ASCO to honor Ludwig scientists at 2018 Annual Meeting
May 30, 2018, NEW YORK -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will honor two Ludwig scientists at its 2018 Annual Meeting in Chicago,...
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NUS scientists discover a new way to control blood pressure
Credit: Dr. Zhenyu Hu Singapore, 30 May 2018 - New and better ways to fight hypertension and low blood pressure may be in the offing,...
Igniting the rheumatoid arthritis flame through a cellular cascade
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Chronic inflammatory disorders, including autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, involve the action of various inflammatory molecules (cytokines) produced..
Swabbing cesarean-born babies with vaginal fluids potentially unsafe and unnecessary
The increasingly popular practice of 'vaginal seeding' -- in which cesarean-delivered babies are immediately swabbed with the mother's vaginal fluids -- is declared unjustified and...
Poll: Half of older adults don’t use health provider’s secure patient communication site
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - These days, Americans can manage many facets of their lives through the Internet. But a new poll...
Some blood stem cells are better than others
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases In your body, blood stem cells produce approximately 10 billion new white blood cells, which are also...
Adults with high blood pressure face higher healthcare costs
DALLAS, May 30, 2018 -- Adults with high blood pressure face $1,920 higher healthcare costs each year compared to those without high blood pressure, according...
Insomnia is a likely long-term side effect of stroke
Stroke patients experience sustained problems with insomnia potentially reducing their ability to relearn key skills and putting them at increased risk of depression, a new...
Promise of faster, more accessible schizophrenia diagnosis, Rutgers study shows
Credit: Nick Romanenko / Rutgers University A portable device common in optometrists' offices may hold the key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia, predicting relapse and...
UTA researcher’s technology could revolutionize testing, tracking of brain performance
Credit: UT Arlington A UTA engineering researcher has led the development of computer tests and games, that are both web-based and contained in a cell...
What happens to plasmalogens, the phospholipids nobody likes to think about
Credit: Richard Gross Alzheimer's disease patients lose up to 60% of a component called plasmalogen from the membranes of the cells in their brains, but...
Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago
Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies suggest, their genetic diversity -specifically,...
Smell receptor fuels prostate cancer progression
Credit: Tatjana Abaffy DURHAM, N.C. -- When scientists first described the receptors responsible for our sense of smell, they naturally assumed that these chemical sensors...
Male thyroid cancer survivors face 50 percent higher risk of heart disease than women
WASHINGTON--Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to...
How to code a functional molecular machine?
Credit: IBS An international team has developed a model that simulates protein evolution. Starting from stiff, unfunctional proteins, the computer model shows how evolving protein...
