Middle aged men in lyrca on the rise but 'Mamils' confined to weekends, affluent suburb
Credit: MJA University of Sydney authors who led the research said the Mamil study was prompted by media attention given to depicting and satirising this...
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Potential seen for tailoring treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
Rapid drug response screening for leukemia stem cells offers clues to relapse and to improving patient-specific therapiesCredit: Alice C, Gray Advances in rapid screening of...
New generation of therapeutics based on understanding of aging biology show promise for Alzheimer's disease
Credit: ADDF logo A review published in Neurology® explores novel approaches beyond the common amyloid that could slow or prevent Alzheimer's Experts say combination therapy...
UC San Diego researcher gets $4 million NCI award to study cancer drug resistance, spread
Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded David Cheresh, PhD, Distinguished Professor and vice chair of Pathology at University of...
Carnegie Mellon researchers probe hydrogen bonds using new technique
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy to probe the hydrogen bonds that modulate the chemical reactivity...
Study highlights correlations between violent death and substance use
Consumption of alcohol or at least one drug was associated with over half the violent deaths that occurred in São Paulo City in the period...
Study: Damning evidence of dam's impacts on rainforest birds
A 30-year old hydroelectric project in Thailand has caused rainforest bird communities to collapseCredit: Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij BANGKOK, Thailand (December 7, 2018) - A study by...
Some people uncomfortable discontinuing cancer screening even when benefit is low
Study finds mixed feelings about using age, life expectancy and risk calculators to guide screening decisionsCredit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan...
One out of 3 rivers in the Iberian Peninsula is affected by salinization
Current map of river salinizationCredit: Rubén Ladrera, University of La Rioja (Spain) These are some of the red lines revealed in the special volume on...
Modest increases indicate ongoing job growth for Americans with disabilities
nTIDE November 2018 Jobs Report: Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire -- featuring a call to action honoring the legacy of President BushCredit: Kessler...
Planning processes for Chicago's 606 Trail spawned gentrification, study finds
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When nonprofit groups coordinate large green infrastructure projects such as Chicago's 606 Trail, the risks of gentrification multiply...
Molecular insights into spider silk
Credit: Figure: Hannes Neuweiler/Universität Würzburg They are lightweight, almost invisible, highly extensible and strong, and of course biodegradable: the threads spiders use to build their...
Researchers evaluate pMSCs sheets for engineered repair and regeneration of heart tissue
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 7, 2018--The placenta offers an abundant source of placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells (pMSCs), which a...
Reproduction: From Hippocrates to IVF
Credit: Cambridge University Library The first book to take in 3,000 years of baby-making shows how women functioned as "vessels" in early ideas of creation,...
News about a plant hormone
Credit: Dirk Becker Jasmonic acid is not just the aromatic odor of the plant Jasminum grandiflorum used in cosmetics and perfume industries. Plants wounded by...
