Weight loss after stomach-narrowing surgery eases chronic knee pain
A new report finds that extremely obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomachs to restrict food intake not only lose weight...
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Tamoxifen and raloxifene slow down the progression of muscular dystrophy
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, March 20, 2018 - Steroids are currently the only available treatment to reduce the repetitive cycles of inflammation...
New Gulf of Maine study investigates return of kelp
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has been awarded funding from Maine Sea Grant for a new study of kelp...
Five new species of frogs identified in museum collections
Researchers from Yale-NUS College and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered five new species of Southeast Asian frogs from a group of...
Transcription factor helps tumors grow in low oxygen, resist anticancer therapies
An international team of researchers found how cancer cells respond to DNA damage signaling when in low oxygen, or hypoxia. Through comprehensive gene expression analyses,...
Type 2 Diabetes research held back by animal models
WASHINGTON -- A new report published in Alternatives to Laboratory Animals identifies the limitations of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) animal research and proposes how...
Palm trees are spreading northward — how far will they go?
Credit: Tammo Reichgelt/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand into northern parts of the...
Making intricate images with bacterial communities
Credit: Xiaofan Jin and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse Working with light and genetically engineered bacteria, researchers from Stanford University are able to shape the growth of bacterial...
Scientists discover new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Cell Reports, Saint Louis University researchers have uncovered new answers about why...
TGen tests ultrasound as way to enhance cancer drug delivery
PHOENIX, Ariz. and OSLO, Norway -- March 19, 2018 -- For decades, ultrasound has been used to image organs such as the heart and kidneys,...
Research with made-in-Canada molecule targets fungal infections worldwide
Credit: Photo credit: University of Toronto. People whose immune systems are compromised from illnesses such as cancer can also fall victim to infections caused by...
So close, yet so far: Making climate impacts feel nearby may not inspire action
ITHACA, N.Y. - Although scientists warn that urgent action is needed to stop climate change, public engagement continues to lag. Many social scientists say people...
Cancer comes back all jacked up on stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center After a biopsy or surgery, doctors often get a molecular snapshot of a patient's tumor. This snapshot is important...
Study of COPD patients has created a ‘looking glass’ into genome of pathogen
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the University at Buffalo and the...
Don’t blame adolescent social behavior on hormones
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results...
