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No more brown apples?
Everybody knows this phenomenon: After slicing an apple, it loses its appetising white colour very quickly, which does not only...
Cancer breakthrough miniature device shows which drugs perform best against tumors
Credit: University of Huddersfield "…the device allows early assessment of the effects of drugs, speeding up the adoption of those...
Researchers develop device that emulates human kidney function
Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY – Instead of running tests on live kidneys, researchers at Binghamton, University State University of...
Smile and the world thinks you’re older: Study
Credit: Western University, Canada Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you're keen on looking younger, you shouldn't. A new study...
When should doctors treat short children and teens with growth hormone?
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia When is it appropriate to treat short children with growth hormone? The answer is not...
Kent State biologists receive NIH grants to study reproductive challenges
Credit: Kent State University It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps...
Empowering patients effectively improves physician hand hygiene
Credit: WVU Arlington, VA, Aug. 15, 2017 – Armed with new tools, patients and parents felt empowered to remind healthcare...
Most doctors ignore one of the most potent ways to improve health,…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Leveraging existing relationships with friends and family may be a more effective way to improve...
Biogerontology Research Foundation and Juvenescence Staff to Present at Metabesity 2017
Credit: The World Congress on Targeting Metabesity October 30, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (bg-rf.org.uk) Chief Science Officer, Dr....
Doctor re-examines evidence on UTIs in patients with spinal cord injury
Credit: UBC and ICORD People with spinal cord injuries rely on catheters to empty their bladder. When a well-respected publication...
UTHealth receives $3.3 million grant to reduce re-arrest rates among…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)...
Revealing the best-kept secrets of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Dec. 14, 2017) In the bustling setting of the cell, proteins encounter each other...
Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasia
Credit: Kanazawa University Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease designated by Ministry of Welfare, Health and Labor (MWHL) of...
New clinical trial for early-stage eye melanoma offers study of targeted therapy
Credit: Photo courtesy: Roger Barone/Wills Eye Hospital March 30, 2017, Philadelphia, Pa – A first-of-its-kind, potentially groundbreaking new option for...
Zika virus damages placenta, kills fetal mice
Zika virus infects and crosses the placentas of pregnant mice and causes severe damage or death in fetal mice, report...
Potential impact of a dengue vaccine in the Yucatan
Credit: Hladish et al. While no dengue vaccine has yet been approved for general use, several candidates are in clinical...
5,000 and counting: Penn Medicine celebrates reconstruction milestone
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive...
Fighting penicilliosis — identification of fungal protein Mp1p as virulence factor
Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6m to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence...
Beyond bullying: Study shows damaging affects of multiple forms of…
Credit: Jeff Clarke School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new...
