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Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain ageing The rate of decline in certain aspects of...

CureWorks Collaborative launches to accelerate development of immunotherapy treatments

SEATTLE - June 12, 2018 - Seattle Children's, with participating members Children's National Health System, BC Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has launched..

First influenza-specific neuraminidase test kit for flu vaccines

(InDevR, Inc.) InDevR Inc. announced product release of the first ever commercial reagent kit designed explicitly for assessment of neuraminidase (NA) in influenza vaccines. The...

Patients unable to resume work after heart attack face depression and financial hardship

DALLAS, June 12, 2018 - More people than ever are able to resume working after a heart attack, but those working less or unable to...

Basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoffs are more likely to lose

If a sports team plays a critical game in which losing means elimination from a league, do they work harder to win -- or does...

Living with the stigma of diabetes

Credit: MUHC Montreal, June 12, 2018 - Michael Wright was your average high school student, juggling the responsibilities of school and friends while taking the...

Cancer: More targeted use of immunotherapy

Doctors are increasingly fighting cancer by stimulating patients' immune systems. SNSF-supported researchers have now discovered a method for predicting the likelihood of treatment success. Imm..

Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population

1. Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2094 URLs go live when the embargo lifts Early, sustain..

Doing right by the whales

These are not good times for the North Atlantic right whale. Ship strikes and gear entanglement play major roles in the mortality of these highly...

PNNL technology clears way for ethanol-derived jet fuel

Credit: PNNL/Andrea Starr RICHLAND, Wash. -- ASTM International recently revised ASTM D7566 Annex A5 -- the Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons...

Stanford nectar research sheds light on ecological theory

Credit: Manpreet Dhami, Tadashi Fukami and Lydia-Marie Jouber A sticky drop of nectar clinging to the tip of a hummingbird's beak drips into the next...

Volcanic activity, declining ocean oxygen triggered mass extinction of ancient organisms

Credit: Stephen Bilenky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen from today's oceans at an...

Orange peels may hold secret to airborne medicine, safer bridges

Credit: Dr. Andrew Dickerson's lab Bartenders and cooks have long recognized the value of an orange twist, but thanks to researchers at the University of...

Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed

Credit: Georgia Tech / Brumfield / Barry Lab Arguably, the greatest fueler of life on our planet is photosynthesis, but understanding its labyrinthine chemistry, powered...

Researchers identify new gene changes that point to elevated prostate cancer risk