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Fasting glucose as a marker for greater weight loss on a high-fiber, low-glycemic diet
SAN DIEGO and BOSTON (June 11, 2017, 3:00 ET) -- Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...
Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, receives SNMMI 2017 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, senior chemist emeritus of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory...
New grants for traumatic brain injury research announced by Julian Bailes, MD, at SNMMI17
Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, Julian E. Bailes,...
Worldwide consensus on the terminology that supports research into sedentary behavior
OTTAWA, ON - June 10, 2017 - A worldwide network of scientists examining the links between sedentary lifestyles and health...
Three-year study says new contact lens therapy slows myopia progression in children by 59 percent
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 10 June 2017 -- A pioneering contact lens therapy has considerable potential to impact the rising prevalence of...
Mass. General study finds potential mechanism for BCG vaccine reversal of type 1 diabetes
Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes...
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC - In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...
Home monitoring of blood sugar did not improve glycemic control after 1 year
Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin did not improve...
Journal AAS publishes first data description paper: Data collection and sharing
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Scientific data isn't useful in isolation. So Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) is helping bridge...
Flaws in a tumor’s genetic mending kit drive treatment response to immunotherapy
Credit: Photo courtesy of Robbie B. Mailliard, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health In an expanded, three-year...
New blood test uses nanotechnology to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately
Credit: University of Alberta A new diagnostic developed by Alberta scientists will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to test...
Chemists brought mixed folded proteins to life
Scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found a way to recover a protein...
Finnish demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air
PRESS RELEASE: Finnish demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air The unique Soletair demo plant...
Hawai’i researchers receive funds to forecast coral disease across Pacific Ocean
Credit: Chris Wall Researchers at University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) were recently awarded a...
Removal of aging cells could extend human life
Credit: UNIST A recent study, led by an international team of researchers confirms that targeted removal of senescent cells (SnCs),...
Radiation therapy vital to treating brain tumors, but it exacts a toll
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like x-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in successfully treating...
Male farmers at highest risk of contracting ‘monkey malaria’ in Malaysia
Adult male farmers in Malaysia are more than twice as likely to contract Plasmodium knowlesi malaria - an infection usually...
Biodiversity is 3-D
Credit: TSU The species-area relationship (SAC) is a long-time considered pattern in ecology and is discussed in most of academic...
UNIST engineers robotic device helping stroke survivors recover
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a new robotic tool for assessments of muscle overactivity and...
UNIST improves remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a method for the remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances....
