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35 million euros for excellent research consortium to develop new immunotherapeutic treatments for emerging viral diseases Emerging viral diseases is...

Even in young children: Higher weight = higher blood pressure

Sophia Antipolis, 13 June 2019: Overweight four-year-olds have a doubled risk of high blood pressure by age six, raising the...

Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk

Credit: Sophie Hedges A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild...

Are we using biologic therapy properly?

Introduction of expensive drug in Ontario did not result in fewer hospitalizations or surgeries for inflammatory bowel diseases The introduction...

Low vitamin K levels linked to mobility limitation and disability in older adults

Credit: ponce_photography -- PIxabay BOSTON (June 13, 2019)--Low levels of circulating vitamin K are linked to increased risk of mobility...

Breathing new life into dye-sensitized solar cells

Japanese researchers are poised to reboot the field of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, the most efficient solar...

The app teaching anorexics to eat again

Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner

Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide,...

£2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production

The University of Nottingham is leading a £2m High Performance Computing (HPC) project to optimise the sustainable exploitation of wind...

New assay detects patients’ resistance to antimalarial drugs from a drop of blood

New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities,...

Radiation plus chemotherapy doesn’t improve endometrial cancer recurrence-free survival

Surprised by finding, scientists say this may change locally advanced endometrial cancer care Standard of care has been radiation and...

A microscopic topographic map of cellular function

A decade of research leads MU scientists to a better understanding of how materials move out of cellsCredit: University of...

The Wikipedia gender gap

Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who...

Penn researchers influence CDC’s clarification on prescribing opioids for cancer pain

Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) - To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose...

Adults with sleep apnea are more likely to experience involuntary job loss

Sleep apnea can impair mental and physical functioning, which may impact job performance SAN ANTONIO - Recently unemployed people with...

Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications

Laser catapulting creates miniaturized lenses with customized shapes and optical properties for cameras, solar cells and microscopes WASHINGTON -- A...

Researchers discover trigger for muscle-wasting condition

Credit: OU Medicine Among all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the highest rate of death - 93 percent of patients...

Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning

Credit: Joshua-Tor lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Noroviruses are a leading cause of food-borne illness outbreaks, accounting for...

Does pornography use affect heterosexual women’s intimate experiences with a partner?