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Pterocarpanquinones and carbapterocarpans with anti-tumor activity against MDR leukemias
Credit: Dr. Vivian M Rumjanek et al., Bentham Science Publishers Careful thinking must be put since the very first days...
Cost savings from integrative medicine via pain reduction in hospitalized patients
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 10, 2018-- Researchers at Allina Health (Minneapolis, MN) conducted a...
Tau-tolly microtubular!
Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley have combined cutting-edge...
Boosting the effects of vitamin D to tackle diabetes
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 10, 2018) More than 27 million people in the United States are living with type...
UMass Amherst chemists develop molecular switch for on-demand cargo release
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In an unexpected finding, chemist Sankaran "Thai" Thayumanavan and colleagues at the University of...
Depleted metabolic enzymes promote tumor growth in kidney cancer
Credit: Celeste Simon, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Cell Press PHILADELPHIA - Kidney cancer, one of the ten...
Divide and conquer: Israeli researchers find key to creating better medicines with fewer side effects
Credit: Palitel and Naaman. Today, a new study published in Science by Professors Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University of...
Receptor related to neurotransmitter serotonin to boost memory formation
New York, NY (May 10, 2018)--In a breakthrough that could one day help individuals with cognitive impairment, researchers at Columbia...
Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 10, 2018--Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at...
Does melatonin do anything? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018 -- Melatonin is a widely used supplement. Many people turn to...
Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer
Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this...
PATH statement on White House Summit on AI for American Industry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers May 10, 2018, Washington, DC - The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in...
Research suggests a 15-minute ‘daily mile’ could enhance health of the world’s children
Credit: Elaine Livingstone Policymakers should consider introducing The Daily Mile to improve the health and fitness of schoolchildren around the...
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
(Stockholm University) A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal...
Rising religious ‘none’ rates linked to conservative Christian politics
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Religious "nones," people who do not officially associate themselves with a specific religion, are on the rise...
Patients who have had an irregular heart beat can’t ever be considered ‘cured’
Credit: University of Birmingham Patients with an abnormal heart rhythm that can leave them at a higher risk of suffering...
Discovery of how HIV hedges its bets opens the door to new therapies
San Francisco, CA--May 10, 2018--A stem cell is one with infinite possibilities. So, for decades, scientists have puzzled over how...
Most oncologists have discussed medical marijuana with patients
Data from a new survey show that as many as 80% of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their...
Women seeking crowdfunding financing for start-ups are perceived as more trustworthy
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business start-ups, the...
Food recognition in hundred-year-olds: this explains how our semantic memory works
Repeated life-long experience models our semantic memory, i.e. our knowledge related to objects and events. This also relates to our...