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Study finds changes in intestines leads to reversal of diabetes after weight-loss surgery
CHICAGO--A new study helps explain changes in the intestines that may be responsible for the reversal of diabetes in people...
Scientists caution that a rare childhood liver cancer can spread to the brain
A surprising finding by Rockefeller University scientists about a rare liver cancer's behavior could lead to more comprehensive patient monitoring...
New antibody and unique binding site offer possible paths to malaria prevention
SEATTLE -- Mar. 19, 2018 -- Scientists have discovered a human antibody that, when tested in mice, prevented malaria infection...
Pregnant women and new moms still hesitant to introduce peanut products
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 19, 2018) - In January 2017 guidelines were released urging parents to begin early introduction of...
High omega-6 levels can protect against premature death
Credit: UEF Could omega-6 fatty acids protect you against premature death? The answer is yes, according to a new University...
In children with obesity, impulsivity may be linked with greater weight loss when treated
CHICAGO--Children with obesity may be more impulsive than those with normal weight, but during family-based behavioral treatment (FBT), the more...
Palm trees are spreading northward. How far will they go?
Credit: Tammo Reichgelt/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand...
Certain antidepressants more effective in treating youth anxiety disorder, analysis shows
CINCINNATI--For children and adolescents who require medication to treat anxiety, there are two primary classes of antidepressants that are prescribed:...
Don’t blame adolescent social behavior on hormones
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during...
Type 2 Diabetes research held back by animal models
WASHINGTON -- A new report published in Alternatives to Laboratory Animals identifies the limitations of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)...
Undark Magazine publisher receives Endocrine Society’s journalism award
CHICAGO--MIT Knight Science Journalism Program Director and Undark Magazine publisher Deborah Blum received the Endocrine Society's annual Award for Excellence...
New method manages and stores data from millions of nerve cells — in real time
Recent developments in neuroscience set high requirements for sophisticated data management, not least when implantable Brain Machine Interfaces are used...
Molecular doorstop could be key to new tuberculosis drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at The Rockefeller University Tuberculosis, which infects roughly one quarter of the world's population and...
Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues
Credit: Davoud Mozhdehi and Kelli Luginbuhl, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new...
Study of COPD patients has created a ‘looking glass’ into genome of pathogen
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the...
Transcription factor helps tumors grow in low oxygen, resist anticancer therapies
An international team of researchers found how cancer cells respond to DNA damage signaling when in low oxygen, or hypoxia....
Study finds the heart can terminate atrial fibrillation itself after local gene therapy
Barcelona, Spain - March 19, 2018: The heart is capable of terminating arrhythmias itself after local gene therapy, potentially avoiding...
Wives of many prostate cancer sufferers made ill or feel undermined by the disease
Copenhagen: Many wives of advanced prostate cancer sufferers feel that their lives are being undermined by their husband's illness, with...
A breakthrough in our understanding of how red blood cells develop
By taking a deep dive into the molecular underpinnings of Diamond-Blackfan anemia, scientists have made a new discovery about what...
What happens to a dying cell’s corpse? New findings illuminate an old problem
Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University Death is certain for all living things, including the body's cells....
