Can’t switch your focus? You brain might not be wired for it
Credit: Drexel University Take a look at the images above. A healthy brain can quickly switch its focus from the ...
New study links proposed changes in US tax laws to rich-poor gap and mortality rates
Credit: Daniel Kim Amsterdam, November 27, 2017 – The income gap between the rich and poor in the United States ...
Antibody appears to attack cancer cells, leaving other cells unscathed
DURHAM, N.C. — A research team from Duke Health has developed an antibody from the body's own immune system that ...
Genetics Society of America honors David Kingsley with 2017 GSA Medal
Credit: David Kingsley The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that David Kingsley, PhD is the 2017 ...
Autophagy under the microscope as never before
We don't tend to wrap our recycling waste in bubble wrap but that's essentially what cells do during the cellular ...
SU2C launches ‘cancer interception’ initiative to detect & treat cancer at…
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, LUNGevity, and the ...
Scientists reveal rules for making ribs
Credit: Francesca Mariani Scientists from the USC Stem Cell lab of Francesca Mariani recently shared a recipe for ribs, and ...
World’s first successful artificial insemination of southern…
DNA tests have confirmed that one of the three southern rockhopper penguin chicks born at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan between June ...
Choreographing the microRNA-target dance
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – January 19, 2017 – Scientists face a conundrum in their quest to understand ...
Saint Louis University researchers predict Zika hot spots in the US
Credit: Saint Louis University Where in the continental United States is Zika most likely to occur? An early online article ...
Targeting the gut-brain connection can impact immunity
DURHAM, N.C. – There's a reason it's called a gut feeling. The brain and the gut are connected by intricate ...
Predator control can have unintended consequences
Credit: Daniel O. Hunter Introduced predators pose threats to biodiversity and are implicated in the extinction of many native species. ...
Decoding the Axolotl genome
Credit: IMP A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information ...
Consumption of natural estrogens in cow’s milk does not affect…
Philadelphia, PA, August 3, 2016 – Estrogen occurs naturally in cow's milk. Recently, there has been concern that consuming milk ...
Scripps Florida scientists unveil critical mechanism of memory formation
JUPITER, FL – Nov. 19, 2015 – In a new study that could have implications for future drug discovery efforts ...
Brain-scan guided emergency stroke treatment can save more lives
Credit: Image courtesy of Greg Albers, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center. Advances in brain imaging can identify a greater number ...
Periodontitis linked to a higher mortality rate in patients with…
New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease) ...
Mediterranean diet may decrease pain associated with obesity
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will ...
OPTIMISTIC lowers long-stay nursing home residents’ avoidable hospitalizations by a third
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The initial phase of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program developed and implemented ...
Researchers discover how selenium is incorporated into proteins
Credit: Miljan Simonovic. Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium – a ...
