Health
Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine...
Indian-Americans have fewer sudden infant deaths, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Indian-Americans have the highest percentage of sleeping with their babies among ethnic groups in New Jersey...
How axons change chemical cues to mechanical force
Credit: Naoyuki Inagaki While today's technology is growing increasingly wireless, nature's greatest technology, the human brain, still depends on neurons...
Right under our noses: A novel lichen-patterned spider found on oaks in central Spain
(Pensoft Publishers) Once again, a new spider species has been found in a strongly humanised area in Europe. Wearing its...
Globally, greater attention needed for seemingly ‘minor’ kidney damage
Credit: Kieran O'Mahony, University of Limerick, Ireland Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Irish patients have more than doubled in...
A sterile line of Aedes aegypti is developed to fight off arbovirosis
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) In Brazil, male specimens with defective sperm are created in...
Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- They're called the "drunchies," or drunk munchies. It's the desire one has to...
LSU Health research reveals new obesity prevention target
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health New Orleans, LA - A team of LSU Health New Orleans...
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces Best Article and GEM 2018 Award recipients
Indianapolis, Aug. 7, 2018 - The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2018 Best Article and Best...
Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes: Hope for inhibitors against amyloid plaques
Effective therapeutics to counteract the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes are not yet available....
Researchers look to worms for a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease
Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 7, 2018 - Studying transthyretin amyloidoses-a group of progressive nerve and cardiac...
Solid tumors targeted in new CAR T-Cell immunotherapy trial
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - August 7, 2018 - Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy...
Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 7, 2018) Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities...
Scientists design new MRI coil for preclinical studies
Credit: M. Zubkov et al. Researchers from ITMO University developed and tested an MRI coil providing high-resolution imaging of the...
Research Brief: UMN Medical School researchers study how cues drive our behavior
Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different...
Link between appendicitis and allergies discovered
Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study from Lund University and...
Study finds behavioral changes insufficient at preventing early childhood obesity
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center Young children and their families in poor communities were able to make...
Soy diets might increase women’s bone strength
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Osteoporosis, decreased physical activity and weight gain are serious health concerns for postmenopausal...
Differences in immune responses due to age, sex, and genetics
Over the course of our life, we are continuously exposed to pathogens such as viruses and bacteria, meaning that our...
Learning while sleeping? Our learning capabilities are limited
Led by Philippe Peigneux - ULB Neuroscience Institute -, a group of researchers found that our learning capabilities are limited...
