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Healthy octogenarians have high cholesterol efflux capacity Many scores designed to help doctors predict whether a patient is at risk for cardiovascular disease are not...
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Scientists discover a variation of the genome predisposing to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: IDIBELL An article published in Nature Medicine with the collaboration of the research group of Dr. Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer...
Very obese women should lose weight during pregnancy for a healthy baby
Credit: Elsevier, Heliyon London, May 14, 2018 -- Very obese women should actually lose weight during pregnancy in order to have a healthy baby, contrary...
62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members
Heidelberg, 14 May 2018 - EMBO announces today that 62 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining a group of more than...
Leonid Sazanov elected member of EMBO
Credit: IST Austria The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences. Today it announced the election of 62 outstanding life scientists...
Lignin — A supergreen fuel for fuel cells
Credit: Linköping University Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap by-product from...
Ecological systems research: What do disturbances in the system result in?
Credit: André Künzelmann/UFZ A single disruptive factor rarely appears in isolation. Usually, a number of them, such as climatic extremes, environmental stress or the presence...
Measuring the hardness of living tissues without damage
Credit: Yohei Kondo During development, when a fertilized egg transforms its shape dramatically into an animal's body, cell populations forming tissues are in a fluid...
Health challenges for migrants and ethnic minorities tackled at global conference
Global experts are gathering in Edinburgh to tackle health disadvantages associated with migration, ethnicity and race. Around 700 experts from 50 countries are meeting to...
Rhino horn used to comfort the terminally ill in Vietnam
From treating cancer and erectile dysfunction to managing hangovers, the horns of endangered wild rhinoceros are widely used as a medical cure-all in parts of...
Researchers uncover up to 100 potential drug targets for cancer
In a new study based on mouse cells internationally leading protein researchers have identified several new potential targets using state-of-the-art technology, many of which could...
Otago study shows ‘giant’ problem looms for ageing population
Urgent attention needs to be paid to frail older New Zealanders' oral health, a University of Otago study has highlighted. In a world first, Otago...
ECDC: First cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea threaten future treatment
Credit: ECDC; With more than 75 000 reported cases in 2016, gonorrhoea is the second most commonly notified sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Europe. Successful...
Scientists in Russia and Singapore investigate inorganic biomaterials with antimicrobial properties
A team of scientists from the Lobachevsky University Department of Solid State Chemistry under Dr. Evgeny Bulanov has developed a new method for obtaining bismuth-containing...
New method of marine alkaloid synthesis has discovered by FEFU scientists
Maria Sidorova, a female graduate student of Far East Federal University (FEFU), has developed a new way of synthesizing marine organic substances, related to fascaplysin:...
