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UMN Medical School research shows it’s possible to reverse damage caused by aging cells
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- August 15, 2018 - What's the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered...
Common Wifi can detect weapons, bombs and chemicals in bags
Credit: Data Analysis and Information Security (DAISY) Lab led by Professor Yingying Chen Ordinary WiFi can easily detect weapons, bombs...
Parental life span predicts daughters living to 90 without chronic disease or disability
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that women whose mothers lived to at least...
Better statistical methods to understand gene interactions leading to cancer development
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Hui-Yi Lin, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at...
Baycrest co-created Virtual Brain joins flagship neuroscience initiative in Europe
Credit: Michael Burgstahler, Two Tribes The Virtual Brain (TVB), an international brain-mapping platform co-developed by Baycrest researchers, has become part...
Mizzou program significantly reduces delay in autism diagnosis
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - When Katie New first suspected her son had autism, she had to wait...
Eating breakfast burns more carbs during exercise and accelerates metabolism for next meal
Credit: Javier Gonzalez Eating breakfast before exercise may "prime" the body to burn carbohydrates during exercise and more rapidly digest...
Optimizing airport flight patterns take a toll on human health
August 15, 2018 - Health costs associated with noise from changing flight patterns over populated urban landscapes far outweigh the...
Restoring blood flow may be best option to save your life and limb
DALLAS, Aug. 15, 2018 -- Treatments that restore blood flow to the lower limbs of people with a serious circulation...
Chips, light and coding moves the front line in beating bacteria
Credit: OIST The never-ending fight against bacteria has taken a turn in humanity's favor with the announcement of a tool...
Light-emitting nanoparticles could provide a safer way to image living cells
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) A research team has demonstrated how light-emitting nanoparticles, developed at the U.S. Department...
The origin of off-taste in onions
Chopping onions is usually associated with watery and stinging eyes. But after the onions are diced and the tears are...
Our perceived birth status can affect our adult relationships
LAWRENCE -- Findings appearing in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships show people who believe they resulted from unwanted...
Study: immune cell dysfunction linked to photosensitivity
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that a type of immune cell...
Protein droplets keep neurons at the ready and immune system in balance
Credit: Pietro De Camilli Lab Inside cells, where DNA is packed tightly in the nucleus and rigid proteins keep intricate...
Tufts researchers receive award to integrate genomic sequencing into neonatal care
BOSTON (August 15) - Tufts Medical Center researchers have received a five-year grant award for more than $8 million from...
World’s oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb
Aging usually improves the flavor of cheese, but that's not why some very old cheese discovered in an Egyptian tomb...
Evening preference, lack of sleep associated with higher BMI in people with prediabetes
People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the...
Patient motivations behind cosmetic procedures
Bottom Line: What motivates patients to seek minimally invasive cosmetic procedures? Most patients want the procedures to please themselves, not...
A molecular switch may serve as new target point for cancer and diabetes therapies
Credit: Thomas Splettstoesser If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes may occur. A mechanism recently...
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