Health
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed...
Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens
The discovery further challenges the accepted scientific dogma that the lens is shut out from the immune protection.Credit: JodiRae DeDreu,...
Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease
Credit: Hyeseung Lee/ MIT Picower Institute More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit...
Novel electric impulses relieve the pain
Stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear can help relieving chronic pain. TU Wien and MedUni Vienna have developed novel,...
Similar to humans, chimpanzees develop slowly
Chimpanzees need more than five years to acquire key skillsCredit: Tatiana Bortolato, Taï Chimpanzee Project Few species develop as slowly...
Release of 216 SARS-CoV-2 genomes provides insights into transmission cluster in Austria
Credit: CeMM 216 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences have now been completed and released in the framework of the "Mutational Dynamics of...
Schizophrenia: When the thalamus misleads the ear
Auditory hallucinations -- one of the most characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia -- have been linked to a hyper-connection between the...
The analysis of copper levels in blood facilitates diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: TalTech In biology it is well-known that every living organism is triggered by the hereditary material or DNA that...
Rejuvenated fibroblasts can recover the ability to contract
Credit: National University of Singapore Fibroblasts are the most common connective tissue cells. They produce the structural framework for animal...
NIH grant opens research, training for young scientists to study metabolic disorders
$11 million Center for Biomedical Research Excellence grant awarded to Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State UniversityCredit:...
Even natural products can be harmful for the unborn child
Credit: University of Bern Plant products ingested by pregnant women through their diet are broken down by the intestinal microbiota...
Evidence shows cloth masks may help against COVID-19
Particularly those with several layers of cotton clothCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (May 22, 2020) - The evidence shows that...
COVID-19 should be treated as a thrombotic disease, Brazilian pulmonologist argues
Dr. Elnara Negri, who works in São Paulo City at the largest hospital complex in Latin America, advocates the use...
Humans have beneficial bacteria uniquely adapted for life in our noses
Credit: De Boeck et al. / Cell Reports Beneficial strains of bacteria residing in our guts, genital tracts, and skin...
A return to the wild for better immune health
Credit: Jacob Mills A research team led by the University of Adelaide has found that revegetation of green spaces within...
New insights into vaping uptake among Māori and Pacific peoples
Credit: University of Otago Māori and Pasifika who have not been able to quit smoking may need more support to...
Using wastewater to monitor COVID-19
Credit: NIAID Wastewater could be used as a surveillance tool to monitor the invasion, spread and eradication of COVID-19 in...
A natural amino acid could be a novel treatment for polyglutamine diseases
Researchers from Osaka Univ., National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and Niigata Univ. identify the amino acid arginine as a...
Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery
Preliminary results from NIH clinical trial publishedCredit: NIAID WHAT: The investigational antiviral remdesivir is superior to the standard of care...
Stem cells from placental amniotic membrane slow lung scarring in pulmonary fibrosis
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - In a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM), a team led...
