Genetic modifier for Huntington’s disease progression identified
A team led by UCL and Cardiff University researchers has developed a novel measure of disease progression for Huntington's disease, ...
A new adjustable optical microprobe for the analysis and control of deep brain regions
Researchers from the IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Lecce, Italy, and the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, have ...
Villous tree model with active contractions for estimating blood flow conditions
Perfusion in the human placenta is an important physiological phenomenon which shows the placental conditions. The magnitude of placental perfusion ...
Researchers gain new insights into the formation of non-pathological amyloids
A team of scientists from the VIB lab of Han Remaut (VIB-VUB) and the lab of Yves Dufrêne at UCL ...
Buyer beware: Antimicrobial products can do more harm than good
BERKELEY, CA (June 20, 2017): Are you buying antimicrobial or antibacterial soaps? According to over 200 scientists and medical professionals, ...
Journal of Hepatology cited over 30,000 times in 2016
GENEVA, Switzerland 20 June 2017 - Last week Clarivate Analytics released the 2017 Impact Factor (IF) in the Journal Citation ...
Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal imaging of cancer
Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as ...
New disease gene for axon degeneration identified through international gene matching
Research group from the University of Helsinki has identified a new disease gene for early-onset axonal neuropathy and mild intellectual ...
Pacemakers and other cardiac devices can help solve forensic cases
Vienna, Austria - 20 June 2017: Pacemakers and other cardiac devices can help solve forensic cases, according to a study ...
Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast… 8,200 years ago
Credit: Jessica Oster, Vanderbilt University The weather report for California 8,200 years ago was exceptionally wet and stormy. That is ...
FACETS endorsed as official journal of the Royal Society of Canada’s Academy of Science
Ottawa, ON (June 20, 2017) - Canadian Science Publishing, an independent, not-for-profit scholarly publisher dedicated to serving the needs of ...
Researchers unravel mechanism behind bowel paralysis after surgery
In the days following abdominal surgery, patients' intestinal contents pass more slowly or not at all. New research at KU ...
Hiding true self harms career and sense of belonging
Hiding your true self at work can damage your career and reduce your sense of belonging in the workplace, a ...
Older people who feel close to God have well-being that grows with frequent prayer
As people grow older, those who are securely attached to God are more likely to have a sense of well-being ...
Selfish gene acts as both poison and antidote to eliminate competition
Credit: Image courtesy of María Angélica Bravo Núñez and Nicole Nuckolls. KANSAS CITY, MO - Researchers from the Stowers Institute ...
How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery
Credit: Kara Bandy, CTTC Vanderbilt University Imagine plopping six cups of coffee grounds on the heads of patients just before ...
Tiny bubbles provide tremendous propulsion in new microparticles research-Ben-Gurion U.
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 20, 2017-- An innovative technique using light and tiny bubbles to propel microparticles at forces ...
Grape-based compounds kill colon cancer stem cells in mice
Credit: Patrick Mansell Compounds from grapes may kill colon cancer stem cells both in a petri dish and in mice, ...
Is it sometimes ok to cheat?
Credit: Charlotte Jander When both partners benefit from a relationship -- be they husband and wife or pollinator and flower ...
How cells combat chromosome imbalance
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most living cells have a defined number of chromosomes: Human cells, for example, have 23 pairs. As ...
