Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for stopping Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine The old real estate adage about "location, location, location" might also apply to the biochemical ...
Arts-based groups benefit individuals with mental health conditions
A new study found that participation in arts-based groups--such as those that involve choir singing and creative writing--benefits the emotions ...
Too many bats are being killed for research
The work of zoologists worldwide is often an important asset for biodiversity protection, but a new article notes that scientists ...
Destruction of wetlands linked to algal blooms in Great Lakes
Canada's current wetland protection efforts have overlooked how the environment naturally protects fresh-water resources from agricultural fertilizer contaminants, researchers from ...
New way found to boost immunity in fight cancer and infections
An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell ...
Weight gain from early to middle adulthood may increase risk of major chronic diseases
Key Takeaways: Weight gain during young and middle adulthood may increase subsequent risk of chronic diseases, premature death, and decrease ...
Identification of PTPRZ as a drug target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Credit: NIBB, ASUBIO Pharma Glioblastoma is the most malignant brain tumor with high mortality. Cancer stem cells are thought to ...
Making chicken feathers
Credit: Amy Shyer, UC Berkeley The rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is ...
Parasitic worms may lead to agricultural stem cell breakthrough
Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa The plant parasitic nematode is an agricultural pest that has no fundamental countermeasures and requires the ...
LSUhealthNO research to improve resilience to disasters in Louisiana
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and ...
Internal medicine physicians pleased with proposed rule to improve medicare payments
The American College of Physicians (ACP) today noted they are pleased with the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule released ...
Pre-pregnancy obesity increases risk for neurocognitive problems in premature babies
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2017 - A new study has found that children born extremely premature to women who ...
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the ...
Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer?
Credit: UT Health San Antonio The human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them. ...
LSUhealthNO research to improve resilience to disasters in LA
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and ...
What patients value about access to their visit notes
Credit: Jay Dobek BOSTON - A majority of U.S. health care organizations have adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems and ...
Collaborative Pediatric Care Network to improve patient health and value in Colorado
Credit: Pediatric Care Network Founded in 2016 and launched in January 2017, the Pediatric Care Network, a collaboration among community ...
Rising to the top
Here's a challenge: Build a pump that can deliver a drug to you automatically when you're sick. Now make it ...
New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases. ...
Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?
For three years, Tara Djokic, a Ph.D. student at the University of New South Wales Sydney, scoured the forbidding landscape ...
