Study identifies new target to prevent, treat alcoholism
New research conducted at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, identifies a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism....
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Women's hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
Attention drawn to lack of female-specific researchCredit: Vanderbilt University Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more...
Nitrogen gets in the fast lane for chemical synthesis
'Great gift to industry': Rice University chemists discover way to simplify synthesis of valuable precursor for drugs, other compoundsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb....
Study: Serious health concerns missed in older adults
Paper is call for action for delivering health care to seniors, said accompanying editorial In older people, symptoms of pain, depression and fatigue are commonplace....
Tackling tumour scar tissue could be key to treating pancreatic cancer
The first study in the world to take a detailed look at scar tissue in human pancreatic cancer has revealed a range of different scar...
SIOP recognizes Lilia Cortina and Vicki Magley with the Katzell Award
Lilia Cortina, PhD, and Vicki Magley, PhD, have been honored with the Raymond A. Katzell Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)....
Study finds a dearth of mental health interventions for ethnic minority youth in the US
Credit: Robert Ewing, ASU Department of Psychology Hispanic and Latino youth are more likely to drink alcohol at a younger age than their African-American and...
Rice U. lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics
Scientists marry gas-trapping framework to light-powered nanocatalystsCredit: Image courtesy of LANP/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 8, 2019) -- When Rice University chemist and engineer Hossein...
Sodium intake associated with increased lightheadedness in context of DASH-sodium trial
Study turns common knowledge on its head by challenging experts' traditional recommendations BOSTON - Lightheadedness with standing, otherwise known as postural lightheadedness, results from a...
How bees stay cool on hot summer days
Detecting the ventilation strategy of honey beesCredit: (Image courtesy of Jacob Peters/Harvard SEAS) If you've ever walked past a bee's nest on a hot summer...
Innovative, simple treatment to combat the Candida albicans fungus
A study led by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has for the first time shown the antifungal activity of uterine stem cellsCredit: Aranzazu Saéz...
MDMA users more empathetic than other drug users
Long-term MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than cannabis and other drugs users, new research suggests. University of Exeter scientists compared the empathy levels...
Munitions at the bottom of the Baltic Sea
Should they be monitored, removed or left alone? Researchers provide guidelines and decision-making support The bottom of the Baltic Sea is home to large quantities...
A new protocol for Hepatitis A vaccination to prevent a vaccine-resistant virus
Vaccination policies against the diseaseCredit: University of Barcelona Researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have analysed, with massive sequencing techniques for the first time,...
African Union recognises world leader in invasion biology with Kwame Nkrumah award
On 10 February 2019 Prof Dave Richardson from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and a leading scientist in the field of invasion biology, will receive...
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