Health
Finding new cancer drugs in the neighborhood
Credit: Dezs? Módos Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks...
Brain’s ‘GPS’ does a lot more than just navigate
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much...
National cooperative group trial seeks to cut in half early mortality rates for rare…
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 20, 2017) – A national cooperative group trial is making...
Cutting-edge analytics allows health to be improved through nutrition
Credit: AZTI The great contribution of lipidomics is that it establishes a direct relationship between food and metabolic alterations stemming...
University of Maryland School of Medicine to take part in landmark Zika vaccine study
Baltimore, Md., August 5, 2016 – As world leaders increasingly recognize the Zika virus as an international public health threat,...
A surprising new link between inflammation and mental illness
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Up to 75 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus — an incurable autoimmune disease commonly...
Cutting off tumor supplies
Credit: © UNIGE For a tumour to grow, it must develop blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen. Preventing tumour...
Quantum leap in the reliability of mass spectrometry-based proteomics
Credit: photo/©: Stefan Tenzer, Mainz University Medical Center Modern mass spectrometry systems enable scientists to routinely determine the quantitative composition...
‘Virus-cracking’ molecules advance fight against hepatitis…
Credit: Image courtesy Christopher Schlicksup, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University researchers have made an important step forward in...
Lack of appropriate clothing can hinder people with disabilities
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – There are many important events in a person's life, including weddings, graduations, school...
Mechanism explains how seizures may lead to memory loss
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits...
How the genome sets its functional micro-architecture
Credit: Pierre Fabre and Lucille Lopez-Delisle/EPFL The genes that are involved in the development of the fetus are activated in...
Faster detection of pathogens in the lungs
Credit: (Image: IMM / UZH) What used to take several weeks is now possible in two days: thanks to new...
Tumor cells get stiff before becoming invasive
Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state...
Tobacco industry steps up tactics to reduce impact of display ban
Credit: University of Stirling Tobacco manufacturers are offering retailers incentives to promote their products in a bid to mitigate the...
Insulin signaling molecule in liver controls levels of triglyceride in blood
Credit: Paul Titchenell, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA — A new animal study shows how insulin...
Mapping brain connectivity with MRI may predict outcomes for cardiac arrest survivors,…
A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that measures of connectivity within specific cerebral networks were strongly linked...
Baycrest launches study combining music and brain stimulation to…
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Baycrest will embark on the first study combining music therapy with brain stimulation to...
Rare facial paralysis gives researchers new insights into social…
Möbius is an extremely rare congenital facial paralysis that is usually bilateral and complete. The paralysis leaves the face expressionless,...
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a...
