Study: Regulators should not consider ‘lost pleasure’ of quitting smoking
Credit: Georgia State University Federal officials considering new regulations on tobacco products should give more weight to the fact that ...
New insights into the tumor metabolism
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / Technical University of Munich Tumors, inflammation and circulatory disorders locally disturb the body's acid-base balance. These ...
Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense ...
Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research
Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from ...
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies molecular-based chemoprevention strategy
A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of California, ...
How a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce heart failure in the aged
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In mouse experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown how aging and excess ...
Lek-Heng Lim receives Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis &…
Credit: Lek-Heng Lim The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is proud to award Lek-Heng Lim, University of Chicago, with ...
Falls lead to declines in seniors
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — More than half of elderly patients (age 65 and older) who visited ...
NIST updates ‘sweet’ 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms
Credit: K. Scott/NIST Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern ...
How cancer metastasis happens: Researchers reveal a key mechanism
Credit: Image credit: Wenjing Wu/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Nature Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to ...
Study sets new distance record for medical drone transport
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers have set a new delivery distance record for medical drones, successfully transporting human ...
Salk computational neurobiologist receives NSF grant to study how…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(September 6, 2017) Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee has been awarded a grant of approximately $950,000 ...
Study finds low rate of cancer screening among transplant patients
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 4, 2017–People who have received organ transplants are at higher risk of ...
Working group urges better access to safe abortion, in developing world
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – On International Safe Abortion Day, Sept. 28, an international research group reports in a ...
Persistent infection keeps immune memory sharp, leading to long-term…
Credit: M. Mandell and S. Beverley Many infectious diseases are one and done; people get sick once and then they ...
TSU is developing a new method for treating autism and memory disorder
Credit: TSU Scientists at the Tomsk State University (TSU, Russia) are exploring myokines, proteins that are produced in the muscles ...
Disaster makes people with depression less healthy
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University People who exhibit even a few depressive symptoms before a major life stressor, such as a ...
Deadly combination in neurodegenerative diseases revealed
Credit: Hitomi Tsuiji and Koji Yamanaka Nagoya, Japan – Neurodegenerative diseases are incurable and debilitating conditions that result in progressive ...
Waters and Andrew Alliance sign co-marketing agreement
Credit: Andrew Alliance Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and Andrew Alliance have signed an agreement that will bring drug development scientists an ...
Doctors can now predict the severity of your disease by measuring…
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System. An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and ...
