New metabolomic screening method detects multiple inborn errors of metabolism in urine
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2016-Analysis of a single urine sample using a metabolomics-based ...
Picture release: Spiral growth
Credit: Neha Bhatia/EMBL This flower-like image shows a plant that is not developing quite right. It comes from a study ...
Frog and toad larvae become vegetarian when it is hot
Credit: Tiago Jesus Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of ...
Here’s how your body transports zinc to protect your health
Credit: Courtesy Wladek Minor Zinc is essential for wound healing, for vision, for DNA creation, for our senses of taste ...
Words matter when talking about Alzheimer’s
Using war metaphors in reference to Alzheimer's disease should be replaced with messages of resilience against a complex, age-associated condition ...
In Singapore, experts seek solutions for the rising burden of osteoporosis in Asia-Pacific
The burden of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to surge in the coming decades. Countries such as Singapore, ...
Hip fracture patients fare best during recovery in high-occupancy nursing homes with higher level physician staffing
PHILADELPHIA - Hip fractures are a common and disabling condition that occurs more than 300,000 times each year in the ...
Pupil response to negative facial expressions predicts risk for depression relapse
Credit: Jonathan King/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - Pupil dilation in reaction to negative emotional faces predicts risk for depression relapse, ...
Can you smell through your lungs?
It was always thought that olfactory receptors' sole bodily function was to smell, and could only be found inside a ...
Breast-friendly, radiation-free alternative to mammogram in the making
Each year around a million women in the Netherlands undergo mammograms for early detection of possible breast cancer. It's an ...
Innovating fine needle aspiration for diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) can closely resemble pancreatic cancer, but these two diseases require distinctly different courses of treatment. A new ...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Nov. 2 issue
Exercise Delays Age-Related Hearing Loss in Mice Age-related hearing loss is a common problem in older adults, and it may ...
Brain ‘reads’ sentences the same in English and Portuguese
An international research team led by Carnegie Mellon University has found that when the brain "reads" or decodes a sentence ...
Reducing exposure to bisphenol A lowers levels of this environmental estrogen in women
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2016--Women who avoided foods, cosmetics, and other products packaged ...
Kent research on pigment production reveals Achilles’ heel for MRSA
Credit: Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent Research co-led by bioscientists at the University of Kent provides a molecular explanation ...
Study details rare cardiac side effects of immune checkpoint cancer therapies
Combination therapy utilizing two approved immunotherapy drugs for cancer treatment may cause rare and sometimes fatal cardiac side effects linked ...
NYU Dentistry awarded $1.3M HRSA grant to expand dental access for underserved populations
"The goal of this novel faculty development program," explains Dr. Chinn, "is to recruit, develop, and retain faculty who are ...
UTHealth research: Stem cell therapy appears to have TBI treatment effect
HOUSTON - (Nov. 3, 2016) - Results of a cellular therapy clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a ...
Leading anthropologist Professor Lee Berger to give Kent’s 2016 Stirling Lecture
The University of Kent's 2016 Stirling Lecture will be given by world renowned American-born South African paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger, ...
Sunshine matters a lot to mental health; temperature, pollution, rain not so much
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Sunshine matters. A lot. The idea isn't exactly new, but according to a recent BYU study, when ...
