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Scientists use Dorset, UK, as model to help find traces of life on Mars
Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's...
Nightingale Health expands biomarker services to analyze urine, CSF and cord blood
Credit: NIGHTINGALE HEALTH LTD. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker testing technology, today announced further...
Waterloo study says insurance industry dangerously unprepared for extreme weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University...
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in blacks on dialysis
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 15, 2018) - High levels of a protein activated by...
How can we help children with brain injuries transition back to school?
Amsterdam, NL, May 15, 2018 - Children with brain injuries face significant challenges when transitioning from hospital or home to...
New study sheds light on how we perceive color
When we view natural images the colours we perceive are due to colour information at every local patch of an...
In era of #MeToo, majority of employees say their employers fail to take new steps addressing sexual harassment
WASHINGTON -- The spotlight on workplace sexual harassment since fall 2017 has led to high-profile resignations, terminations and lawsuits. And...
Mathematical methods for diagnosing breast cancer
Credit: KTU The team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania are developing mathematical methods which could help diagnose...
437 million tons of fish, $560 billion wasted due to destructive fishing operations
Industrial fisheries that rely on bottom trawling wasted 437 million tonnes of fish and missed out on $560 billion in...
Study: Superbug MRSA infections less costly, but still deadly
Credit: Public Health Image Library DALLAS - May 15, 2018 - Staph infections, whether MRSA (resistant to methicillin) or susceptible,...
National trial: EEG brain tests help patients overcome depression
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 15, 2018 - Imagine millions of depressed Americans getting their brain activity measured and...
Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study
Credit: via JAMA IM Health economists have long considered end-of-life spending to be one of the major contributors to the...
Six years of exercise — or lack of it — may be enough to change heart failure risk
By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that...
Drug companies selling more ‘lifestyle,’ less ‘symptom’
TAMPA, Fla. (May 15, 2018)- Prescription drug commercials are getting longer and providing less factual information. A study published in...
MDMA opens door for PTSD sufferers
When lasting trauma is caused by callous acts of violence, the key to recovery can be making meaning out of...
Treating muscle wasting improved cancer survival
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth...
IgG antibodies activate blood platelets and contribute to the severity of anaphylaxis
The most severe allergic reaction, anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock), is the result of an inappropriate immune reaction following the introduction...
Study shows targeted biopsy for prostate cancer more effective than traditional method
Credit: Otis Brawley (Photographer) CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that MRI fusion biopsy--coupling MRI and ultrasound...
Enzyme’s movement may be key to new cancer drugs
Credit: Senthil Ganesan, University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Revealing all the steps required to activate an enzyme...
Scientists develop method to tweak tiny ‘antenna’ on cells
Credit: Shinohara Kyosuke, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Tsing Hua University...
