Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
Credit: Miao-Hsueh Chen, Baylor College of Medicine When it gets cold around you, your body turns up the heat to maintain its normal temperature. The...
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‘The blob’ of abnormal conditions boosted Western US ozone…
Credit: Dan Jaffe/University of Washington Bothell An unusually warm patch of seawater off the West Coast in late 2014 and 2015, nicknamed "the blob," had...
Scientists find way to convert bad body fat into good fat
Credit: Irfan J. Lodhi There's good fat and bad fat in our bodies. The good fat helps burn calories, while the bad fat hoards calories,...
Intelligent gel attacks cancer
This news release is available in French. Montreal, Nov. 19, 2015 – A new injectable 'biogel' is effective in delivering anti-cancer agents directly into cancerous...
Neuron-integrated nanotubes to repair nerve fibers
Credit: Pixabay Carbon nanotubes exhibit interesting characteristics rendering them particularly suited to the construction of special hybrid devices – consisting of biological issue and synthetic...
UTA bioengineer earns inaugural Embracing Challenge Award from Materials Today magazine
Credit: UT Arlington Kytai Nguyen, a nationally recognized professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, endured many challenges as a young girl...
Plant-species hotspot maps identify priority conservation areas of tropical Africa
Credit: Jan Wieringa, Naturalis Biodiversity Center Identifying critical areas for global biodiversity is an important step when prioritising areas for conservation, and generating biodiversity hotsp..
Cancer cells send signals boosting survival and drug resistance in…
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to communicate to other cancer cells,...
Three little letters that could make you a big hero at the beach this summer: CPR
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES – Imagine yourself relaxing at the beach when the worst happens — someone notices a boy in trouble in...
MD Anderson team selected for national push to expand immunotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A major national effort to expand the reach of cancer immunotherapy to benefit more patients will draw upon the expertise...
UTMB researchers shed new light on signals that trigger labor and…
GALVESTON, Texas – In a normal full-term pregnancy, signals from the mature organs of the fetus and the aging placental membranes and placenta prompt the...
Dahl’s toad-headed turtle threatened by fragmented habitat, shrinking populations
Credit: Germán Forero-Medina/WCS-TSA BOGOTÁ, Colombia (December 5, 2017)– A recent study published in Conservation Genetics by researchers from the Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Nacional...
AGS honors Dr. Maura Brennan for commitment to training future leaders in geriatrics
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FACP, FAAHPM, HMDC, a champion of education...
Does Chagas disease present a health risk to Canadians?
Credit: Dr. Momar Ndao, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Montreal/Winnipeg, December 13, 2017 – Believe it or not, a tropical blood parasite...
Group therapy is an effective and cost-efficient way to promote cardiovascular health
A simple support-group intervention program aimed at promoting general health, similar to the group-therapy activities of Alcoholics Anonymous, yields significant improvements in the control of...
