Here’s how cancer hijacks wound healing to create its own blood supply
UVA IDs natural process tumors co-opt to feed their growth, spreadCredit: Courtesy Dudley Lab, UVA School of Medicine Researchers at the University of Virginia School...
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Lure of the ‘loot box’ looks a lot like gambling
Credit: UBC Media Relations An increasingly popular feature of modern video games is attracting gamers who share the beliefs and behaviours of problem gamblers, new...
Do additives help the soil?
UBCO scientist suggests nature knows what's bestCredit: UBC Okanagan A UBC researcher is using her latest study to question whether soil additives are worth their...
Restoring brain function in mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
Cells that lose their ability to divide could contribute to inflammation and cell death in neurodegenerative disease A study in mice shows that selectively removing...
Patients with diabetes are 40% more likely to be readmitted to the hospital
Low blood sugar at time of discharge increases risk of death WASHINGTON-- Patients with diabetes and low blood glucose have higher rates of death following...
CHOP researchers to present new findings at 2019 INSAR Annual Meeting
New autism studies covering virtual reality technology for police interactions and diagnosis during primary visits will be covered in the meeting's press conference Philadelphia, May...
Can the brain help heal the heart?
Credit: UCF, College of Medicine A University of Central Florida College of Medicine scientist is advancing research on how neurons in the heart communicate with the...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu and Zhiyong Jason Ren Hydrogen...
Fire-safety sectors call for global PFAS ban, no loopholes for toxic firefighting foam
New report includes just released data on PFAS exposures to Australian Firefighters (Gothenburg, Sweden): Industry fire-safety experts from the oil and gas and aviation sectors...
Storage beyond the cloud
A new way to store information in molecules could preserve the contents of the New York Public Library in a teaspoon of protein, without energy,...
Environmental pollutants could impact cellular signs of aging
Researchers have linked some environmental pollutants with diseases, a decreased life span and signs of premature aging, such as wrinkles and age spots. But can...
HER2 positive breast cancer: Treatment de-escalation needs to be personalized
ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 1 May 2019 - De-escalation approaches in the treatment...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients affected by disabilities well in advance of diagnosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis often are affected by functional disability a year or two before the disease is diagnosed, according to...
A newly identified mechanism can be targeted to boost angiogenesis
CNIC scientists have discovered a cellular and molecular mechanism that could be exploited to induce productive formation of blood vessels in ischemic tissuesCredit: CNIC Scientists...
Sex drug ‘effective’ as heart failure treatment
A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction has been found by University of Manchester scientists to slow or even reverse the progression of heart failure...