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Malaria detectable in olfactory cocktail
Credit: Graphic: ETH Zurich / CDC, James Gathany Malaria is still a deadly disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Every...
Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health
A new expert consensus endorsed by the European Society for Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases...
3D images of cancer cells in the body
Credit: Jan Laufer / MLU Making tumour cells glow: Medical physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a...
How the waterwheel plant snaps
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group The midrib of the leaf (which has been transformed into a snap trap) bends slightly...
Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting
Credit: SUTD Nearly half a century ago scientists have noticed an interesting phenomenon that small particles flowing through a long...
Leading blockchain groups partner to establish a new field of life data economics
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. 15th of May, 7AM PST, San Francisco, CA - Today several leaders in blockchain and artificial...
Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity
Bethesda, Md. (May 15, 2018)--A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating...
New agility tests can discriminate between soccer players at different performance levels
Agility -- the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction -- is an important factor in soccer performance....
Scientists use Dorset, UK, as model to help find traces of life on Mars
Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's...
Nightingale Health expands biomarker services to analyze urine, CSF and cord blood
Credit: NIGHTINGALE HEALTH LTD. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker testing technology, today announced further...
Waterloo study says insurance industry dangerously unprepared for extreme weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University...
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in blacks on dialysis
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 15, 2018) - High levels of a protein activated by...
Treating muscle wasting improved cancer survival
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth...
IgG antibodies activate blood platelets and contribute to the severity of anaphylaxis
The most severe allergic reaction, anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock), is the result of an inappropriate immune reaction following the introduction...
Study shows targeted biopsy for prostate cancer more effective than traditional method
Credit: Otis Brawley (Photographer) CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that MRI fusion biopsy--coupling MRI and ultrasound...
Enzyme’s movement may be key to new cancer drugs
Credit: Senthil Ganesan, University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Revealing all the steps required to activate an enzyme...
Scientists develop method to tweak tiny ‘antenna’ on cells
Credit: Shinohara Kyosuke, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Tsing Hua University...
OHSU one of three centers selected to study cells at atomic level
Credit: Kristyna Wentz-Graff, OHSU PORTLAND, Oregon - OHSU will become a national center for an imaging technique that is revolutionizing...
Gonorrhea surveillance study maps antibiotic resistance across Europe
The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers...
Tufts University and BioLabs open coworking laboratory space for life sciences innovators
Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University BOSTON (May 15, 2018)--Tufts University and BioLabs today announced the opening of Tufts Launchpad |...