NEWS
Reducing inflammation without lowering cholesterol cuts risk of cardiovascular events
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital today announced results of a clinical trial culminating from...
Therapeutic inhibition of RANK pathway reduces breast cancer…
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Suarez, have shown that...
University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science…
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA – University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth...
Researchers uncover ‘local heroes’ of immune system
Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way the body fights infection at the point of 'invasion' –...
Researchers get $1.4 million to study novel therapeutic approaches to…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA — Researchers in Georgia State University's Institute for Biomedical Sciences have received a four-year, $1.4...
Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces fatigue associated…
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who underwent a non-invasive form of electrical brain stimulation experienced significant...
Families of survivors of ECMO for heart conditions report favorable quality of life
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia One of the few large studies to report long-term outcomes in cardiac patients treated in...
Model helps identify drugs to treat cat eye infections
It's a problem veterinarians see all the time, but there are few treatments. Feline herpes virus 1 (FHV-1) is a...
‘Australia’s Jurassic Park’ the world’s most diverse
Credit: Damian Kelly An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the...
Markey’s Blackburn earns NIH New Innovator Award for cancer research
Credit: Jim Morris | UK HealthCare LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2017) – University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica...
Mounting challenge to brain sex differences
Credit: Rosalind Franklin University How different are men and women's brains? The latest evidence to address this controversy comes from...
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk…
Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of...
Southern Africa’s cheetah population much smaller than believed
Credit: Stephanie Periquet DURHAM, N.C. — Populations of cheetahs in southern Africa have declined as farming and other human activities...
Enzyme from briny deep resurrected in the lab
Credit: © 2017 André Antunes, Edge Hill University, UK. Mysterious microbes that thrive in hot and super-salty brine lakes at...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from…
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed...
Study reveals ways to improve outcomes, reduce costs for common heart procedure
Credit: Thinkstock Hospitals can improve patient care and reduce costs associated with coronary angioplasty if cardiologists perform more of these...
New tools to manipulate biology
Chemistry has provided many key tools and techniques to the biological community in the last twenty years. We can now...
How ‘super organisms’ evolve in response to toxic environments
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – Scientists have long known that many diseases have a strong genetic component, but they are only...
Powerful anti-inflammatory molecule may block vision loss in diabetic…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 3, 2017) – A more powerful version of an anti-inflammatory molecule already circulating in...
75 years of geriatrics expertise on display at 2017 AGS Annual…
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society "I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it's...
