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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Taking a walk may be a good opportunity to mentally review your to-do list, but using the time to instead be...

DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart

Credit: Image courtesy of Christopher Maffeo CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new synthetic enzyme, crafted from DNA rather than protein, flips lipid molecules within the cell...

ASH to collaborate on clinical practice guidelines of von Willebrand Disease

(WASHINGTON - June 21, 2018) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will collaborate with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), National Hemophilia Foundation...

Researchers uncover new target to stop cancer growth

Credit: Messenger et al., 2018 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer cells secrete large numbers of...

Opening up a drug delivery route — Discovery of a new vehicle peptide

Credit: Department of Medicinal Chemistry,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) study identifies promising lead compound for delivery of therapeutically effective peptides Tokyo - In...

Fright and flight: Deciding when to escape

Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre How does your brain decide what to do in a threatening situation? A new paper published in Nature describes a mechanism...

Majority of US adults prescribed epinephrine report not using it in an emergency

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JUNE 21, 2018) - The most effective, life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) is epinephrine. Yet a new study...

Human immune ‘trigger’ map paves way for better treatments

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A discovery about how human cells are 'triggered' to undergo an inflammatory type of cell death...

Nightingale Health & UK Biobank announce major initiative to analyze 500,000 blood samples

(Nightingale Health) Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker technology for studying chronic diseases, will analyze the biomarker profiles of 500,000..

Device may detect heart dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors treated with chemo

Bottom Line: A wireless device designed for detection of heart dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracycline chemotherapy was accurate and displayed a low...

New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment

Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings published in the New England Journal...

When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script

Credit: Eleanor Caves, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators -- sometimes even climbing in their...

Researchers identify method to diagnose cancer in patients with early onset diabetes

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can develop elevated blood sugar levels up to three years before their cancer diagnosis, according to the...

The seed that could bring clean water to millions

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services, the majority...

Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees