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Adverse effects of cannabis scientifically verified, a world first
Researchers have clarified important mechanisms involved in the formation of neural circuits in the brain. This group also discovered that...
Researchers debunk ‘five-second rule’: Eating food off the floor isn’t safe
Turns out bacteria may transfer to candy that has fallen on the floor no matter how fast you pick it...
High-capacity nanoparticle
Nanoparticles offer a promising way to deliver cancer drugs in a targeted fashion, helping to kill tumors while sparing healthy...
How the brain builds panoramic memory
When asked to visualize your childhood home, you can probably picture not only the house you lived in, but also...
Deadly scrub typhus bacteria confirmed in South America
Scrub typhus, a disease transmitted through “chiggers” that kills at least 140,000 people a year in the Asia-Pacific region, may...
Cord blood transplant associated with high survival rate in high-risk leukemia patients
SEATTLE – Sept. 7, 2016 – Umbilical cord blood transplants may have advantages beyond offering an alternative stem cell source...
Physical activity may offset some of alcohol’s lethal harms
An international research collaboration, led by University of Sydney, has found that exercising at even basic recommended weekly physical activity...
Prisons could unlock hep C-free future
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) | by AJC1(Thursday, 8 September 2016: Oslo) Prisons provide one of the most significant opportunities to...
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld recommends shared decision-making in treating adult sinusitis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology Richard M. Rosenfeld, MDBrooklyn, NY – In an article in...
Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are exploring ways to wrap pig tissue with a protective coating...
Medicare’s new way of paying hospitals could cause a bundle of problems for some
Credits: WikimediaANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hospitals that take care of the oldest, sickest and most complicated patients could suffer financially...
The whole of epigenetic regulation may be greater than the sum of its parts
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Sept. 7, 2016) — Scientists may be closer to answering a long-standing question in biology — how...
Mango and the microbiota: Potential role of this superfruit in maintaining gut health
Orlando, Florida (September 7, 2016) – Research published in the Journal of Nutrition has for the first time documented the...
Computer simulation reveals p53 weak spots and opens new avenues against cancer
Cartoon representation of a complex between DNA and the protein p53 (described in Cho et al. Science 265 pp. 346,...
Factor isolated from babies cord blood could treat harmful inflammation, sepsis
Christian Con Yost, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the neonatal intensive...
A tail of gene expression
Imagine trying to fly a kite without a tail. It swoops and loops and wiggles and finally crashes down into...
Scientists reveal insights into treatment resistance of metastastic breast cancer research
Dr. Daniel Haber(Bethesda, MD, Sept. 06, 2016) – A prominent physician scientist supported by the National Foundation of Cancer Research...
Research reveals artificial thyroid cancer epidemic
Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found doctors around the world are over diagnosing the most common...
Drug reduces seizure frequency in children with tuberous sclerosis complex
Jacqueline French, MD, professor of neurology and director of Translational Research & Clinical Trials Epilepsy at NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy...
TSRI scientists reverse alcohol dependence in animal models
LA JOLLA, CA – Sept. 6, 2016 – There may be a way to switch off the urge for compulsive...