Health
Walnuts may improve your colon health
Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in...
CNIO scientists have created mice with hyper-long telomeres without altering the genes
The Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with the Centre’s Transgenic Mice...
Renal dopamine signaling prevents kidney injury and improves blood pressure in mice
Dopamine signaling in the kidneys plays a critical role in blood pressure regulation and is responsible for nearly half of...
Improving cell transplantation after spinal cord injury: When, where and how?
Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents, often with devastating and...
Children’s digestive health across Europe in crisis
(Brussels, 31 May, 2016) A report investigating the current state of digestive health in children has revealed alarming trends in...
Zika virus infects human placental macrophages
One of Zika's mysteries is how the virus passes from an infected mother, through the placenta, to a developing fetus....
Bright lights, healthy choices
Dining in dimly lit restaurants has been linked to eating slowly and ultimately eating less than in brighter restaurants, but...
DARPA $6.4 million contract supports research to enhance resilience after malaria infection
Researchers at Emory University, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology, along with national and international collaborators,...
Temple researchers successfully excise HIV DNA from animals
(Philadelphia, PA) – Using gene editing technology, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have, for...
Can’t resist temptation? That may not be a bad thing
Researchers from the University of Rochester suggest that children raised in poverty may have been mistakenly labeled as “maladapted” for...
A single enzyme with the power of three could offer shortcut to therapeutic target
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers identified a single enzyme doing the work of a trio thought necessary to control a...
Engineers take first step toward flexible, wearable, tricoder-like device
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first flexible wearable device capable of monitoring both biochemical...
Neutrons probe structure of enzyme critical to development of next-generation HIV drugs
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron analysis to better understand a protein...
How does obesity cause disease in organs distant from those where fat accumulates?
Barcelona, Spain: Obesity is on the rise throughout the world, and in some developed countries two-third of the adult population...
UTA faculty member receives $308,000 grant to fight heart disease in women
The American Heart Association has awarded a new University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor of kinesiology a $308,000, four-year...
Long term effects of cardiac regenerative therapies in a left ventricle
Credit: TECHNOLOGY Heart failure (HF) continues to pose a significant burden on our society. One of the most common heart...
Understanding the mechanics of the urinary bladder
Credit: TECHNOLOGY Dr. S. Roccabianca and Dr. T.R. Bush, researchers from Michigan State University compiled an extensive review of the...
Researchers shed light on pathway from virus to brain disease
Why people on immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune conditions have a higher incidence of an often-fatal brain disease may be linked...
New mechanism for wound healing identified by MDI biological laboratory scientist
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – Wound healing is not a one-size-fits-all process. MDI Biological Laboratory Assistant Professor, Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D,...
HIV: Identification of receptors in patients spontaneously controlling infection
A small number of patients infected by HIV spontaneously control viral replication without antiretroviral therapy, and do not develop the...
