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Researchers find that hunger hormones offer promising avenue for addiction treatment
Hormones that signal the body's state of hunger and fullness could be the key to new treatments for drug and...
New findings suggest allergic responses may protect against skin cancer
Credit: Imperial College London The components of the immune system that trigger allergic reactions may also help protect the skin...
Brain changes responsible for the appetite effects of cannabis identified in animal studies
New research on how cannabis use alters eating behavior could lead to treatments for appetite loss in chronic illness, according...
Childhood adversity increases susceptibility to addiction via immune response
Philadelphia, July 17, 2018 Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body's...
Diabetes drug with better side-effect tolerance could improve treatment
Improved medications for Type 2 diabetes are one step closer thanks to a new discovery reported this week by researchers...
While men lose more weight on low-carb diets, women show improved artery flexibility
Credit: MU Health According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1 out of 3 American adults...
Homogeneous BTK occupancy assay
Credit: Helen Yu, Gilead Sciences, Inc. In a new SLAS Discovery article, Helen Yu and a team of researchers at...
LSUHealthNO collaborating on study of aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans is one of 12 universities and health care entities conducting the first...
Majority of older adults with probable dementia are likely unaware they have it, study suggests
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A Johns Hopkins Medicine analysis of information gathered for an ongoing and federally sponsored study of...
Discrepancies found in prescription drug labeling pregnancy information across four countries
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 17, 2018--A study comparing the evidence and recommendation levels of...
Five new research units and two new humanities centers for advanced studies
This was decided by the Senate of the DFG at its summer session held during the DFG's Annual Meeting in...
Pediatric NEXUS head CT DI reliably guides blunt trauma imaging decisions
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL--The Pediatric NEXUS Head Computed Tomography...
Health and safety at work
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche...
National Network of Indian Depression Centers partners with US Depression Centers Network
The National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) has joined forces with the National Network of Depression Centers India (NNDC- I)...
World’s largest study on allergic rhinitis reveals new risk genes
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international team of scientists led by Helmholtz Zentrum München...
The scent of coffee appears to boost performance in math
Drinking coffee seems to have its perks. In addition to the physical boost it delivers, coffee may lessen our risk...
Lehigh University researchers to study Ebola method of host cell invasion
Credit: Lehigh University Viruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to the deadly and highly infectious Ebola disease. Their...
Researchers engineer bacteria to create fertilizer out of thin air
Credit: Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University In the future, plants will be able to create their own fertilizer. Farmers will no...
In borophene, boundaries are no barrier
Credit: Hersam Research Group/Northwestern University Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when...
Homology Medicines announces publication of in vivo gene editing data with nuclease-free technology
BEDFORD, Mass., July 16, 2018 - Homology Medicines, Inc., a genetic medicines company, announced today a peer-reviewed publication demonstrating that...
