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Discovery of brain-like activity in immune system promises better disease treatments
The Australian National University (ANU) has led the discovery of brain-like activity in the immune system that promises better treatments...
UTA-linked startup TissueGen wins ‘Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough’ award
Credit: Kevin Nelson Biotech startup TissueGen, Inc. was awarded the "Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough" award by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent...
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow and spread
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed...
Cancer survivors get a taste for kefir after exercise
Philadelphia, PA, July 12, 2017 - Kefir may be a beneficial post-exercise beverage for cancer survivors. It means that cancer...
Mathematical modeling could help with personalized cancer care
A new study from the University of Southern California could pave the way for improving personalised lung cancer care and...
Common strength ‘genes’ identified for first time
Common genetic factors that influence muscle strength in humans have been identified for the first time in a study led...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and organs in long flights
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for...
13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 16-21
International experts on mercury will meet at the 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2017) in...
Firearm-safety class rates in US little changed in 20 years
Credit: Elizar Mercado, University of Washington School of Public Health Only about three in five U.S. firearm owners have received...
Targeting ‘broken’ metabolism in immune cells reduces inflammatory disease
The team, led by researchers at Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals, believes the approach...
Low oxygen in Chesapeake Bay
Credit: Jeremy Testa The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Each year, low...
New series of papers call for a global recovery treatment consensus for stoke patients
The absolute number of people who have a stroke every year; stroke survivors, related deaths, and the overall global burden...
Algae production research gets boost at Los Alamos
Credit: Sapphire Energy INC LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 12, 2017 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the...
MPFI scientists probe function of cerebellar interneurons with new technique
(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience developed a technique for selectively...
Registry identifies early onset of heart failure and lack of defibrillators in Asia
For the first time this year a late breaking clinical trials session will be held at the Asian Pacific Society...
New research points to treatment breakthrough for viruses
RMIT University scientists in Melbourne, Australia, have led an international collaboration that potentially unlocks better treatment of viral diseases, including...
3 billion in funding and 31,000 funded projects
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG presents 2016 Annual Report /-- 'Best knowledge-driven research -- supported by broad political and public trust' --...
Expecting the worst: People’s perceived morality is biased towards negativity
Researchers from the University of Surrey and University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) collected data from more than 400 participants on behavioural...
Paleontologists solve pterosaur pelvis puzzle
Credit: Courtesy Greg Funston Following a discovery in 2015 in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Greg Funston puzzled for two years...
Unlocking the mysteries of deepwater corals to restore the Gulf of Mexico
Credit: Lehigh University Coral genetics could save the Gulf of Mexico - though it may take a few hundred years....
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