Fish bones yield new tool for tracking coal ash contamination
Isotope ratios used as fingerprints of ash's impacts on organismsCredit: Jessica Brandt, Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University study shows that trace elements...
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Opioid use and misuse following treatment for head and neck cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer patients are often prescribed pain medications, for example during recovery from surgical procedures. However, for many cancer patients,...
Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life
New studies show options for gathering water from fog, condensation COLUMBUS, Ohio--Humans can get by in the most basic of shelters, can scratch together a...
Producers of white colonies on kimchi surface, mistaken as molds, have been identified
Analyses of microbial community structures and whole genome sequencing were performed to the white colony-forming yeasts on kimchi surfaceCredit: Please indicate that this is the...
Cell size and cell-cycle states play key decision-making role in HIV
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering. Thanks to the development of antiretroviral drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered a manageable chronic disease today....
Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad
New results could lead to a complete rethinking of therapeutical approaches to Alzheimer'sCredit: Dina Coelho (CCU) For the first time, scientists at the Champalimaud Centre...
Buzzed flies reveal important step to intoxication
Discovery advances work on antidotes to hangover and intoxicationCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - As New Year's Eve approaches, many people will experience the...
Breast cancer drugs could help treat resistant lung cancers
A class of drugs used to treat certain breast cancers could help to tackle lung cancers that have become resistant to targeted therapies A class...
UC San Diego researchers identify how skin ages, loses fat and immunity
Credit: UC San Diego Health Dermal fibroblasts are specialized cells deep in the skin that generate connective tissue and help the skin recover from injury....
Trees' enemies help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering diversity of trees without having...
Hotter days will boost Chinese residential electric use
Peak consumption to rise 36 percent with each degree CelciusCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A new study from Duke University and Fudan University in...
Researchers use 'blacklist' computing concept as novel way to streamline genetic analysis
Screening method shows promise as a key to faster therapeutic innovation New York, NY (December 24, 2018) - Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine...
Novel biomarkers & therapeutic targets for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases
The article by Dr. Geoff H. Werstuck et al. is published in Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2018Credit: Dr. Geoff H....
Flavonoids as P-gp inhibitors: A systematic review of SARs
This article by Dr. Jiahua Cui et al. is published in Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2018 ABCB1 in the ABC transporter family also termed as P-glycoprotein,...
Antifungal activity and detoxification of aflatoxins
This article by Dr. Bárbara Ponzilacqua Silva has been published in The Open Food Science Journal, Volume 10, 2018 Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by...
