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Viral vectors for gene transfer travel longer distances in the brain than thought
Credit: Kirsti Witter/Vetmeduni Vienna Gene transfer is seen as a hopeful therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients. The approach involves...
Antibiotics promote resistance on experimental croplands
Washington, DC - June 16, 2017 - Canadian researchers have generated both novel and existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms on experimental...
New data shows low risk nicotine product snus is 95 percent safer than smoking
EMBARGOED UNTIL New data analysis presented today at the annual Global Forum on Nicotone (GFN) meeting demonstrates the potential of...
Increase in ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Europe
The substance ciguatoxin is only found in fish from tropical and subtropical seas. For some years now, cases of ciguatera...
Save the Date: Leading acoustics meeting in Boston June 25-29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2017 -- Science promises to sound more exciting than ever at this year's joint Acoustical Society...
Why is one twin smaller than the other? Answer could lie in the placenta
BOSTON (June 16, 2017) - When a baby is born small, it's often attributed to genetic factors or maternal risk...
Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes
Credit: University of Notre Dame Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found that exposure to just 10 minutes...
Research finds common household chemicals lead to birth defects in mice
Credit: Virginia Tech A new study at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the Virginia-Maryland College of...
Bacteria free themselves with molecular ‘speargun’
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum Many bacteria are armed with nano-spearguns, which they use to combat unwelcome competitors or knockout...
New approach to unlock the genetic potential of plant cell wall
Researchers from the University of York and the Quadram Institute have unlocked the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which...
In Medicaid patients, fatal overdose risk rises with opioid dose and sedative-hypnotic use
June 16, 2017 - Among Medicaid patients taking opioids for chronic pain, the risk of fatal overdose rises steadily with...
Education for people with RMDS and employers can improve ability to work
The results of an educational programme implemented by the Galician Rheumatology League (LRG), presented today at the Annual European Congress...
Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread
Credit: DTU/DTU Biosustain To win the war against antibiotic resistant super bugs, scientists seek to find the origin of resistance...
UM chemist to study climate, health effects of wildfire smoke
Credit: Courtesy of Lu Hu MISSOULA - University of Montana scientists will fly straight into the smoke of western wildfires...
New study shows for first time link between passive smoking in childhood and rheumatoid arthritis
Madrid, Spain, 16 June 2017: The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
Broccoli in focus when new substance against diabetes has been identified
Credit: Margareta Gustafsson Kubista/University of Gothenburg Researchers have identified an antioxidant - richly occurring in broccoli - as a new...
New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic...
Biosimilar concerns of rheumatology patients being addressed by national program
To address the fear and insecurity expressed by rheumatology patients on being switched from a biologic to a biosimilar treatment...
Excess risk of cardiovascular events in RA patients decreased since start of 21st century
The results of a meta-analysis presented for the first time today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017...
New international honor for professor Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi
Professor Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi of Centre Eau Terre Environnement at INRS received the Outstanding Scientist Award from the International Bioprocessing...
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