Reviving the protector: new tactic against medulloblastoma
Scientists have a new tactic with potential for fighting medulloblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumor in children. The results are...
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Safety protocol breaches: ways to prevent infection transmission in health care setting
The medical community is losing its biggest gun in fighting infection, antibiotics. Researchers are turning to safety protocols to reduce the transmission of antibiotic-resistant organisms,...
MD Anderson Therapeutics Discovery team identifies and advances a drug that targets metabolic vulnerability and impairs cancer cell growth and survival
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A drug discovered and advanced by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Institute for Applied Cancer...
Toxicant levels up to 99 percent less in myblu aerosols compared to cigarette smoke
Credit: ©Fontem Ventures B.V. Kallithea, Greece, June 11th 2018 - A new aerosol chemistry study presented on Saturday at the 1st Scientific Summit - Tobacco...
Why are sight and sound out of sync?
The way we process sight and sound are curiously out of sync by different amounts for different people and tasks, according to a new study...
Manipulated enzymes
Credit: © TU Graz TU Graz researchers managed for the first time ever to 'retrain' an enzyme to build ring-shaped molecular structures instead of performing...
Criticism from parents affects how children’s brains respond to emotional information
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Children of highly critical parents show less attention to emotional facial expressions, according to...
Artificial gene defect reveals target to fight genetic disease
Credit: CeMM/Lydia Robinson-Garcia (Vienna, June 11, 2018) DNA Repair is essential for a healthy organism. In every day of our lives, tens of thousands of...
Research shows if your eyes wrinkle when you smile or frown, you appear more sincere
Researchers at Western University have shown that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more intense and more sincere emotions....
Post-stroke delivery of neurotrophic factor MANF promotes functional recovery in rats
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. This is due not only to the high incidence of stroke, but also because spontaneous recovery...
Approaching an ideal amino acid synthesis using hydrogen
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Amines are an essential part of our everyday lives; a fact supported by the number of bioactive molecules, including natural...
Deep-freezing of orange juice can increase the absorption of beneficial compounds
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the Laboratory of Food Colour and Quality at the University of Seville have published a study in which it...
New epigenetic drug against Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Credit: IDIBELL A new study by doctor Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL),...
Two bilateral French-Austrian research projects start at IST Austria
Credit: Waielbi Two joint projects between labs at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria and at French research institutes, funded by the Austrian...
Are you really you when you’re hungry?
WASHINGTON -- What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of...
