Health
Regulatory and effector B cells control scleroderma
Credit: Kanazawa University Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma), a connective tissue disorder of autoimmune etiology, is characterized...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify a potential new approach to treat HER2 positive breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an important new pathway by which HER2 positive breast cancers grow...
Pushing big data to rapidly advance patient care
The breakneck pace of biomedical discovery is outstripping clinicians' ability to incorporate this new knowledge into practice. Charles Friedman, Ph.D....
NUS researchers use AI to successfully treat metastatic cancer patient
Credit: National University of Singapore A translational research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has harnessed CURATE.AI,...
New method for hydroboration of alkynes: Radicals induce unusual selectivity
Credit: Kanazawa University Organoboron compounds have been widely used to create new organic molecules since Prof. Suzuki, a 2010 Nobel...
Presynapses come in a packet
Credit: Dmytro Puchkov, FMP Synapses are the interfaces for information exchange between neurons. Teams of scientists working with Professor Dr....
Researchers receive $18 million to study connections between heart health and cognition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
Insilico to present on human aging biomarker development at the BSRA Scientific Meeting
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, the 30th of September, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the...
New research: Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
A substantial proportion of pharmaceutical industry payments to authors of oncology clinical trials published in major scientific journals are not...
National Cancer Institute funds research on computer-generated patient care summaries
Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis Devlin The University of Illinois at Chicago has received nearly $1.5 million in funding from the National...
Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects, nurture health
Credit: Salk Instititute LA JOLLA--(August 30, 2018) Scientists at the Salk Institute found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought...
When neurons turn against themselves
Credit: Doron Merkler / UNIGE Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to...
Inhibiting NF-κB improves heart function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Denis Guttridge of the Medical University of South Carolina. Modified from a supplemental figure in...
Selling access to human specimens: Survey reveals public attitudes
The almost 5 million people who paid to get their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe recently found out that...
Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations
To diagnose depression, clinicians interview patients, asking specific questions -- about, say, past mental illnesses, lifestyle, and mood -- and...
Heteractis magnifica sea anemones can help fight the Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Neville Wootton Heteractis magnifica sea anemones contain neuroprotective peptides that slow down the inflammation process and the deterioration of...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of providing support to others
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
Study provides an early recipe for rewiring spinal cords
Credit: Sofroniew lab For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
