Experiments in mice may help boost newly FDA-approved therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
Credit: Sumner lab Johns Hopkins researchers along with academic and drug industry investigators say they have identified a new biological ...
Newly discovered phytoplankton groups appear to favor warmer oceans
Credit: Adam Monier, University of Exeter (Toronto - Jan. 9, 2017) An international research team has discovered two phytoplankton groups ...
Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposed
Credit: UCANR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Findings by a team of scientists, including two from the University of California, Riverside, ...
Report from international workshop on reducing animal use for acute toxicity testing published
Washington -- A report outlining the findings of the international expert workshop "Alternative Approaches for Identifying Acute Systemic Toxicity: Moving ...
Place matters in late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, study finds
In addition to a person's race or ethnicity, where they live can matter in terms of whether they are diagnosed ...
Crohn’s disease risk and prognosis determined by different genes, study finds
Researchers have identified a series of genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease - ...
NASA sees storms affecting the western US
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project Extreme rain events have been affecting California and snow has blanketed the Pacific ...
VLT to search for planets in Alpha Centauri system
Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO ESO has signed an agreement with the Breakthrough Initiatives to adapt the Very Large Telescope instrumentation ...
Boston College and MIT chemists report E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Jan. 9, 2017) - Using ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers from ...
Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaos
Scientists have uncovered how tumours are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes* ...
Do weekend warriors reap any health benefits?
WASHINGTON, DC (January 9, 2017)--The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity ...
High cholesterol intake and eggs do not increase risk of memory disorders
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating ...
Rettsyndrome.org reaches milestone of $40 million in research funding
(Cincinnati, OH) The International Rett Syndrome Foundation, now doing business as Rettsyndrome.org, announces today that Rettsyndrome.org has reached a milestone ...
Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient air
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Genevieve Martin OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2017 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak ...
Neural connection keeps instincts in check
Credit: EMBL/Livia Marrone Monterotondo, 9 January 2016 - From fighting the urge to hit someone to resisting the temptation to ...
Why high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells
Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is ...
Prostate cancer researchers find genetic fingerprint identifying how, when disease spreads
Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - Jan. 9, 2017) - Canadian prostate cancer researchers have discovered the genetic fingerprint ...
New study: What do health plan deductibles really mean for people with chronic illness?
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For tens of millions of Americans, the start of a new year means the counter has ...
‘Weekend warriors’ have lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular disease
The finding suggests that less frequent bouts of activity, which might fit more easily into a busy lifestyle, offer significant ...
New insights into mechanisms of breast cancer development and resistance to therapy
Why does breast cancer develop and how come certain patients are resistant to established therapies? Researchers from the University of ...
