Injection improves vision in a form of childhood blindness
PHILADELPHIA -- A new treatment for patients with a form of congenital retinal blindness has shown success in improving vision, according to results published today...
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Switch-in-a-cell electrifies life
Rice University scientists create electrical protein switches triggered by chemicalsCredit: Illustration by Josh Atkinson/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 17, 2018) - Scientists at Rice University...
Understanding food's carbon footprint
Duke's Rick Larrick on behavioral changes that lessen the impact DURHAM, N.C. -- Most people don't realize how much food production contributes to climate change...
Successful development of a precision device to suck intracellular substances at ease
A result of NexTEP: Joint Industry-Academia Practical Application Development ProjectCredit: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION Single-cell mass spectroscopy(1) is a technology to analyze target cell organelles(2) almost...
Discovery of a novel way synapses can regulate neuronal circuits
Study shows presynaptic active zone can accomodate additional calcium channelsCredit: Samuel Young Laboratory, University of Iowa, and Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Electron Microscopy...
Depression, anxiety may take same toll on health as smoking and obesity
Incidence of arthritis, heart disease, stroke -- but not cancer -- strongly swayed by psychological status, UCSF study shows An annual physical typically involves a...
Baboon sexes differ in how social status gets 'under the skin'
Status-health connection depends, in part, on what it takes to get aheadCredit: Photo by Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame DURHAM, N.C. -- A growing...
New data show barbershop blood pressure checks remain highly effective
12-month follow-up research continues to show improvement in lowering hypertensionCredit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES -- Dec. 17, 2018 -- New 12-month data from the Smidt Heart...
Adventures in phase space: Unified map on plastic and elastic glasses
Osaka University-led researchers simulate the phase diagram of a simple glass, showing how its plasticity, elasticity, yielding and jamming depend on the annealing processCredit: Osaka...
The impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in the Philippines
A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Oslob, Cebu, PhilippinesCredit: @LAMAVE The collaborative research among The...
IOS Press relaunches StemBook
IOS Press, an international publisher providing content for scientific, technical and medical communities, is proud to announce the relaunch and revitalization of StemBookCredit: IOS Press...
Sphinx molecule to rescue African farmers from witchweed
Discovery of a hypersensitive suicide germination stimulantCredit: ITbM, Nagoya University An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at Nagoya University has discovered a highly potent and...
Lifespan extension at low temperatures is genetically controlled, study suggests
Credit: Michael Shribak and Kristin Gribble WOODS HOLE, Mass. --Why do we age? Despite more than a century of research (and a vast industry of...
Natalie Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., recognized for contributions to HPV vaccination
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON- Natalie Joseph, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named Massachusetts' "HPV...
Vaccine using microneedle patch with RSV virus, immune-stimulating compound is effective against RSV
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Skin vaccination using a microneedle patch that contains the inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and a compound that stimulates immune responses...
