Prostate cancer DNA test identifies men with six-fold increased risk
A major new study of more than 140,000 men has identified 63 new genetic variations in the DNA code that increase the risk of prostate...
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Genome-editing tool could increase cancer risk
Therapeutic use of gene editing with the so-called CRISPR-Cas9 technique may inadvertently increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet,...
New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers
Credit: Ben Prosser, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Changes in cellular struts called microtubules (MT) can affect the stiffness of...
‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA -- Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have made strides in performing weight loss surgery that not only...
Reviving the protector: new tactic against medulloblastoma
Scientists have a new tactic with potential for fighting medulloblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumor in children. The results are...
Safety protocol breaches: ways to prevent infection transmission in health care setting
The medical community is losing its biggest gun in fighting infection, antibiotics. Researchers are turning to safety protocols to reduce the transmission of antibiotic-resistant organisms,...
MD Anderson Therapeutics Discovery team identifies and advances a drug that targets metabolic vulnerability and impairs cancer cell growth and survival
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A drug discovered and advanced by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Institute for Applied Cancer...
Toxicant levels up to 99 percent less in myblu aerosols compared to cigarette smoke
Credit: ©Fontem Ventures B.V. Kallithea, Greece, June 11th 2018 - A new aerosol chemistry study presented on Saturday at the 1st Scientific Summit - Tobacco...
Why are sight and sound out of sync?
The way we process sight and sound are curiously out of sync by different amounts for different people and tasks, according to a new study...
Manipulated enzymes
Credit: © TU Graz TU Graz researchers managed for the first time ever to 'retrain' an enzyme to build ring-shaped molecular structures instead of performing...
Criticism from parents affects how children’s brains respond to emotional information
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Children of highly critical parents show less attention to emotional facial expressions, according to...
Artificial gene defect reveals target to fight genetic disease
Credit: CeMM/Lydia Robinson-Garcia (Vienna, June 11, 2018) DNA Repair is essential for a healthy organism. In every day of our lives, tens of thousands of...
Research shows if your eyes wrinkle when you smile or frown, you appear more sincere
Researchers at Western University have shown that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more intense and more sincere emotions....
Post-stroke delivery of neurotrophic factor MANF promotes functional recovery in rats
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. This is due not only to the high incidence of stroke, but also because spontaneous recovery...
Approaching an ideal amino acid synthesis using hydrogen
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Amines are an essential part of our everyday lives; a fact supported by the number of bioactive molecules, including natural...
