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Don’t blame adolescent social behavior on hormones
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during...
Type 2 Diabetes research held back by animal models
WASHINGTON -- A new report published in Alternatives to Laboratory Animals identifies the limitations of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)...
Undark Magazine publisher receives Endocrine Society’s journalism award
CHICAGO--MIT Knight Science Journalism Program Director and Undark Magazine publisher Deborah Blum received the Endocrine Society's annual Award for Excellence...
New method manages and stores data from millions of nerve cells — in real time
Recent developments in neuroscience set high requirements for sophisticated data management, not least when implantable Brain Machine Interfaces are used...
Molecular doorstop could be key to new tuberculosis drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at The Rockefeller University Tuberculosis, which infects roughly one quarter of the world's population and...
Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues
Credit: Davoud Mozhdehi and Kelli Luginbuhl, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new...
Study of COPD patients has created a ‘looking glass’ into genome of pathogen
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the...
Transcription factor helps tumors grow in low oxygen, resist anticancer therapies
An international team of researchers found how cancer cells respond to DNA damage signaling when in low oxygen, or hypoxia....
Overeating during breastfeeding may affect the health of offspring
CHICAGO--Mothers who overeat during the period when they are breastfeeding may have children who are at increased risk of becoming...
Breastfeeding may protect high-birthweight infants from childhood obesity
CHICAGO--Breastfeeding may protect high-birthweight infants from having overweight or obesity as children, new research from South Korea suggests. The results...
Race, pre-pregnancy BMI may help predict maternal weight gain
CHICAGO--Race and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) both affect leptin and adiponectin levels, and leptin levels in mid-pregnancy may be...
Better understanding ALS by looking at how cells change
Credit: CRCHUM It took eight long years of research, but now an international team led by neuroscientists at Université de...
Stroke prevention drugs may help reduce dementia risk for atrial fibrillation patients
Barcelona, Spain - 18 March 2018: Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention...
Decline in colorectal cancer deaths in Europe is a ‘major success’ story
(European Society for Medical Oncology) The decline in cancer of the intestines -- colorectal cancer -- is one of the...
Columbia scientists locate nerve cells that enable fruit flies to escape danger
Credit: Anita Burgos/Grueber Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Columbia University researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly's escape response:...
Drinking alcohol makes your heart race
Barcelona, Spain - 18 March 2018: The more alcohol you drink, the higher your heart rate gets, according to research...
Feinstein Institute discovery promises improved diagnosis and understanding of endometriosis
MANHASSET, NY -- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research scientists announced an experimental, rapid and non-invasive way to diagnose endometriosis, which...
Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill
CHICAGO--A new birth control pill for men appears to be safe when used daily for a month, with hormone responses...
Low sperm count not just a problem for fertility
CHICAGO -- A man's semen count is a marker of his general health, according to the largest study to date...
Stem cell therapy may help reverse effects of premature menopause, restore fertility
CHICAGO--Young women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) may be able to use their own bone marrow stem cells to rejuvenate...
