Health
Potential enzyme as therapeutic target for diabetes
Credit: Kanazawa University Abnormalities in glucose uptake by the liver (or hepatic glucose uptake; HGU) cause elevations in blood glucose...
Pioneering ‘Science to Survive’ pipeline gives cancer…
The Translational Oncology Initiative will accelerate potentially lifesaving treatments from the lab bench to bedside Sheffield scientists are at the...
NIH funds $2 million study of caregivers of relatives with bipolar…
Credit: CWRU Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see...
CytomX and MD Anderson Cancer Center enter into strategic collaboration for…
CytomX Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CTMX), a biopharmaceutical company developing investigational Probody™ therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today entered into a...
Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions
Credit: NC State / UNC CHAPEL HILL, NC – A team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and...
Advancing our understanding of how the disease lupus is prevented in…
Credit: Department of Immunology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) A group of researchers at Tokyo Medical and...
Alerting stem cells to hurry up and heal
Credit: Image courtesy of Joseph T. Rodgers BINGHAMTON, NY – With Earth Day approaching, new research from Binghamton University-State of...
Back-to-school worries for parents? 1 in 3 very concerned bullying, cyberbullying
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Parents may also experience some nerves...
Blind people have brain map for ‘visual’ observations too
Credit: KU Leuven – Joris Snaet Is what you're looking at an object, a face, or a tree? When processing...
Transgender youth avoid health care due to discomfort with doctors
Credit: UBC Close to half of transgender young Canadians aren't accessing health care when they need it, according to a...
In crafting new treatments for hemophilia, a ‘less is…
Credit: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Hematology researchers have found that blocking the role of a common protein may offer...
Whole body vibration has same health benefits as treadmill walking in a model of obesity…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 16, 2017) -A daily dose of whole body vibration- like time on a treadmill...
Studies link healthy brain aging to omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the blood
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two new studies link patterns of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the blood...
The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the…
Credit: University of Bristol Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic...
New strategy could yield more precise seasonal flu vaccine
Credit: Photo by: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — During the 2014-15 flu season, the poor match between the virus used...
Maternal B12 deficiency may increase child’s risk of type 2 diabetes
Credit: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick B12 deficiency during pregnancy may predispose children to metabolic problems such as type-2...
Nation’s largest state effort to track concussions in youth…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – December 12, 2016 – The nation's largest statewide effort to track concussions among youth athletes...
Scientists sniff out female mouse scents that make males frisky
Scientists have identified two chemical scents in the urine of female mice that arouse sexual behavior in males, a discovery...
Differences in sex and running ability influence declines in marathon performance, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–A person's sex and running ability play a role in the decline of their performance in...
Report identifies key policies to address health inequities
Researchers from the University of Liverpool working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Evidence Network (HEN) and the European...
