Study finds prenatal marijuana use can affect infant size, behavior
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Smoking during pregnancy has well-documented negative effects on birth weight in infants and is linked to several childhood health problems. Now, researchers...
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Scientists uncover brain circuits behind putting up a fight or freezing in place
Credit: Dr. Andrew Huberman and Lindsey Salay, Stanford University In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers describe a new circuit involved in...
Using proteomics to understand pathogens
Credit: CDC/Dr. Libero Ajello, via CDC Public Health Image Library Recent studies in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics have shed light on pathogenic mechanisms...
Published study reports molecule could improve memory, reduce Alzheimer’s degradation
Credit: Neurodon A Purdue University graduate and a Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana (NWI) startup have published a research study in Bioorganic & Medicinal...
High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
Credit: Michio Iwaoka Researchers at Tokai, Osaka, Tohoku and Fukuoka Universities report in the journal Communications Chemistry on the synthesis of insulin based on the...
IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC
Credit: Eric Schoch | Indiana University School of Medicine The ability to artificially grow organs may seem futuristic, but Indiana University School of Medicine researchers...
New tool analyzes disease and drug effects with unprecedented accuracy and consistency
Credit: Jun Qu BUFFALO, N.Y. - A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with...
Obesity may worsen symptoms for patients with lupus
In a recent Arthritis Care & Research study of 148 women with lupus, obesity was linked with worse disease activity, depressive symptoms, and symptoms of...
How do public ‘report cards’ affect physicians’ treatment decisions?
Credit: The Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Public "report cards" on outcomes for patients who...
Discovery of how HIV hedges its bets opens the door to new therapies
San Francisco, CA--May 10, 2018--A stem cell is one with infinite possibilities. So, for decades, scientists have puzzled over how the cell chooses to keep...
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
(Stockholm University) A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows...
Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer
Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this acquired vulnerability can be identified,...
Receptor related to neurotransmitter serotonin to boost memory formation
New York, NY (May 10, 2018)--In a breakthrough that could one day help individuals with cognitive impairment, researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)...
Depleted metabolic enzymes promote tumor growth in kidney cancer
Credit: Celeste Simon, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Cell Press PHILADELPHIA - Kidney cancer, one of the ten most prevalent malignancies in the...
Boosting the effects of vitamin D to tackle diabetes
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 10, 2018) More than 27 million people in the United States are living with type 2 diabetes, according to the...
