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270 million visits made to English coastlines each year
Credit: Alex Smalley, University of Exeter Research has revealed for the first time that around 271 million recreational visits are...
Class clowns: Playful boys viewed more negatively than playful girls, study finds
New research shows that playful boys are viewed as rebellious and disruptive by their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers...
Findings from breast and gynecological cancer study may have potential for future clinical applicati
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a startling amount...
An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has...
Study examines how social support affects mental health after a natural disaster
A new Journal of Traumatic Stress study found that social support may have helped alleviate depressive symptoms for displaced and...
‘Coffee filter’ helps make new cancer drug Z-endoxifen 1000 times cheaper
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/TU Eindhoven. Making drugs cheaper doesn't always require pricey investments. A joint initiative by researchers from Eindhoven...
Insilico Taiwan calls Taiwanese AI talents with MolHack starting from April 23
Credit: Insilico Medicine April 5, Taipei, To attract Taiwanese talents for research and development in artificial intelligence (AI) and big...
Organoids created from patients’ bladder cancers could guide treatment
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (April 5, 2018)-Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers...
New immunotherapy for lung cancer shows promise of success
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina In a groundbreaking development, results from a recent clinical trial to treat...
Breast cancer detected in transmen undergoing mastectomy
The number of transmen seeking gender-confirming surgery has risen in the past decade. In a paper published in the British...
Negative fateful life events and the brains of middle-aged men
Conflict, a death in the family, financial hardship and serious medical crises are all associated with accelerated physical aging. In...
When kids’ autistic brains can’t calm down
CHICAGO --- One third of children who have autism spectrum disorder also have epilepsy. It's related to a major autism...
New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain
BOSTON - For hospitalized patients, pain is an all-too-common part of the experience. Even among U.S. patients who have not...
Bertarelli Symposium 2018 to tackle the mysteries of the senses
Our senses -- vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, pain -- form the very foundation of our ability to understand and...
Certain medications for chronic inflammatory diseases appear safe during pregnancy
Anti-tumor necrosis factor medications (anti-TNFs) are effective in controlling chronic inflammatory diseases, but some physicians recommend that their patients discontinue...
Bonobos share and share alike
Credit: LuiKotale Bonobo Project / Barbara Fruth Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups....
Genetic link to IBS identified in women
New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden links certain DNA variants to increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...
Study finds brain differences in athletes playing contact vs. noncontact sports
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study from researchers at Indiana University in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical has found...
Can we imitate organisms’ abilities to decode water patterns for new technologies?
Credit: Brendan Colvert, Mohamad Alsalman, Eva Kanso The shape of water. Can it tell us about what drives romance? Among...
It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Stem cells have the ability to develop, or differentiate, into the many different cell types in...