New technique unveils ‘matrix’ inside tissues and tumors
Credit: Image by Alejandro Mayorca-Guiliani. The matrix surrounds the cells in every organ of our bodies, and provides shape and structure to the organ. The...
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Male infertility could be linked to noisy bedrooms, study suggests
Credit: Elsevier Oxford, UK, June 28, 2017 - Long-term exposure to a noisy environment, particularly at night, is linked to infertility in men, according to...
Newly established, a national park in Australia unveils a new plant species
Credit: Chris Martine A team of botanists from the US has named a new bush tomato species, based on collections made by their Australian colleagues,...
Study illuminates serotonin contributions to cocaine’s allure
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Once a hip drug of the '70s and '80s party scene, cocaine is not only making a comeback, it's proving its...
Aspirin reduces risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
Taking a low-dose aspirin before bed can reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia, which can cause premature birth and, in extreme cases, maternal and foetal death....
Now or later: How taste and sound affect when you buy
There's a reason marketers make appeals to our senses; the "snap, crackle and pop" of Rice Krispies makes us want to buy the cereal and...
Trials show unique stem cells a potential asthma treatment
Credit: Monash A study led by scientists at Monash University has shown that a new therapy developed through stem cell technology holds promise as a...
Study finds long-term sustained effect of biological psoriasis treatment
(Umea University) Biological treatment of psoriasis shows a good efficacy in clinical trials. Since most analyses have focused on short-term outcomes of single biological agents,...
Injectable plant-based nanoparticles delay tumor progression
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with researchers from Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and RWTH Aachen University (Germany) have...
Genomic copy number variants contribute to cognitive impairment in the UK
Philadelphia, PA, June 28, 2017 - Genetic alterations of rare deletions or duplications of small DNA segments, called copy number variants (CNVs), have been known...
First-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s disease prevention study extended
More than 5 million Americans are currently suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and scientists expect this number to nearly triple by 2050. The A4 Study...
Hacking the human brain — lab-made synapses for artificial intelligence
One of the greatest challenges facing artificial intelligence development is understanding the human brain and figuring out how to mimic it. Now, one group reports...
Indoor air in schools could add to children’s exposure to PCBs
The U.S. banned PCBs nearly four decades ago, but they persist in the environment and have been found in animals and humans since then. Now...
Tackling iron and zinc deficiencies with ‘better’ bread
The health effects of zinc and iron deficiencies can be devastating, particularly in developing countries. One strategy for addressing this problem involves fertilizing crops with...
Barrier Proteins in Tumors are Possible Key to Immunotherapy Success
By comparing variations in protein expression in tumor samples from a single melanoma patient, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering...
