Mixed chemicals in beauty products may harm women’s hormones
Credit: George Mason University As we go about our daily lives, we are exposed to many different chemicals that could have negative effects on our...
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Building a safer heart pump
Credit: Penn State Blood pumps are increasingly a bridge-to-transplant for patients with end-stage heart disease or heart failure, but blood clots and strokes can put...
US Department of Defense funds UIC research on prostate cancer
Credit: UIC/Courtney Colvin A new three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense will fund University of Illinois at Chicago research...
Busting bitter, saving lives
PHILADELPHIA PA and BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 13, 2018) -- A new collaboration grant to scientists from Discovery BioMed, Inc. and the Monell Center will support...
Caspase-2 enzyme inhibitor shows promise for ameliorating fatty liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered using mice and human clinical specimens, that caspase-2,...
Is exposure to lead, cadmium associated with reduced ability to see contrast?
Bottom Line: Contrast sensitivity is a measure of how well someone sees an image against a background. Diminished contrast sensitivity can impact daily life because...
High-resolution genomic map gives scientists unprecedented view of brain development
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of...
Signaling pathway altered in cancer controls normal kidney development
(University of Helsinki) Recent research finds that MAPK pathway, which is typically altered in many cancers, is required for regulation of normal renal differentiation during...
UK-India project aims to combat infections threat with diagnostics
A £3 million interdisciplinary research project is to address the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in India. The project will develop innovative diagnostics to curb...
Anti-inflammatory diet linked to reduced risk of early death
Adhering to an anti-inflammatory diet was associated with lower risks of dying from any cause, dying from cardiovascular causes, and dying from cancer in a...
The UC3M is taking part in the Madrid European Researchers’ Night 2018
During this seminar, in the morning in the Auditorium on the Leganés campus, an event aimed at Secondary School and A Level students will take...
UTA researcher to use North Texas Genome Center to shed light on role of ‘jumping genes’
Credit: UTA A biology researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington will be using the high-tech tools provided by the North Texas Genome Center...
Open insulin, ‘DIY bio’ and the future of pharma
The development, manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical drugs in the United States is a complex landscape involving intellectual property and strict federal regulations. But according...
Engineering new solutions to the challenges of the future
Pioneering new engineering approaches have the potential to unlock a wide range of benefits, from reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency to improving the...
Testosterone replacement therapy may slow the progression of COPD
GALVESTON, Texas -Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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