EACS issues position paper to improve cancer research and care
The European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS), an independent advisory body of medical specialists and researchers, has issued a position paper encouraging the European Union...
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Researchers awarded for lifetime achievements in blood pressure research
Credit: Queen Mary University of London Two academics from Queen Mary University of London have received prestigious awards from the International Society of Hypertension (ISH)...
NIH supports study of health risks and resilience following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Eight new awards will help researchers examine the health impacts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the physical damage and community-level hardships...
Researchers explore how changes in diet alter microbiome in artificial intestine
Washington, DC - September 21, 2018 - Using an artificial intestine they created, researchers have shown that the microbiome can quickly adapt from the bacterial...
Morris Animal Foundation awards $850,000 in grants supporting wildlife research
Morris Animal Foundation is extending $850,000 in support to wildlife research through grants to 13 studies. The studies cover a diverse set of critical health...
AGA and ESNM announce 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 21, 2018) - The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is proud to partner with the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM) for...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation examines reading deficit treatments after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from the Mabel H. Flory...
Horwitz Prize awarded for work on hormones
Credit: Public Domain Columbia University has decided to award the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2018 to: Pierre Chambon Institute of Advanced Study at the Strasbourg...
Philly refinery fails to include public input in cleanup efforts
Over a decade of remediation planning and regulatory approvals at Philadelphia's neighborhood refinery has occurred without the benefit of municipal or public involvement, says a...
Light pollution makes fish more courageous
Credit: David Bierbach, IGB Artificial light at night also makes guppies more courageous during the day, according to a behavioural study led by researchers from...
Carnegie Mellon biologist receives NSF ‘Understanding Rules of Life’ grant
Credit: Maureen Stolzer and Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University The Department of Biological Sciences' Dannie Durand is one of 29 recipients of the National Science...
Breast milk may be best for premature babies’ brain development
Credit: Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than...
In zebrafish, a way to find new cancer therapies, targeting tumor modulators
Credit: Katherine C. Cohen/Boston Children's Hospital The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital has long been interested in making blood stem cells...
Lyme disease: A study on the speed of transmission by infected ticks
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes....
Scientists have discovered how to predict life of implants without animal testing
Credit: © Niels Wegner An international team of researchers consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS and TU Dortmund University has developed a technology to study...
