ESCEO-IOF Pierre Meunier Young Scientist Award presented to Dr. Emmanuel Biver
Emmanuel Biver MD, PhD, of the Division of Bone Diseases Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine has been presented with the 2018 ESCEO-IOF Pierre...
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A non-coding RNA lasso catches proteins in breast cancer cells
Credit: Evgenia Ntini A Danish-German research team has shown that not only the where and when of long non-coding RNA expression is important for their...
Scientists unearth vital link between fat, immunity and heat regulation
Credit: Lydia Lynch, Trinity College Dublin Scientists have just made a surprising discovery involving fat and special immune cells that live within it -- it...
Stem cells from adults function just as well as those from embryos
Donor age does not appear to influence the functionality of stem cells derived from adult body tissues, concludes a new review. The analysis of research...
Flavins keep a handy helper in their pocket
Credit: Source: Robin Teufel, Raspudin Saleem-Batcha In human cells, vitamins often serve as the precursors of "cofactors" - non-proteins which are an essential part of...
Artificial leaf as mini-factory for medicine
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Using sunlight for sustainable and cheap production of, for example, medicines. The 'mini-factory' in the form of a leaf that chemical...
$11.2 million federal grant to support microorganism and disease research
Credit: UofL It is well-established that the community of organisms inside our bodies perform vital roles in digestion, production of critical metabolites, controlling the immune...
Soccer heading — not collisions — cognitively impairs players
April 24, 2018--(BRONX, NY)--Worse cognitive function in soccer players stems mainly from frequent ball heading rather than unintentional head impacts due to collisions, researchers at...
Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet
Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment, according to new findings. The...
Researchers use smart phone to make a faster infection detector
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone that works nearly as well...
Availability of orphan medicines varies between European countries
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen There are differences in the availability of orphan medicines between different European countries, a new study from the University of...
State-of-the-art reviews in osteoimmunology
Osteoimmunology, which deals with the crosstalk and shared mechanisms of the skeletal and immune systems, provides important insights into both systems. A special issue of...
ATS Foundation and ResMed announce two-year research grant in sleep-disordered breathing
(New York, NY) - April 24, 2018 - The ATS Foundation is pleased to announce its new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and...
Managing chronic pain with light
Credit: Dhandapani et al., Nature Communications. Imagine that the movement of a single hair on your arm causes severe pain. For patients with neuropathic pain...
Removing the enablers: Reducing number of tumor-supporting cells to fight neuroblastoma
Credit: Valeria Solari, MD, MRCS; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles provide...
