Research team discovers a pathogen’s motility triggers immune response
Credit: Rada Lab/by Madison Floyd Until now, a pathogen's ability to move through the body has been overlooked as a possible trigger of immune response,...
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New in the Hastings Center Report
Ethics of crowdfunding for medical care, an argument for fewer clinical trials, and more in the November-December 2016 issue. Crowdfunding for Medical Care: Ethical Issues...
ACS and Surgical Infection Society announce guidelines for prevention, treatment of SSIs
CHICAGO (December 1, 2016): Newly released guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of surgical site infections (SSIs) issued by the American College of Surgeons...
ANU demonstrates ‘ghost imaging’ with atoms
Credit: ANU A team of physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have used a technique known as 'ghost imaging' to create an image of...
Improving the mechanical properties of polymer gels through molecular design
Credit: Yukikazu Takeoka Nagoya, Japan - A polymer gel consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network swollen with liquid molecules. However, most conventional polymer gels...
People matter
An interdisciplinary study released this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America combines social and physical...
Can creativity beat death? New study suggests creatives worry less about dying
Creative achievement can provide a buffer against being anxious about death, research from psychologists at the University of Kent shows. Creative people, such as newly-announced...
Correlates of overweight and obesity among adolescents with bipolar disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey — Adolescent Supplement
Washington, DC, December 1, 2016 - Bipolar disorder is one of the most disabling medical conditions among adolescents worldwide. Similarly, being overweight or obese is...
CRISPR editing in pancreatic cells reduced cell death and increased insulin secretion
With the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors, researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to "turn off" an enzyme that proved...
UA receives $1.5 million to study cancer in firefighters
Credit: Tucson Fire Department TUCSON, Ariz. - Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will lead a collaborative...
Efficient catalysts key to turning water into fuel
While it is already scientifically possible to split water in this way, highly efficient catalysts like this are the key to moving the system to...
Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record
Credit: Rob Largent/UNSW They're flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make - which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell...
Researchers take first look into the ‘eye’ of Majoranas
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Majorana fermions are particles that could potentially be used as information units for a quantum computer. An experiment...
PharmaMar presents positive results with ADC MI130110 in CD13-expressing tumor cells
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM), a world leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of new antitumor compounds of a marine origin, has announced that its antibody-drug conjugate...
Metabolite that promotes cancer cell transformation and colorectal cancer spread identified
Credit: Osaka University A metabolite is found to make the colorectal cancer cells more invasive and increase likelihood of more tumors spreading to distant organs;...
