New compound eases neuropathic pain from light touch
An anesthetic injection like that given by a dentist numbs all feeling in the surrounding tissue. This is often the only approach for treating people...
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New research reveals extent of human threat to lion populations
Two new studies led by scientists at Oxford University have highlighted the threat posed to lions by human activity - including trophy hunting. The first...
Dual loss of TET proteins prompts lethal upsurge in inflammatory T cells in a mouse model
Credit: Image: Courtesy of Dr. Angeliki Tsagaratou, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. Members of the TET family of proteins help protect against cancer...
$1.125 million NCI grant funds TGen-led boot camp for cancer doctors
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 12, 2016 -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a 5-year, $1.125 million grant to continue an innovative and unique...
Two electrons go on a quantum walk and end up in a qudit
Credit: MIPT's Press Office Scientists from the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT have let two electrons loose...
Famine alters metabolism for successive generations
Credit: Wikimedia Commons The increased risk of hyperglycemia associated with prenatal exposure to famine is also passed down to the next generation, according to a...
Holy batcave! Personal sighting leads UT’s Dinets to new data on spectral bat
Credit: Vladimir Dinets, research assistant professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. KNOXVILLE--Spectral bats, also called false vampire bats for their imposing size--with...
Availability of community-based fitness classes leads to increased activity levels
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 12, 2016) -- Physical inactivity is a global health problem that leads to approximately 3.2 million deaths each...
The antibody that normalizes tumor vessels
Credit: IBS An important parcel must be delivered to the correct place. It is so important that it can be a question of life or...
Antarctic site promises to open a new window on the cosmos
Credit: Xue-Fei Gong/Purple Mountain Observatory Antarctica might be one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet, but it is a mecca for astronomers. Its...
UK steel production to benefit from efficiency innovation
Credit: WMG/University of Warwick WMG research to make UK steel production cheaper, and cut energy consumption by 300% Belt casting technology - can minimize or...
Study uncovers details of information processing in the brain
Credit: Dawn Graves EDMONTON (Monday, December 5, 2016)--You're in a crowded lecture theatre. Around you are a million tiny distractions: someone rustling in their bag;...
Smoking down, number of lives saved up as more countries embrace tobacco control measures
Credit: GUMC WASHINGTON (Dec. 12, 2016) -- Between 2008 and 2014, more than 53 million people in 88 countries stopped smoking due to tobacco control...
What is the most effective treatment for endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2016--A new study comparing the effectiveness of oral progestogens versus a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system...
Enzyme that regulates DNA repair may offer new precision treatments for breast and ovarian cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an enzyme called UCHL3 that regulates the BRCA2 pathway, which is important for DNA repair. Results...
