Memory of a heart attack is stored in our genes
Both heredity and environmental factors influence our risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study, by researches at Uppsala University, shows ...
Gut pathogens thrive on body’s tissue-repair mechanism
Andreas Bäumler and his team discovered how pathogens manipulate the intestinal environment to favor their own growth.Why do some foodborne ...
Fighting Cancer with Space Research
NGC 3718, NGC 3729 and other galaxies have been analyzed using machine learning algorithms that can be “taught” to recognize ...
Mice born from ‘tricked’ eggs
Eggs can be ‘tricked’ into developing into an embryo without fertilisation, but the resulting embryos, called parthenogenotes, die after a ...
UCLA researchers use stem cells to grow 3-D lung-in-a-dish
Credits: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center 3-D bioengineered lung-like tissue (left) resembles adult human lung (right).By coating tiny gel ...
Increase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Hinders Treatment of Kidney Infections
Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing bacteria (ESBL) come from a strain of E. coli and are resistant to several types of antibiotics, severely ...
Daily Sex Helps Reduce Sperm DNA Damage And Improve Fertility
Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according ...
Adverse effects of cannabis scientifically verified, a world first
Researchers have clarified important mechanisms involved in the formation of neural circuits in the brain. This group also discovered that ...
Researchers debunk ‘five-second rule’: Eating food off the floor isn’t safe
Turns out bacteria may transfer to candy that has fallen on the floor no matter how fast you pick it ...
Sixteen MIT grad students named Siebel Scholars for 2017
Sixteen MIT graduate students are among the 2017 cohort of Siebel Foundation Scholars hailing from the world’s top graduate programs ...
High-capacity nanoparticle
Nanoparticles offer a promising way to deliver cancer drugs in a targeted fashion, helping to kill tumors while sparing healthy ...
How the brain builds panoramic memory
When asked to visualize your childhood home, you can probably picture not only the house you lived in, but also ...
Helpers for energy acquisition from plants
Credit: © Photo: Barbara Frommann / University of Bonn Research into plant cells is far from complete. Scientists under the ...
Deadly scrub typhus bacteria confirmed in South America
Scrub typhus, a disease transmitted through “chiggers” that kills at least 140,000 people a year in the Asia-Pacific region, may ...
Cord blood transplant associated with high survival rate in high-risk leukemia patients
SEATTLE – Sept. 7, 2016 – Umbilical cord blood transplants may have advantages beyond offering an alternative stem cell source ...
Physical activity may offset some of alcohol’s lethal harms
An international research collaboration, led by University of Sydney, has found that exercising at even basic recommended weekly physical activity ...
Prisons could unlock hep C-free future
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) | by AJC1(Thursday, 8 September 2016: Oslo) Prisons provide one of the most significant opportunities to ...
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld recommends shared decision-making in treating adult sinusitis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology Richard M. Rosenfeld, MDBrooklyn, NY – In an article in ...
Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are exploring ways to wrap pig tissue with a protective coating ...
Medicare’s new way of paying hospitals could cause a bundle of problems for some
Credits: WikimediaANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hospitals that take care of the oldest, sickest and most complicated patients could suffer financially ...
