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NOV. 11, 2018 - Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, professor of Medicine and associate...

Researchers identify risk factors of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD, recently s..

Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice

MADISON - Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from...

From beaker to solved 3-D structure in minutes

Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is possible to obtain the structures...

Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time

DARIEN, IL - A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle profile among...

Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change

Credit: Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, University of Leeds A team of more than 100 scientists has assessed the impact of global warming on thousands of tree...

Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen

Credit: Phil Jones, AU Campus Photographer An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to be good at protecting our...

New integrated analytical approach reveals molecules involved in disease

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Technological advances have enabled scientists to obtain massive amounts of data on different information-carrying molecules in cells and tissues,...

One in 5 homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age is related to intimate partner violence

Ann Arbor, November 8, 2018 - Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in the United States may be...

Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth

Credit: Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to keep up. From the mid-Oligocene,...

Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs--materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens-- have become extremely attractive to the research community...

Tumor immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows

A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research suggests. Scientists say the approach...

Announcing Glenn /AFAR 2018 Research Grants for Junior Faculty

NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to...

Announcing 2018 Glenn Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research

NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to...

Dissecting digital cadavers