Health
Study identifies new target to preserve nerve function
Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of...
Not all muscle building supplements are equal
Credit: University of Stirling Popular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation,...
ASU-TGen led study identifies source of cell-specific change in Alzheimer’s disease
PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. -- July 12, 2017 -- Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics...
Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health to general population
Chicago, IL, July 13, 2017 - Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health and well-being to the general population,...
Babies with hearing loss form better vocabulary with early intervention
Credit: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6...
Internists reaffirm ‘strongest opposition possible’ to revised BRCA
Washington (July 13, 2017)--On behalf of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today ACP wrote Senate leaders to reaffirm our...
Nagoya medical researchers propose new disease category of skin disorders
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Dry scaly skin, blistering, rashes. Many people will experience some kind of skin problem...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Credit: Afonso RF, Balardin JB, Lazar S, Sato JR, Igarashi N, Santaella DF, Lacerda SS, Amaro E Jr. and Kozasa...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...
Newly discovered elovanoids called a ‘transformative new concept of biology’
Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas...
BASF unveils new class of insecticide for malaria prevention
Credit: BASF WHO recommendation for game-changing mosquito net First bed net to contain non-pyrethroid chemistry Collaboration with IVCC and London...
IPM’s dapivirine vaginal ring now under review by European Medicines Agency
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 13, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is pleased to announce that its...
Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
Credit: JM Richner et al./Cell WHAT: Two experimental vaccines can restrict Zika virus transmission from pregnant mice to their fetuses...
DFG Senate Commission presents 53rd list of maximum workplace concentrations and biological tolerance values
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche...
The BGRF and Diversity.AI announce a new tool to assess organizational diversity
Credit: Diversity.AI The Biogerontology Research Foundation releases the results of their first pilot study, conducted as part of their ongoing...
A big step? Trial will test improvisational dance as dementia therapy
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 13, 2017- Depending on what generation you belong to, the term "improvisational dance" may conjure up...
Bakaletz Lab biofilm work published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The laboratory of Lauren Bakaletz, PhD, director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and vice president of basic sciences, The Research Institute...
EPSRC announces £138 million investment in research-business partnerships
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Two major investments in research partnerships that will strengthen the links between the UK's...
