New study sheds light on how we perceive color
When we view natural images the colours we perceive are due to colour information at every local patch of an image, rather than how colours...
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Big data from world’s largest citizen science microbiome project serves food for thought
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators have published the first major results from the...
Tufts University and BioLabs open coworking laboratory space for life sciences innovators
Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University BOSTON (May 15, 2018)--Tufts University and BioLabs today announced the opening of Tufts Launchpad | BioLabs, a full-service biotech facility...
Enzyme’s movement may be key to new cancer drugs
Credit: Senthil Ganesan, University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Revealing all the steps required to activate an enzyme called a protein kinase may...
Treating muscle wasting improved cancer survival
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth factor receptor protein, produced at...
Six years of exercise — or lack of it — may be enough to change heart failure risk
By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that increasing physical activity to recommended...
In era of #MeToo, majority of employees say their employers fail to take new steps addressing sexual harassment
WASHINGTON -- The spotlight on workplace sexual harassment since fall 2017 has led to high-profile resignations, terminations and lawsuits. And while the revelations and consequences...
Joint resolution: A link between Huntington’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine...
Wildfires may cause long-term health problems for endangered orangutans
Credit: Beth Barrow Orangutans, already critically endangered due to habitat loss from logging and large-scale farming, may face another threat in the form of smoke...
Understanding vitamin D trends in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
New research charts vitamin D levels and variations in genes that determine vitamin D status in UK children diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. A...
The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare
AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics...
Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer’s or related dementias
Credit: Union College Communications Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with certain complex thinking and memory..
New hope for patients with depression and anxiety
There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately 10 percent of the population....
Researchers identify the most accurate risk prediction models for selecting whom to screen
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended...
Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Therapies that recruit the immune system to attack tumors are revolutionizing cancer care. Among these successful immunotherapies is a...
