Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
Psoriasis is an incurable chronic disease with a hereditary component, in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the ...
US National Academy of Medicine to establish its first intl. health policy fellowship
WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that it will establish the National Academy of Medicine ...
Tumor induction from a distance
Credit: Graphics: Ralf Baumeister Current view is that cancer development is initiated from cells that acquire initial DNA mutations. These ...
Olive oil nutrient linked to processes that prevent cancer in brain
A compound found in olive oil may help to prevent cancer developing in the brain, a study shows. Research into ...
Recommendations to optimize continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes clinical research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 2, 2017 -- The advantages of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) ...
Eco-label in exchange for less chemicals on rice fields
Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in a more environ-mentally friendly fashion if this would ...
Sydney Harbor emissions equivalent to 200 cars on the roads
Credit: University of Sydney lead researcher Edwina Tanner The Sydney Harbour is renowned as a beautiful landmark straddling our thriving ...
Hotter than a hundred thousand suns
Credit: Hauke Sandmeyer (Bielefeld University) FRANKFURT. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC/TR) ...
Understanding a river’s ‘thermal landscape’ may be the key to saving it
River temperatures have long been an area of study, but until recently, the field has been hampered by technological constraints. ...
Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K
BOSTON (June 2, 2017)--Vitamin K, with its multiple forms, is among the lesser known nutrients. Now, new research from scientists ...
Gene therapy could ‘turn off’ severe allergies
A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by immunology research at ...
ERC Starting Grant for allergy research in the gut
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The European Research Council (ERC) will be funding the ALLERGUT ...
Identify and manage raspberry, blackberry pests with new industry reference
Credit: Courtesy of The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (June 2017)-- Raspberries and blackberries are favorites among consumers--but unfortunately ...
New model deepens understanding of the dynamics of quark-gluon plasmas
Credit: Researcher's archive Quark-gluon plasmas are among the subjects that have been most extensively researched by physicists in recent times. ...
Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built
Loading video... Credit: Adriel Olmos, CITRIS Media Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives ...
Wayne State professors receive $500k from NSF to enhance computational research
DETROIT - A team of researchers from Wayne State University's College of Engineering recently received nearly $500,000 from the National ...
Smithsonian scientists release frogs wearing mini radio transmitters in Panama
Credit: Brian Gratwicke/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Ninety Limosa harlequin frogs (Atelopus limosus) bred in human care are braving the elements ...
Stony corals more resistant to climate change than thought, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Stony corals may be more resilient to ocean acidification than once thought, according to a Rutgers ...
Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new ...
‘Instantly rechargeable’ battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles
A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an "instantly rechargeable" method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for ...
