Chinese scientists reveal a novel signaling pathway for chilling…
Credit: XU Yunyuan The ability of plants to tolerate chilling stress is fundamental in determining the growing season and geographical ...
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at…
From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years ...
Novel type 2 diabetes risk model more accurately assesses disease trajectory
New Rochelle, May 31, 2016–An innovative model for determining a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) overcomes many ...
New treatment shows promise for patients with rare dermatologic…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – A new treatment for a rare and often incurable condition called dermatomyositis (DM) reduced the ...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure affects sperm…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner ...
An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from stem cells
Montréal, January 13, 2016 – A study conducted by a research team led by Michel Cayouette, Full IRCM Research Professor ...
Researchers identify genes linked to the effects of mood and stress on…
INDIANAPOLIS — The visible impacts of depression and stress that can be seen in a person's face — and contribute ...
New therapy lessens impact of mistreatment at a young age
Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape Everyone has challenges of one kind or another. But research shows that mistreatment at ...
Microbes evolved to colonize different parts of the human body
Credit: Jonathan Fuller, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — As the human species evolved over the last six million years, our ...
Stanford study shows development of face recognition entails brain…
Credit: Brianna Jeska People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early ...
Researchers harness metabolism to reverse aggressiveness in leukemia
Credit: University of Georgia Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers, with colleagues from the University of Tokyo, have identified ...
Overcoming barriers to recruiting blacks/African-Americans for…
Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 6, 2017) — In a paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, ...
Study: US women report diverse preferences related to sexual pleasure
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Faculty members from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and the school’s Center ...
Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer signals their neighbors
A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown ...
Study: Substitute teachers and replacement nurses may cause disease to…
Imagine a nurse who gets the flu while working at a hospital. He goes home to recover — and an ...
Yellow fever killing thousands of monkeys in Brazil
Credit: Carla Possamai, Muriqui Project of Caratinga In a vulnerable forest in southeastern Brazil, where the air was once thick ...
UCF technology for killing metastatic breast cancer cells discovered, licensed
A University of Central Florida cancer researcher has discovered a way to kill spreading breast cancer cells and her new ...
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz obtains approval for Humboldt…
Credit: photo/©: Stowers Institute Nominated by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), chromosome ...
Pancreatic cancer: CD44 protein induces metastases
This news release is available in German. Due to their rapid metastatic spread, pancreatic tumors are among the most aggressive ...
UC research examines lung cell turnover as risk factor & target for treatment of…
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI–Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible ...
