Sleeping in contact lenses puts you at risk of dangerous infection
Credit: CDC (Deborah S. Jacobs, Jia Yin) WASHINGTON, DC -- Contact lenses are worn by an estimated 45 million Americans. Improper care or wear, like...
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Machine learning methods in precision medicine targeting epigenetics diseases
This article by Dr. Fanwang Meng et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 24, 46 Issues, 2018 Machine learning is the study of...
Researchers zero in on potential therapeutic target for diabetes, associated diseases
Texas A&M-led study: 'Novel regulatory mechanism' may be key to interventionCredit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research COLLEGE STATION - A recent study led by researchers in...
Carbon handprint:
New environmental indicator for evaluating the positive climate impacts of products VTT and LUT University alongside with Finnish companies have developed a method and guidelines...
Computer hardware designed for 3D games could hold the key to replicating human brain
Credit: University of Sussex Researchers at the University of Sussex have created the fastest and most energy efficient simulation of part of a rat brain...
Game over for Zika? KU Leuven researchers develop promising vaccine
Scientists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute in Belgium have developed a new vaccine against the Zika virus. This vaccine should prevent the virus from...
Map of neuronal pathways of the mammalian cerebral cortex and their evolution
Upper left panel. A cross-sectional image of the ferret brain. Some neurons of the cerebral cortex (blue) are dyed green with GFP, green fluorescent protein....
How the brain reacts to loss of vision
Going blind affects all senses, and disrupts memory ability If mice lose their vision immediately after birth due to a genetic defect, this has a...
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease of life with techniques to...
Study suggests universal meningitis vaccination is not cost-effective for college students
Vaccine is highly effective, but prevents only a small number of cases A computer-generated model developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers adds to evidence that...
DNA 'webs' aid ovarian cancer metastasis, study reveals
Credit: Lee et al., 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer cells spread, or metastasize, to...
X chromosome: how genetics becomes egalitarian
UNIGE researchers have observed how the second X chromosome in women is gradually inactivated cell by cell to avoid identical genes colliding.Credit: © UNIGE In...
Rabbit gene helps houseplant detoxify indoor air
Our homes are supposed to be safe havens from the outside world. However, studies have shown that household air is more polluted than either office...
Kidney failure on the rise in Australians under 50 with type 2 diabetes
A study of more than 1.3 million Australians with diabetes has found that kidney failure is increasing in people with type 2 diabetes aged under...
Researchers develop a new houseplant that can clean your home's air
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington We like to keep the air in our homes as clean as possible, and sometimes we use HEPA air filters...
