Can a Mediterranean diet pattern slow aging?
A series of six articles appearing in the March issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and ...
Tufts CTSI and The Jackson Laboratory announce research and training collaboration
Leaders from Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) today announced a new five-year collaboration ...
Adult-onset neurodegeneration has roots in early development
The disease mechanism for adult-onset progressive degenerative diseases begins much earlier than previously thought, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...
Calculating the impacts of natural events on wildlife
Credit: Iwasaki A. and Noda T., Scientific Reports, Jan. 15, 2018 A new method could help scientists understand how wildlife ...
Proposed border wall will harm Texas plants and animals, scientists say
Credit: Andrew Morffew In the latest peer-reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals, ...
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’
Credit: Sahand Pirbadian of USC Dornsife and Poorna Subramanian of Caltech Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant? ...
A synthetic chameleon has been developed
Credit: Dmitry Ivanov An international team of researchers including Dmitry Ivanov, the head of laboratory of functional soft-matter systems, MSU, ...
Rational protein engineering can improve effectiveness of mRNA therapies
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2018 -- mRNA drugs offer a promising new approach ...
Internet addiction in teenagers studied at Kazan University
The research is a joint effort by KFU, RUDN University, Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth and Tourism, ...
Researchers find ways to impede progress of neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Kazan Federal University Kazan University's partner in this research is the Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry. The ...
£2.2 million boost for pioneering research into mental health conditions
(University of Edinburgh) Novel research aimed at better understanding mental health conditions such as depression is to receive a £2.2 ...
Declines in lung cancer death rates among US women have lagged in 2 hot spots
Bottom Line: While lung cancer death rates among women in most of the United States have declined substantially in recent ...
Study finds children with autism and ADHD at higher rise for anxiety
BALTIMORE, M.D., (April 1, 2018) -- Children with both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased ...
Fresh for the whole month
Credit: @SamaraPolytech To produce the sublimated yoghurt Samara Polytech scientists first freeze the mixture in a dryer at -70 °C ...
Inherent feminizing effect of germ cells: New insights into sex determination
Credit: © Toshiya Nishimura Nagoya University-led study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize ...
Penn Medicine Hospitals named ‘leaders in LGBT healthcare equality’
March 29, 2018 -PHILADELPHIA - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Chester ...
Pediatric cancer drug shows 93 percent response rate
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 29, 2018 - A first-of-its-kind drug targeting a fused gene found in ...
Colon signaling pathway key to inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: Department of Biodefense Research,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) -led research reveals role of signaling pathway in development ...
Researchers investigate riverbank erosion and resilience in coastal Bangladesh
Credit: Virginia Tech Coastal residents in Bangladesh are losing their homes and farmland at an astonishing rate due to riverbank ...
Study on frogs helps scientists understand disease outbreak and progression
Credit: Cori Zawacki RENO, Nev. - The search for answers to protect Central American frogs from extinction is also giving ...
