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Increased overweight in children of mothers who drank coffee while pregnant
Credit: Photo by Pontus Sundén A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during...
Opening a new door to immunity
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health A new study could have major implications for our understanding of disease processes for conditions such...
Scientists screen molecules for promise as new prostate cancer drugs
Cancer researchers at the University of Bath have measured systematically how efficient molecules are at suppressing the activity of a...
Dengue ‘hot spots’ provide map to chikungunya and Zika outbreaks
Identifying dengue fever "hot spots" can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika -- two other viral...
Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality
SAN FRANCISCO - May 11, 2018 -- Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene...
Healthy diet may lower risk of hearing loss in women
Boston, MA -- Hearing loss affects approximately 48 million Americans. Some evidence suggests that diet may influence risk of hearing...
Key protein in sperm tail assembly identified
Credit: Photo courtesy of S. Llamazares / Gonzalez Lab The group led by ICREA Research Professor Cayetano Gonzalez at the...
Dental checklist of bad practice has patient care at its heart
Dental experts have drawn up a definitive list of scenarios that patients should never face in a bid to ensure...
Do we subconsciously judge face-likeness?
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The research team at the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory...
EuroPCR 2018, the world’s leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine
With an expected attendance of 10,000 interventional cardiologists, scientists, nurses, allied professionals and industry, EuroPCR 2018 will be welcoming the...
Genetic analysis for certain childhood brain tumors soon a standard-of-care?
The "Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg" (KiTZ) is a joint initiative of Heidelberg University Hospital and the...
Cancer treatment developed at Ben-Gurion U. changes cancer cells into normal ones
NEW YORK... May 11, 2018 - BGN Technologies, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), announced that...
Scientists identify cause of resistance to breakthrough breast and ovarian cancer drug
Scientists have identified a mutation that gives cancer cells resistance to the breakthrough cancer treatment olaparib and other PARP inhibitors....
‘Bisexual’ beetles are simply inept, new study finds
Credit: University of East Anglia Same sex mating behaviour amongst male insects is much more likely to be due to...
IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC
Credit: Eric Schoch | Indiana University School of Medicine The ability to artificially grow organs may seem futuristic, but Indiana...
How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male
Credit: Images by Ge et al. DURHAM, N.C. -- Boy or girl? For those who want to influence their baby's...
Discovery of novel biomarker with remarkable specificity to rheumatoid arthritis
Tsukuba, Japan - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's...
Annual well woman visit to the OB/GYN can keep your heart healthy
DALLAS, May 10, 2018 - Annual well woman exams by OB/GYNs provide a golden opportunity to evaluate a woman's heart...
New research puts distinct memories of similar events in their place
Neuroscientists have found new evidence on how distinct memories of similar events are represented in the brain. Its findings, which...
High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
Credit: Michio Iwaoka Researchers at Tokai, Osaka, Tohoku and Fukuoka Universities report in the journal Communications Chemistry on the synthesis...
