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ASU/Biodesign researchers enter race for early Alzheimer’s test
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign institute According to Paul Coleman, an Alzheimer's researcher at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative...
Brain recovery longer than clinical recovery among athletes following concussion, new research suggests
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 24, 2017--University athletes with a recent concussion had changes in their brain...
Finding what fuels the ‘runaway train’ of autoimmune disease
Credit: Carroll lab/Boston Children's Hospital A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to...
Researchers report better way to create organic bioelectronics
Credit: Credit:Milad Khorrami & Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Houston With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the...
Potential impacts of planned Andean Amazon dams outweigh benefits, scientists say
Credit: Ian Bell New York - August 23, 2017 - An international team of scientists investigating the effects of six...
Metal simplifies synthesis of antibody drugs
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 24, 2017) - Rice University scientists have developed a method to efficiently modify...
Studies explore the potential benefits of red raspberries
Lynden, WA - August 24, 2017 - Initial findings from several studies - including both human subjects and animals -...
This is how belly fat could increase your cancer risk
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - It's been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk,...
Scientists from the MSU adjusted a microalgal technology for wast
Members of the Faculty of Biology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have proved that under Nordic conditions wastewaters could...
Upon prolonged irradiation, human stem cells’ defenses are activated
Credit: MIPT Press Office Researchers from several Russian institutes, including MIPT, have found out how prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation...
New biomedical engineering grants aim at heart failure and resistant high blood pressure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Biomedical engineering researchers will attack two banes of cardiovascular disease -- heart failure after heart...
Combating antiviral drug resistance with dynamic therapeutics
Credit: University of Illinois Antiviral drug resistance has long been a problem in modern society. As viruses evolve, they develop...
Research reveals how estrogen regulates gene expression
Credit: Yi et al, Molecular Cell, August 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2017.07.026/The O'Malley lab and the Chiu lab/ Baylor College of Medicine... Estrogen...
As Tolstoy noted (sort of), all unhappy microbiomes are unhappy in their own way
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The bacterial communities that live inside everyone are quite similar and stable when times are good, but...
Progress with tropical maize yields highlighted for lectureship
Maize is one of the three most important crops in the world. CIMMYT (International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement)...
Manipulating a single gene defines a new pathway to anxiety
Removing a single gene from the brains of mice and zebrafish causes these animals to become more anxious than normal....
New research examines avocados’ potential impact on cognitive health in older adults
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2017) - Consuming one fresh avocado per day may lead to improved cognitive function in...
Exploring the ground truth: NASA’s twin study investigates metabolites
Credit: NASA You may think you're just an average Joe, but according to your metabolomics data your body is percolating...
Study explains why patients with shingles feel pain
Chickenpox is a typical childhood illness. In most cases, it is benign, and the symptoms disappear within ten days. However,...
Startup receives Veteran Affairs’ grant to advance RoboTable, improve quality of life
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Prehensile Technologies, a company developing robotic assistive technology devices, is developing RoboTable, a robotic over-the-bed table,...
