Samara Polytech University created healthy candies with original fillings
Credit: © Samara Polytech The technology of making sweets has been worked out for more than months, experiments have led to the invention of exclusive...
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Polluted city neighborhoods are bad news for asthmatic children
Children with asthma who grow up in a New York City neighborhood where air pollution is prevalent need emergency medical treatment more often than asthmatics...
The dual and unknown function of the immune system
Credit: CNIC The cells of the immune system sustain life by infiltrating infected and dmaged tissue and eliminating pathogenic microorganisms and cell debris. However, immune...
Allergy research: Test predicts outcome of hay fever therapies
Allergen-specific immunotherapy can make everyday life much more pleasant for allergy sufferers and provide long-term protection against asthma. It is unclear, however, what exactly happens...
New statistical method estimates time to metastasis of breast cancer in US women
Bottom Line: A statistical method could fill the gaps in the U.S. cancer registry data to estimate the short- and long-term risk of recurrence of...
Distinguishing fatal prostate cancer from ‘manageable’ cancer now possible
Scientists at the University of York have found a way of distinguishing between fatal prostate cancer and manageable cancer, which could reduce unnecessary surgeries and...
Children with autism, developmental delays nearly 50 percent more likely to be overweight, obese
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, October 17, 2018--A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the University of Pennsylvania and si..
Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Samples of ancient sediments from a lake basin in East Africa have revealed that arid conditions developed in the area around...
Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2018--A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to obtain a better understanding of...
A role for circadian enhancers to prevent myocardial injury in the perioperative setting
Innovative cardioprotective strategies are of imminent demand. Nonfatal myocardial ischemia (MI) poses a significant risk to patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery and these non-cardiac surgeri..
Adolescent THC exposure alters neurons/gene networks associated with psychosis risk
Corresponding Author: Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and other coauthors....
Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Adding to growing evidence that pesticide use may be contributing to the decline of many bumblebee species across...
Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests
La Jolla, CA - Oct. 17, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment in rodents. In a study...
Combining genetic and sun exposure data improves skin cancer risk estimates
Credit: Dr. Fontanillas SAN DIEGO, Calif. - By combining data on individuals' lifetime sun exposure and their genetics, researchers can generate improved predictions of their...
Vast leukemia dataset could help researchers match therapies to patients
Credit: J. Tyner et al./ Nature 2018 After years of work, researchers are releasing a massive dataset detailing the molecular makeup of tumor cells from...
