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Credit: Provided What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved...

Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?

Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...

Researchers explore how Zika infection causes microcephaly

Credit: Courtesy Dr. Zhang BETHESDA, MD – Infection with Zika virus disrupts fetal brain development by interfering with the proliferation...

CNIC researchers discover a new target for the treatment of fatty liver disease

IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation...

New neuron-like cells allow investigation into synthesis of vital cellular components

Credit: Colleen Mangold, Penn State Neuron-like cells created from a readily available cell line have allowed researchers to investigate how...

Study reveals genetic explanation for cancer’s higher incidence in males than…

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON — In a new study, a group of Boston scientists, including researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer...

Fighting cancer with the power of immunity

Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harnessing the body's own immune system to destroy tumors is a tantalizing...

Environmental policy center to convene Great Lakes mayors

Credit: UIC The Freshwater Lab, a University of Illinois at Chicago-based environmental research and policy center, has been awarded two...

Lifelong physical activity increases bone density in men

IMAGE: Pam Hinton found that exercise-associated bone loading during adolescence and young adulthood benefited bone density in adulthood. Credit: MU...

Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape

Credit: David Katz and Tim Weaver, UC Davis The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant...

Illinois-Mayo Clinic team develop method to identify seizure-causing regions in the brain

Credit: Mayo Clinic Epilepsy–a condition that affects an estimated 65 million people worldwide–can be a difficult condition to treat. A...

New treatment on the horizon for type 1 diabetes sufferers

Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research Patients suffering from type 1 diabetes may soon have access to improved approaches to...

Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows

Credit: Liu, et al. Fevers in a mother's first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby's risk for some heart defects...

Adrenaline rush: Delaying epinephrine shots after cardiac arrest cuts survival rates

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 1, 2016 -Hospitals in which the administration of epinephrine to patients whose...

Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds

Credit: Nicho Hatsopoulos, Karthikeyan Balasubramanian A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows how amputees can learn...

Cellular quality control process could be Huntington’s disease drug target

Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington's...

Fatty liver diagnosis improved with magnetic resonance

Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Taking tissue samples from the liver to diagnose fatty liver can be replaced in most cases...

Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists

Credit: Imperial College London / Royal College of Music Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists...

Tactile feedback adds ‘muscle sense’ to prosthetic hand

Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University Engineers working to add "muscle sense" to prosthetic limbs found that tactile feedback on the skin...

Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some adults with high…