Health
Charting an underexplored landscape: The genitourinary microbiome
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(April 5, 2018)-More sensitive cultivation methods and precise 16S rRNA gene sequencing techniques have revealed...
X-linked genes help explain why boys of all ages face higher respiratory risk
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Human airways already demonstrate gender-based differences in DNA methylation signatures at birth, providing...
It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Stem cells have the ability to develop, or differentiate, into the many different cell types in...
NTU Singapore and SERI invent new scope to diagnose glaucoma
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), with clinicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), have invented a...
270 million visits made to English coastlines each year
Credit: Alex Smalley, University of Exeter Research has revealed for the first time that around 271 million recreational visits are...
A vaccine for edible plants? A new plant protection method on the horizon
Credit: 123rf Novel technologies are being sought to replace the traditional pesticides used to protect plants, particularly edible plants such...
Research predicts likelihood of HIV testing based on race, sex/gender & sexual orientation
A new study has identified factors that lead to increased HIV testing among young adults, specifically how a person's race,...
Why noise can enhance sensitivity to weak signals
Credit: Kasai S., et al., Applied Physics Express, Feb. 16, 2018. A team of Japanese researchers has discovered a new...
‘Coffee filter’ helps make new cancer drug Z-endoxifen 1000 times cheaper
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/TU Eindhoven. Making drugs cheaper doesn't always require pricey investments. A joint initiative by researchers from Eindhoven...
Class clowns: Playful boys viewed more negatively than playful girls, study finds
New research shows that playful boys are viewed as rebellious and disruptive by their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers...
Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination
Credit: CWRU School of Medicine Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two...
New breakthrough in treatment for rare skin condition
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University developed a new drug treating skin lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a...
Negative fateful life events and the brains of middle-aged men
Conflict, a death in the family, financial hardship and serious medical crises are all associated with accelerated physical aging. In...
Van Andel Research Institute scientists help redefine how cancer is categorized
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 5, 2018) -- Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) announced today that the work of its scientists...
Columbia scientists build better way to decode the genome
Credit: Credit: Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute The genome is the body's instruction manual. It contains the raw information -- in...
New health benefits discovered in berry pigment
Credit: Plugi Naturally occurring pigments in berries, also known as anthocyanins, increase the function of the sirtuin 6 enzyme in...
Genetic link to IBS identified in women
New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden links certain DNA variants to increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...
Chronic illnesses, functional limitations a risk in older adults with heart failure
Heart failure affects more than 6 million people in the U.S.--most of whom are older adults. Roughly half the older...
An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has...
Don’t forget the ‘epi’ in genetics research, Johns Hopkins scientist says
In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for...
