ChemMaps lets researchers navigate the chemical universe
Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a new online service - ChemMaps - that allows users to interactively navigate the chemical space of...
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Wayne State professor receives NSF CAREER award for vaccine adjuvant research
Credit: Wayne State University College of Engineering DETROIT - Haipeng Liu, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical engineering at Wayne State University, received a Faculty Early...
Study: Exercise mitigates genetic effects of obesity later in life
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you're up there in age and feel like you can coast as a couch potato, you may...
Findings could lead to treatment of hepatitis B
Credit: University of Delaware/ Kathy F. Atkinson Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the...
Proxies who watch advanced care planning video more likely to withhold feeding tubes
BOSTON - Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that nursing home residents with advanced dementia...
Does stabilizing female hormones help lower suicide risk?
A three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health will help researchers determine whether the stabilization of ovarian hormones estradiol and progesterone can...
SensTek licenses pH sensor developed by UTA faculty member
Credit: UTA California startup SensTek has licensed pH sensor technology linked to two issued patents developed by University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor...
Increased follow-up does not benefit colorectal cancer patients
Logically, it would seem that more follow-up testing of cancer patients must be better than less - but this is not the case for patients...
Non-pharmacologic approaches improve outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome
BOSTON--A quality improvement (QI) initiative at Boston Medical Center that focused on using non-pharmacologic approaches to care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) yielded...
A change in bacteria’s genetic code holds promise of longer-lasting drugs
AUSTIN, Texas -- By altering the genetic code in bacteria, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated a method to make therapeutic...
Unlocking the genome
A team led by Prof. Stein Aerts (VIB-KU Leuven) uncovers how access to relevant DNA regions is orchestrated in epithelial cells. These findings shed new...
Dementia patients could remain at home longer thanks to ground breaking technology
Innovative new technology will enable people with dementia to receive round the clock observation and live independently in their own homes, a new study in...
Peruvian rainforest plants have anti-malarial activity
Amsterdam, June 4, 2018 Media Contact Jason Awerdick [email protected] 212-633-3103 @elseviernews http://www.elsevier.com https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journal..
New findings demonstrate how the food we eat affects biochemical signals in the gut
For years, researchers have studied how the body's microbiome impacts virtually every aspect of human health ranging from the immune system to mental wellness. Now,...
On the search for new approaches to cure lung cancer
Protein kinases regulate nearly all processes in cells. If the function of these enzymes is disrupted, often cancer will develop. In particular certain types of...
