Cocaine adulterant may cause brain damage
People who regularly take cocaine cut with the animal anti-worming agent levamisole demonstrate impaired cognitive performance and a thinned prefrontal ...
More black South Africans are donating blood
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has succeeded in increasing the proportion of donations from black South Africans fivefold, ...
Gaining unknown insights
When bones break more easily in old age, osteoporosis is often to blame. However, the cause of the disease and ...
A new pharmacological molecule improves the safety of canine sedation and anaesthesia
A drug discovery made at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki', Finland, will increase the safety of animal ...
Understanding quality control in the cellular immune system
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Robert Tampé, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry at Goethe University, has received €1.5 million from the ...
Colectomy associated with increased risk of diabetes
People who have had a colectomy have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers from the University of Copenhagen ...
A fully human system to cultivate skin cells for grafting
SINGAPORE, 31 October 2018 - Breakthrough research to culture human skin cells called keratinocytes to produce skin grafts has been ...
Chirality of vitamin-D derivative affects the protonation states of its receptor protein
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology, in cooperation with researchers ...
Two-cells-in-one combo therapy could bolster leukemia treatment
Credit: Zhen Gu Research Lab/UCLA Samueli A cancer therapy based on fusing two types of cells into a single unit ...
LJI investigators discover how protein pair controls cellular calcium signals
Credit: Dr. Aparna Gudlur, La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--All mammalian cells need a ready supply of calcium ...
Babies born at home have more diverse, beneficial bacteria, study finds
Credit: Jeff Heckman Infants born at home have more diverse bacteria in their guts and feces, which may affect their ...
Small association between early antibiotic exposure and weight gain in young children
BOSTON, MA -A pioneering study conducted within a nationwide network, the National Patient Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), finds that ...
3 percent of children hit daily activity target
Only one in 30 children does the recommended amount of daily physical activity, new research suggests. Guidelines from the Chief ...
Rose geranium oil may ease common painful nasal symptoms linked to cancer treatment
The findings build on anecdotal evidence for the use of rose geranium oil to treat nasal vestibulitis, which affects the ...
Army, university study suggests brain structure could influence behavior
Credit: (Image courtesy PLOS Computational Biology) New research focusing on how brain structure may impact brain activity and ultimately human ...
Commercial shellfish landings decline likely linked to environmental factors
Researchers studying the sharp decline between 1980 and 2010 in documented landings of the four most commercially-important bivalve mollusks - ...
How plants cope with stress
The future looks challenging for plants. Climate change is forecast to bring widespread drought to parts of the planet already ...
Israel’s Ben-Gurion U. and Louisiana announce water research collaboration
Credit: BGU/Dani Machlis NEW YORK...October 30 - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards visited Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in ...
Study uncovers key parts of mechanism for activating T cells to fight cancer and other diseases
BOSTON -- In just a few years, CAR T-cell and other adoptive T-cell therapies have emerged as among the most ...
Research on clots could make pancreatic cancer more treatable
Credit: Purdue University image/Bumsoo Han WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- You're experiencing jaundice, abdominal pain or constipation. And by then, you ...
