Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Lewis A. Lipsitz, MD,...
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Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Keith E. Whitfield, PhD,...
Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Frank J. Infurna, PhD,...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Carol Whitlatch, PhD, FGSA,...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar to nautical navigators of old,...
Selling access to human specimens: Survey reveals public attitudes
The almost 5 million people who paid to get their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe recently found out that their genetic data and related...
When neurons turn against themselves
Credit: Doron Merkler / UNIGE Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to seizures. As the disease is...
New research: Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
A substantial proportion of pharmaceutical industry payments to authors of oncology clinical trials published in major scientific journals are not disclosed, new research shows. The...
Presynapses come in a packet
Credit: Dmytro Puchkov, FMP Synapses are the interfaces for information exchange between neurons. Teams of scientists working with Professor Dr. Volker Haucke, Director at the...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify a potential new approach to treat HER2 positive breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an important new pathway by which HER2 positive breast cancers grow and have discovered that a...
Neville Sanjana receives Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Award
Credit: New York Genome Center/Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NEW YORK, NY (August 30, 2018) -- Neville Sanjana, PhD, Core Faculty Member at the New...
Discovery of long-lived macrophages in the intestine
Credit: © TARGID - KU Leuven Macrophages are specialised immune cells that destroy bacteria and other harmful organisms. KU Leuven scientists, Belgium, have come to...
Study by blood doctors a breakthrough for hemophiliacs
Credit: Wits University Patients with haemophilia bleed spontaneously or following trauma. The most common sites of bleeding are into joints, but bleeds can also happen...
Insulin gives an extra boost to the immune system
(Toronto - August 30, 2018) - The role of insulin as a boost to the immune system to improve its ability to fight infection has...
In test with rats, cannabidiol showed sustained effects against depression for seven days
Commercial antidepressants typically take two to four weeks to have a significant effect on a depressed patient. They are also inneffective in approximately 40% of...
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