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No evidence that brain-stimulation technique boosts cognitive training
Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS)--a non-invasive technique for applying electric current to areas of the brain--may be growing in popularity, but...
Aggressive care at end of life for advanced lung cancer patients linked to poorer outcomes
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2017) - For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care -- chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute...
Researchers find crucial clue to manipulating reproduction in plants
Credit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A team of researchers, led by a plant cell biologist at the University of...
Kidney transplants from diabetic donors will save more lives, sooner
PHILADELPHIA -- There are more than 98,000 people currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. But the organs...
Insurance vs. out-of-pocket payment not a big factor in weight-loss outcomes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 25, 2017 - Individuals whose insurance covered the cost of a comprehensive medical weight-loss program had...
Study implicates 2 genetic variants in bicuspid aortic valve development
Credit: Michigan Medicine Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't form correctly in patients with the most...
New hair growth mechanism discovered
Credit: Rosenblum lab/UCSF In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced "tee-regs"),...
FDA approval granted to pediatric device used to treat esophageal birth defect
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization for a magnetic device used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia, a...
One in 3 high blood pressure patients failing to take medication
Novel urine test can identify when people are failing to take prescription drugs for hypertension Younger patients and females were...
Study provides understanding of how nerve cells are damaged by accumulation of abnormal proteins
(Boston)--A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism in the prion protein, a protein responsible for neurodegenerative diseases, which may...
Cellular stress in the brain may contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Disruptions in a protein folding process occurring in the brain, known as endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...
An inflammatory inference
Credit: © 2017 Jasmeen Merzaban The protein tags that adorn immune cells and engage with receptors to promote inflammation in...
PharmaMar and Eczasibasi sign a licensing agreement for Aplidin® in Turkey
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a licensing agreement with Eczasibasi Group to commercialize the marine-derived anticancer drug Aplidin® (plitidepsin)...
Do men have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women?
Prague, Czech Republic - 25 May 2017: Men seem to have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women despite receiving similar cancer...
How fear can develop out of others’ traumas
What happens in the brain when we see other people experiencing a trauma or being subjected to pain? Well, the...
Penn Medicine researchers identify brain network organization changes
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA -- As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in...
UW scientists borrow from electronics to build circuits in living cells
Credit: University of Washington Living cells must constantly process information to keep track of the changing world around them and...
Tiny shells indicate big changes to global carbon cycle
Loading video... Credit: UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to...
Mechanisms of neuronal cell death in AGE-exposed retinas — research and literature review
Gradual accumulation of glycated proteins, lipids and nucleic acid is a common process in normal aging, however rise in blood...
Ancient genetic markers in sockeye salmon can help manage healthier fish stocks
Credit: Kyle Hawes, UBC Okanagan A recent study from UBC's Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that...
