Clinicians could prescribe fitness apps to help cancer survivor’s exercise
Fitness apps could be prescribed by clinicians to help patients recovering from cancer increase their physical activity levels, new research in the Journal of Cancer...
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Enzyme PHLPP2 could be a viable drug target for treating prostate cancer
Credit: Trotman lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- An estimated 450,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with a cancer that's driven by MYC, an oncogene...
A new way to wind the development clock of cardiac muscle cells
Credit: IMAGE COURTESY TIM KAMP, UW-MADISON MADISON - These days, scientists can collect a few skin or blood cells, wipe out their identities, and reprogram...
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for metastatic prostate cancer
Study could also have implications for a wide range of other cancers that involve the critical MYC oncogeneCredit: Nowak et al., 2019 Researchers in New...
Like a lot of things, women’s gut microbiomes appear to mature earlier than men’s
Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older onesCredit: UC San Diego Health The human...
Optimizing device implantation in patients with atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke
The study is based on the bachelor's degree final project in Biomedical Engineering by Ainhoa M. Aguado, first author of the article, who worked under...
Blood flow command center discovered in the brain
Credit: Farmer et al An international team of researchers has discovered a group of cells in the brain that may function as a 'master-controller' for...
On the way to fighting staph infections with the body’s immune system
Researchers identify exact cells mediating the mouse's defense against Staphylococcus infection -- MRSACredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers have gained a greater understanding of the biology...
Applying precious metal catalysts economically
This new method makes it possible to save materialCredit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Fritz Haber Institute Berlin have developed a new...
New whistle alerts bats to steer clear of wind turbines
Researchers from Texas A&M will describe a device capable of producing an ultrasonic whistle to deter bats from flying into wind turbine blades at the...
UC Berkeley grad wins prestigious dissertation award
Finn's breakthrough approaches significantly advanced machine learning and roboticsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Chelsea Finn receives...
Johns Hopkins researchers find widely ‘inconsistent’ use of antibodies in lab experiments
Findings throw study results into doubt and sheds light on 'reproducibility crisis'Credit: Ibrahim Kulac, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Scientists at the Johns...
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
Credit: Per Persson/Stockholm University The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which...
Older adults expect to lose brainpower, but most don’t ask doctors how to prevent dementia
Many in their 50s and early 60s buy supplements or do puzzles in hopes of protecting brain health, but may miss out on effective strategiesCredit:...
Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms
Credit: Ulf Buntgen Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests. The team,...
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