E. coli’s internal bomb may provide novel target for treatment strategy
Madrid, Spain: Bacteria's internal bomb, the so-called toxin-antitoxin (TA) system that is part of the normal bacterial makeup, may be triggered to make bacteria turn...
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Measles serious threat for babies, toddlers, unvaccinated youths, ECDC says
Madrid, Spain: The vast majority of measles cases in Europe were reported in unvaccinated patients, and children younger than two years old were at a...
Spit and polish: The beauty of saliva for epigenetic studies
Biomarkers in saliva identify changes that impact the body, according to research published in Current Genomics. This important paper details the drawbacks and benefits of...
Blood biomarkers may allow easier detection, confirmation of concussions
Irvine, Calif., April 20, 2018 -- Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Georgetown University and the University of Rochester have found that specific small...
$2 million grant to push forward cancer research in West Texas
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas - A $2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and...
Late, but not too late — screening for olfactory dysfunction
(IOS Press) In a large population-based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that participants aged 65-74 years with olfactory dysfunction showed impaired...
Fight, flight, or freeze
Credit: Andrew Moberly, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - "Take a deep breath" is the mantra of every anxiety-reducing advice list ever...
Rochester scientists discover gene controlling genetic recombination rates
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Genetics is a crapshoot. During sexual reproduction, genes from both the mother and the father mix and...
Russian scientists learned to perform a diagnosis by analyzing saliva
Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is capable to protect the body...
Selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by malaria control activities
Researchers from LSTM, with partners from a number of international institutions, have shown the rapid selection of a novel P450 enzyme leading to insecticide resistance...
San Diego leaders, researchers announce milestone grant as Alzheimer’s crisis widens
Credit: Alzheimer's San Diego National Institutes of Health grant bolsters SD research to find a treatment or cure County health experts expect a 36 percent...
IOF CNS Medal awarded to professor Bagher Larijani
The CNS Medal honours an individual who has made important and outstanding contributions to the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee of National Societies (CNS) through...
Fat cells seem to remember unhealthy diet
Credit: University of Copenhagen 24 hours. This is all it takes for a so-called precursor fat cell to have its 'epigenetic recipe' on how to...
Meditation could help anxiety and cardiovascular health
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech It sounds like a late-night commercial: In just one hour you can reduce your anxiety levels and some heart health risk...
Research debunks ‘myth’ that strenuous exercise suppresses the immune system
New research overturns a myth that has persisted for nearly four decades - that competing in endurance sports, like this weekend's London Marathon, suppresses the...
