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...
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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,...
Study: US women report diverse preferences related to sexual pleasure
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Faculty members from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and the school’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion recently...
Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer signals their neighbors
A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown channels to communicate with one...
Study: Substitute teachers and replacement nurses may cause disease to…
Imagine a nurse who gets the flu while working at a hospital. He goes home to recover — and an uninfected replacement nurse comes in....
Yellow fever killing thousands of monkeys in Brazil
Credit: Carla Possamai, Muriqui Project of Caratinga In a vulnerable forest in southeastern Brazil, where the air was once thick with the guttural chatter of...
UCF technology for killing metastatic breast cancer cells discovered, licensed
A University of Central Florida cancer researcher has discovered a way to kill spreading breast cancer cells and her new technology has generated a licensing...
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz obtains approval for Humboldt…
Credit: photo/©: Stowers Institute Nominated by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), chromosome researcher Professor Peter Baumann has...
Pancreatic cancer: CD44 protein induces metastases
This news release is available in German. Due to their rapid metastatic spread, pancreatic tumors are among the most aggressive types of cancer. Only three...
UC research examines lung cell turnover as risk factor & target for treatment of…
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI–Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible for as many as 500,000...
RNA modification discovery suggests new code for control of gene…
A new cellular signal discovered by a team of scientists at the University of Chicago with scientists from Tel Aviv University provides a promising new...
Retroviral DNA needs time to find its home, but insertion happens in a blink
Columbus, Ohio – When retroviruses such as HIV infect a cell, they first make a copy of their RNA genome in the form of DNA....
Extreme swings in blood pressure are just as deadly as having consistently high blood pressure
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute. Extreme ups and downs in systolic blood pressure may be just as deadly as having consistently high blood pressure,...
Bac-for good: Bacteria passed between generations benefits you more…
Credit: Photo credit: C. Frazee, and contributed by M. McFall-Ngai Bacteria passed straight to children have more healthcare benefits than if they are transmitted via...
