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Lost your appetite? Try inviting yourself to dinner
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan – People rate food as tasting better, and eat more of it, when they eat...
Researchers ID first 2 genes regulating sleep in mice using genetic screening
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – November 2, 2016 – Researchers have identified the first two core genes that regulate the...
Researchers identify mental health screening tools, barriers for Latino children
Credit: Edith Martinez In a bid to improve mental health screening of Latino children from immigrant families, researchers at Johns...
DNA and protein ‘liquid biopsy’ for early pancreatic…
Johns Hopkins scientists say they have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
EurekAlert! Fellowships ‘validating’ for Chinese, Indian science reporters at…
Credit: Courtesy photos provided by the winners Winners of the 2017 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters say the opportunity...
Study explores impact of obesity on bone marrow cells
Credit: Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -New research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity...
Mini cancer tumours grown in first-of-kind pioneering research
Credit: University of Birmingham Charity Cancer Research UK has awarded the University of Birmingham £1.5 million to fund a five-year...
Vitamin D deficiency may limit immune recovery in HIV-positive adults
Athens, Ga. – A University of Georgia researcher has found that low levels of vitamin D may limit the effectiveness...
Penn researchers help unravel mysteries of pancreatic cancer’s resistance to…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Pancreatic cancer has long been one of the hardest to treat. Now, in a new...
Tiny organisms with a massive impact
Credit: Matthias Sieber / ETH Zurich / ACE Diatoms are a very common group of algae found not only in...
Environmental factors may contribute to the development of some…
Environmental factors may be a contributory cause in the development of some childhood cancers, leading scientists have revealed. Experts at...
CNIC scientists discover a key signal in intercellular communication
Credit: CNIC A team of scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), led by Prof. Francisco...
SWAT team of immune cells helps reduce infection rates in babies after cleft lip surgery
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 17, 2016) – The mouth is widely considered the dirtiest part of the human...
After gene therapy, hemophilia B patients maintain near-normal levels of clotting factor
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers are reporting the highest and most sustained levels to date of the essential blood-clotting...
Exploring periodontitis in patients with Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published an article titled “Periodontitis in Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome: An Altered...
Theory: Flexibility is at the heart of human intelligence
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Centuries of study have yielded many theories about how the brain...
Tracking movement of immune cells identifies key first steps in inflammatory arthritis
Credit: Yoshishige Miyabe, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Using a novel approach for imaging...
Study finds tube placement may not be necessary for treating upper GI bleeds
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina For many of the millions of patients treated annually in hospitals for upper gastrointestinal...
Reactive oxygen species — fueling or putting the brakes on…
Credit: Umeå University Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as peroxides and superoxides are important signalling molecules in an organism's regulation...
