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Naltrexone helps HIV positive individuals reduce heavy alcohol use
New Haven, Conn. - Extended-release naltrexone -- an injection that decreases heavy drinking in the general population when taken in...
Announcing the TCT 2018 Late-Breaking Trials
NEW YORK - August 7, 2018 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the 15 late-breaking trials and 12...
Indian-Americans have fewer sudden infant deaths, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Indian-Americans have the highest percentage of sleeping with their babies among ethnic groups in New Jersey...
Right under our noses: A novel lichen-patterned spider found on oaks in central Spain
(Pensoft Publishers) Once again, a new spider species has been found in a strongly humanised area in Europe. Wearing its...
Boston Children’s Hospital accelerates genomic sequencing to expand existing genomic database
BOSTON (August 7, 2018) - Boston Children's Hospital has embarked on a strategic initiative to expand its research genomics gateway,...
A sterile line of Aedes aegypti is developed to fight off arbovirosis
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) In Brazil, male specimens with defective sperm are created in...
Paper identifies genes associated with risk for aggressive breast cancer
A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk...
Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- They're called the "drunchies," or drunk munchies. It's the desire one has to...
Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine...
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces Best Article and GEM 2018 Award recipients
Indianapolis, Aug. 7, 2018 - The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2018 Best Article and Best...
How axons change chemical cues to mechanical force
Credit: Naoyuki Inagaki While today's technology is growing increasingly wireless, nature's greatest technology, the human brain, still depends on neurons...
Researchers look to worms for a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease
Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 7, 2018 - Studying transthyretin amyloidoses-a group of progressive nerve and cardiac...
Globally, greater attention needed for seemingly ‘minor’ kidney damage
Credit: Kieran O'Mahony, University of Limerick, Ireland Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Irish patients have more than doubled in...
Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 7, 2018) Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities...
LSU Health research reveals new obesity prevention target
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health New Orleans, LA - A team of LSU Health New Orleans...
Research Brief: UMN Medical School researchers study how cues drive our behavior
Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different...
Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes: Hope for inhibitors against amyloid plaques
Effective therapeutics to counteract the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes are not yet available....
Study finds behavioral changes insufficient at preventing early childhood obesity
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center Young children and their families in poor communities were able to make...
Organic makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on early solar system
Credit: K.H. Joy The origin of organic matter found in meteorites that formed during the birth of the Solar System...
Scientists create atomic glue gun to build better nucleic
When it comes to certain molecules, shape makes all the difference. The shape of limonene, for instance, a compound produced...
