The new green alternative for drug production
Credit: University of Göttingen For the production of drugs, pesticides and smartphone displays, most of the processes are cost-intensive and generate a large amount of...
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Hormone therapy may be best defense against knee osteoarthritis
New study followed thousands of postmenopausal women from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to demonstrate effectiveness of hormone therapy in reducing prevalence...
Medical marketing has skyrocketed in the past two decades, while oversight remains limited
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Healthcare spending in the United States is the highest in the world: totaling $3.3 trillion--or 17.8% of the GDP--in 2016. To...
Future of planet-cooling tech: Study creates roadmap for geoengineering research
ITHACA, N.Y. - Simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions probably is not going to be sufficient for the planet to escape catastrophic damage from climate change,...
Case Western Reserve's John Tilton, MD, secures 4th Falk Catalyst Award
Funding to support development of new gene therapy delivery systemCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine John "Chip" Tilton, MD, of Case Western Reserve...
Genetics may influence the effects of vitamin E on cancer risk
Retrospective analysis finds that variations in the COMT gene may have influenced whether vitamin E heightened or lessened risk of cancer in study participants Almost...
Ketogenic supplements delay seizures without dietary restrictions
Credit: Csilla Ari D'Agostino, PhD, University of South Florida The ketogenic diet has proven successful in helping people lose weight and improve their overall health,...
Discovered: Different brain areas linked to smoking and drinking
Credit: University of Warwick Around 3 billion people worldwide currently drink or smoke - new research could help in both the prevention and treatment of...
Study sheds light on why checkpoint blockade therapy succeeds or fails
Researchers uncover novel immune cell populations that respond to immunotherapy treatment as well as key molecular factor required for therapy to succeed There have been...
Antibiotic resistance in the environment linked to fecal pollution
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg Increased levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment may have different causes. It could be a consequence of on-site...
Researcher evaluates estrogen as therapy for knee osteoarthritis
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- More than 30 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Physics can show us the inside of tumors
Credit: Thomas Dehoux/ILM/CNRS A team of physicists at the Institut Lumière Matière (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), in collaboration with the Cancer Research Center of...
Pyronaridine-artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Researchers from LSTM have looked at the efficacy of using a novel artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), pyronaridine-artesunate, to treat malaria in areas where resistance to...
Digital health to support precision cancer medicine in iCAN
'The Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Platform' is a new Academy of Finland flagshipCredit: University of Helsinki The Academy of Finland has selected the "iCAN Digital...
Scientists confirm that chromosomes are formed by stacked layers
Credit: J.R.Daban A new study based on electron microscopy techniques at low temperatures demonstrates that, during mitosis, chromosome DNA is packed in stacked layers of...
