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Researchers from TU Dresden and CiQUS obtain decacene, the largest acene synthesized ever
Credit: TU Dresden Acenes are molecules formed by the linear fusion of special carbon-based hexagons, widely known as 'benzene rings'....
High sugar consumption gives rise to dental treatment costs in the billions
Worldwide, people are eating far too much sugar. This has negative consequences for their teeth and for their purses: seen...
Long-term diabetes complication: Liver inflammation raises cholesterol levels
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Inflammatory processes in the liver lead to elevated cholesterol levels...
Change in protein production essential to muscle function
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shed light on the process that guides the...
$3.7 million grant to fund research on novel drug targeting heart diseases
New Orleans, LA - The Exscien Corporation of Louisville, KY, in conjunction with LSU Health New Orleans Cardiovascular Center of...
Does stronger initial response to cancer treatment predict longer overall survival?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It seems like such a simple question: Do patients whose tumors shrink more in...
Seafood for thought
Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every...
UCLA scientists identify a new way to activate stem cells to make hair grow
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Center/Nature Cell Biology UCLA researchers have discovered a new way to activate the stem cells...
How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of...
Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work
Credit: Kenneth McNamara Researchers have described a new species of brittle star, which are closely related to starfish, and showed...
Vapor harvesting gets the edge
Credit: © 2017 KAUST Water harvesting is an age-old technique of collecting atmospheric water vapor. Researchers are looking to nature...
Robots offer key advantages in esophageal surgery
Based on what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, Allina Health researchers say robotic assisted transhiatal...
Many women diagnosed with cancer have sexual health concerns
A new review published in the European Journal of Cancer Care indicates that, in women diagnosed with cancer, concerns pertaining...
Improved analysis of kidney cancer
(Lund University) Researchers compare the gene expression in tumor cells from a kidney cancer patient with cells from healthy tissue...
Sneak peek into the ESMO 2017 press program
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 August 2017 - ESMO 2017 is once again the place to be for breaking news on cancer research....
Scientists make critical insights into T-cell development
Mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase N2 (PTPN2) have been associated with the development of autoimmune...
Canary in a coal mine: Survey captures global picture of air pollution’s effects on birds
MADISON, Wis. -- Famously, the use of caged birds to alert miners to the invisible dangers of gases such as...
Einstein researchers awarded 3 NIH grants totaling $12 million to fight virulent viruses
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine August 11, 2017--BRONX, NY--The NIH has awarded Einstein researchers three grants totaling more than...
NIH grant to biomedical scientist will advance research on inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: UC Riverside School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has received...
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Credit: Patrick Mansell Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the...
