Health

A commonly used questionnaire adopted by GPs to monitor the treatment of depression does not provide any immediate benefits to...

Scientists discover how caterpillars can stop their bleeding in seconds

Blood is a remarkable material: it must remain fluid inside blood vessels, yet clot as quickly as possible outside them,...

Scientists extract genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth to illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have recovered remarkably preserved microbiomes from two teeth dating back 4,000 years, found in an Irish...

How will you age? World-leading Dunedin Study launches next phase

The world-leading Dunedin Study is set to launch its age 52 assessments, delving into an understudied but important period of...

ARPA-H awards Columbia researchers nearly $39M to develop a living knee replacement

A team of researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and Columbia Engineering has been awarded up to a $38.95 million contract from...

More than meets the eye: Researchers uncover the microbial secrets of dry eye

Researchers have used advanced sequencing technology to determine how the mix of microbes present in patients with healthy eyes differs...

Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells

University of Wyoming researchers have gained further insight into how tardigrades survive extreme conditions and shown that proteins from the...

Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in five years

Imagine a day when joints could heal themselves.Credit: CU Boulder Imagine a day when joints could heal themselves. At the...

Binghamton University set to receive $5 million landmark gift to pursue AI research and development

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Bloomberg L.P. co-founder and Binghamton University alumnus Tom Secunda ’76, MA ’79 today announced a landmark $5 million...

Researchers identify protein sensor that plays a role in lung fibrosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a protein called SEL1L that plays a critical role in clearing collagen from...

Structural basis for the regulatory mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial respiratory chain megacomplex-I2III2IV2

Mammalian mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes are the most important and complicated protein machinery in mitochondria. Although this system has...

Antifungal activity of a maleimide derivative: Disruption of cell membranes and interference with iron ion homoeostasis

This study is led by Prof. Ying Li (Xuzhou Medical University), Prof. Zuobin Zhu (Xuzhou Medical University), and Prof. Wenqiang...

Researchers identify new way to inhibit immune cells that drive allergic asthma

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, have discovered that a protein called Piezo1 prevents a...

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