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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...
Compound discovered that targets cancer cells lacking the protective p53 ‘guardian gene’
A NEW chemical compound with the potential to destroy hard-to-treat cancer cells has been developed and tested by scientists at...
Should all babies have their genomes sequenced?
As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth,...
It’s okay when you’re not okay: A re-evaluation of resilience in adults
Credit: Rob Ewing, Arizona State University Department of Psychology Adversity is part of life -- Loved ones die. Soldiers deploy...
Male tobacco smokers have brain-wide reduction of CB1 receptors
Philadelphia, August 15, 2018 Chronic, frequent tobacco smokers have a decreased number of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, the "pot receptor", when...
New HIV therapy reduces virus, boosts immunity in drug-resistant patients
New Haven, Conn.-- In a study, a new HIV drug reduced viral replication and increased immune cells in individuals with...
Key factor may be missing from models that predict disease outbreaks from climate change
Credit: Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New research from Indiana University suggests that computer models used to...
A review of prevalent methods for automatic skin lesion diagnosis
The three prevalent skin cancers, according to the literature are melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is...
Neonatal pig hearts can heal from heart attack
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - While pigs still cannot fly, researchers have discovered that the hearts of newborn piglets do...
How many American cities protect the rights of employed breastfeeding mothers?
Of the 151 largest cities across the United States, only Philadelphia and New York City have legislation that protects a...
Space-based tracker to give scientists a beyond-bird’s-eye-view of wildlife
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS,...
Study: What patients really think about opioid vs non-opioid medications for chronic pain
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of...
NIH study shows how MERS Coronavirus evolves to infect different species
Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from...
New approach to treating chronic itch
Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a...
Researchers assemble ‘library of sugars’
Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that...
Scientists pinpoint brain networks responsible for naming objects
Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified...
Societies recommend policies to retain, increase ranks of ID physician scientists
Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition...
Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes....
Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding
Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole...
Immune cells in the brain have surprising influence on sexual behavior
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later...
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