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African heads of state endorse new measurement of progress on neglected tropical diseases
Credit: CBM/Bugbee ADDIS ABABA (28 January 2018) – Today, at the 30th African Union Heads of State Summit, the African...
Insilico Medicine to present on applications of DL to drug discovery and repurposing at…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, October 25, Baltimore, MD – Insilico Medicine today announced that it will present its recent advances...
New approach for treatment of contact allergy
Credit: Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn The newly discovered substance is a so-called RNA aptamer. Aptamers are molecules that are related...
Genetics Society of America honors Jonathan Hodgkin with 2017 Novitski…
Credit: Jonathan Hodgkin The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Jonathan Hodgkin, PhD is the 2017...
Honeycomb maze offers significant improvement over current spatial…
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre A powerful new tool for the study of spatial memory was today described in Nature as...
Salk neurobiologist receives NIH Director’s New Innovator award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA – (Oct. 5, 2017) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Eiman Azim has been named an NIH...
New treatment for osteoporosis provides better protection against…
Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Claessen A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective...
Scientists identify a key barrier to proliferation of…
Credit: John Soares BOSTON – (March 9, 2017) – If you become resistant to insulin, a condition that is a...
Study led by MIT Portugal faculty and alumni finds how to increase the survival time of stem cells
Credit: Sezin Aray A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, led by Dr....
Nurses’ regular use of disinfectants is associated with…
Milan, Italy: Regular use of disinfectants is linked to a higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according...
Einstein researchers share $9 million grant to find anti-aging therapies
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Oct. 16, 2017– BRONX, NY — Scientists now believe that the Fountain of Youth...
NSF-funded research reveals new discoveries on a bug with bifocals
While study has long been conducted on vertebrates with sight-sensory systems involving a lens, retina and nervous system, new research...
Early warning: Current Japanese encephalitis vaccine might not protect
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis (infection of the brain) in Asia. There is no...
Clean-fuel cookstoves may improve cardiovascular health in pregnant women
Credit: ATS Jan. 13, 2017 — Replacing biomass and kerosene cookstoves used throughout the developing world with clean-burning ethanol stoves...
Tooth fillings of the future may incorporate bioactive glass
IMAGE: An electron microscope image of bioactive glass. Credit: Image courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – A few...
Biomarkers may help predict outcomes in gastric cancer patients who…
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, January 10, 2018 – Alcohol consumption has been identified as a modifiable risk...
Diabetes causes shift in oral microbiome that fosters periodontitis,…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers has found that the oral microbiome is...
Women recognize abuse in ‘Fifty Shades’ film
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Young adult women who watched "Fifty Shades of Grey" found the relationship between the characters Christian...
In Huntington’s disease, traffic jams in the cell’s control center kill brain cells
Credit: Credit: Courtesy of Cell Press, Neuron April 5, 2017 Working with mouse, fly and human cells and tissue, Johns...
Improving symptom tracking in multiple sclerosis
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, MASS. – With a recent two-year, $833,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, kinesiology professor...
