperspirant for fear ...
Immune cells the missing ingredient in new bladder cancer treatment
New research offers a possible explanation for why a new type of cancer treatment hasn't been working as expected against ...
Weight in adolescence may affect colorectal cancer risk
A new study has uncovered a link between being overweight or obese in adolescence and an increased risk of developing ...
Neuroticism may postpone death for some
Data from a longitudinal study of over 500,000 people in the United Kingdom indicate that having higher levels of the ...
