Untapped region in brain cell offers goldmine of drug targets for new…
IMAGE: UCLA scientists discovered a treasure trove of drug targets for new autism therapies in this part of the cell. Credit: Martin lab/UCLA UCLA scientists...
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Study finds cardiac complications high after orthopedic surgery for heart disease patients
Credit: HSS A new study published today in the HSS Journal, the leading journal on musculoskeletal research, found the incidence of myocardial ischemia (defined by...
Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some adults with high blood pressure
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH...
Chinese scientists reveal a novel signaling pathway for chilling…
Credit: XU Yunyuan The ability of plants to tolerate chilling stress is fundamental in determining the growing season and geographical distribution of plants. Local temperature...
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at…
From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new...
Novel type 2 diabetes risk model more accurately assesses disease trajectory
New Rochelle, May 31, 2016–An innovative model for determining a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) overcomes many of the challenges associated with...
New treatment shows promise for patients with rare dermatologic…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – A new treatment for a rare and often incurable condition called dermatomyositis (DM) reduced the severity of the disease in...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure affects sperm…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner at the University of Massachusetts...
An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from stem cells
Montréal, January 13, 2016 – A study conducted by a research team led by Michel Cayouette, Full IRCM Research Professor and Director of the Cellular...
Researchers identify genes linked to the effects of mood and stress on…
INDIANAPOLIS — The visible impacts of depression and stress that can be seen in a person's face — and contribute to shorter lives — can...
New therapy lessens impact of mistreatment at a young age
Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape Everyone has challenges of one kind or another. But research shows that mistreatment at an early age can have...
Microbes evolved to colonize different parts of the human body
Credit: Jonathan Fuller, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — As the human species evolved over the last six million years, our resident microbes did the same,...
Stanford study shows development of face recognition entails brain…
Credit: Brianna Jeska People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists thought, the...
Researchers harness metabolism to reverse aggressiveness in leukemia
Credit: University of Georgia Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers, with colleagues from the University of Tokyo, have identified a new drug target for...
Overcoming barriers to recruiting blacks/African-Americans for…
Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 6, 2017) — In a paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, lead author Eseosa Ighodaro, PhD,...
