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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces Best Article and GEM 2018 Award recipients
Indianapolis, Aug. 7, 2018 - The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2018 Best Article and Best...
Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes: Hope for inhibitors against amyloid plaques
Effective therapeutics to counteract the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes are not yet available....
Retired pro football and hockey players learn that CTE isn’t inevitable
Aug. 7, 2018 - An in-depth study of retired football and hockey players--including cognitive, psychological, and brain imaging techniques--finds no...
Researchers look to worms for a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease
Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 7, 2018 - Studying transthyretin amyloidoses-a group of progressive nerve and cardiac...
Solid tumors targeted in new CAR T-Cell immunotherapy trial
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - August 7, 2018 - Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy...
Study of 21 retired NFL and NHL players doesn’t find evidence of early onset dementia
Credit: (Source: UB's Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center) BUFFALO, N.Y. --New University at Buffalo research is adding important information to the...
Scientists design new MRI coil for preclinical studies
Credit: M. Zubkov et al. Researchers from ITMO University developed and tested an MRI coil providing high-resolution imaging of the...
Naltrexone helps HIV positive individuals reduce heavy alcohol use
New Haven, Conn. - Extended-release naltrexone -- an injection that decreases heavy drinking in the general population when taken in...
Link between appendicitis and allergies discovered
Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study from Lund University and...
Announcing the TCT 2018 Late-Breaking Trials
NEW YORK - August 7, 2018 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the 15 late-breaking trials and 12...
Indian-Americans have fewer sudden infant deaths, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Indian-Americans have the highest percentage of sleeping with their babies among ethnic groups in New Jersey...
Right under our noses: A novel lichen-patterned spider found on oaks in central Spain
(Pensoft Publishers) Once again, a new spider species has been found in a strongly humanised area in Europe. Wearing its...
A sterile line of Aedes aegypti is developed to fight off arbovirosis
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) In Brazil, male specimens with defective sperm are created in...
Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 7, 2018) Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities...
Boston Children’s Hospital accelerates genomic sequencing to expand existing genomic database
BOSTON (August 7, 2018) - Boston Children's Hospital has embarked on a strategic initiative to expand its research genomics gateway,...
Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- They're called the "drunchies," or drunk munchies. It's the desire one has to...
Research Brief: UMN Medical School researchers study how cues drive our behavior
Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different...
Paper identifies genes associated with risk for aggressive breast cancer
A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk...
Organic makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on early solar system
Credit: K.H. Joy The origin of organic matter found in meteorites that formed during the birth of the Solar System...
Scientists create atomic glue gun to build better nucleic
When it comes to certain molecules, shape makes all the difference. The shape of limonene, for instance, a compound produced...
