Diabetic fruit flies may unlock secrets in humans
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. — Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock ...
USC researchers discover a key difference between mouse and human kidney cells
The best laid plans of mice and men are a bit different — at least when it comes to kidney ...
New meta-analysis: Recreational football is broad-spectrum medicine
Credit: The Danish FA It is now well-established that physical fitness and resting heart rate are a strong mortality predictors ...
Molecule identified that helps give resident T cells in the skin their…
Credit: Photograph courtesy of Medical University of South Carolina immunologist Dr. Chrystal M. Paulos and Dartmouth's Dr. Mary Jo Turk. ...
Dr. Chiaravalloti of Kessler Foundation to study effect of cognitive…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 17, 2018 – Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research ...
Smart physical training in virtual reality
CITEC is funding this large-scale research project with 1.6 million Euro and it will run until 2017. During a project ...
Children’s Research Institute identifies emergency response…
DALLAS – November 16, 2015 – Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have determined ...
Stem cells from muscle could address diabetes-related circulation…
Credit: Image courtesy of W. Lawrence Dobrucki CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Stem cells taken from muscle tissue could promote better blood ...
Activated T-cells drive post-heart attack heart failure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Chronic inflammation after a heart attack can promote heart failure and death. University of Alabama ...
New technology helps pinpoint sources of water contamination
Credit: Berkeley Lab When the local water management agency closes your favorite beach due to unhealthy water quality, how reliable ...
First transcatheter implant for diastolic heart failure successful
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Results presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and published ...
International efforts needed to save world’s largest mammals,…
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's ...
These ring-tailed lemurs raise a ‘stink’ when they flirt with potential mates
Credit: Devin Sturgeon A U of T Scarborough study finds that a unique ritual performed by male ring-tailed lemurs may ...
Age-old secret that Hollywood celebrities try to keep from you has…
Credit: Lauren Mulligan/Wits University Hollywood celebrities spend large amounts of dollars on it. The hunky stud at the local pub ...
Global risk of Madagascar’s pneumonic plague epidemic is limited
Credit: Tsuzuki S., et al., Eurosurveillance, Nov. 16, 2017 Mathematical models have proven the risk of the on-going pneumonic plague ...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating violence?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that ...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy ...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer ...
New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials
Credit: University of Minnesota Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown blood vessel replacement that is ...
CRISPR gene editing reveals new therapeutic approach for blood disorders
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 15, 2016) An international team of scientists led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...
