The glue that keeps cells together
Credit: (Picture: Susanne Fenz) Controlled adhesion and division are crucial for our body's cells. This is the case, for instance, when the organs develop in...
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Earning a living in a changing climate — the plant perspective
Credit: Trinity College Dublin. There are many ways to make a living in a suitable climate but far fewer in a less suitable one. That...
UK’s voluntary pledge to provide calorie content information for alcoholic drinks fails to make significant progress
Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2017 - Alcoholic beverage producers and retailers in the UK are failing to provide consumers with information on the calorie content...
New imaging technique may help identify joint inflammation in children earlier
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 have confirmed that Fluorescence...
New tools help early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference highlight the...
Clean energy stored in electric vehicles to power buildings
Credit: University of Warwick Energy stored in electric vehicles can be used to power large buildings, thanks to ground-breaking research from WMG, University of Warwick...
Wyss Institute’s Organ Chips get smart and go electric
(BOSTON) -- Organs-on-Chips (Organ Chips) are emerging as powerful tools that allow researchers to study the physiology of human organs and tissues in ways not...
Bacteria from cystic fibrosis patient could help thwart antibiotic-resistant TB
The number of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases is rising globally. But a newly discovered natural antibiotic -- produced by bacteria from the lung infection in...
Food or fraud?
Is the food on the shelf really that what is written on the label? Its DNA would give it away, but the DNA barcoding technology,...
New study: Unsaturated fat associated with fatty liver disease
Bethesda, MD (June 14, 2017) -- As the obesity epidemic continues, new data shed light on which nutrients and what quantity of those nutrients promote...
Beetles spark development of color-changing nanoparticles for commercial use
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Click here to download the image. Inspired by the varying colors that gleam off of beetle shells, scientists have developed...
New magnet technology creates easy blood access for hemodialysis patients
(Wednesday, June 14, 2017 -- Toronto) A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to create access for patients needing...
Study finds 1 in 5 hospitalized adults suffer side effects from prescribed antibiotics
A study examining the impact of antibiotics prescribed for nearly 1500 adult patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital found that adverse side effects occurred...
Want to feel stronger and thinner? Get some exercise
Credit: UBC Okanagan Just one 30-minute bout of exercise makes women feel stronger and thinner, according to a new UBC study. And the positive effect...
A new mutation in kidney disease
Credit: Yamamoto et al., Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2017), doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfx083 Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) is a rare genetic kidney disease. Despite this,...
