Copaiba: Silver bullet or snake oil?
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Sales of the essential oil copaiba are increasing, at least in part, because more than 54 million Americans suffer from some...
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Blocking melanoma’s escape: Avatars break theraping resistance…
IMAGE: Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., is director of the Melanoma Research Center at The Wistar Institute. Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA–(Jan. 7, 2016) — Melanoma...
Reduction in common heart hormone associated with improved outcomes…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart failure patients discharged from the hospital with a reduced level of a common hormone produced by the heart had significantly...
TB bacteria evolve at alarming rate
Credit: MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VIGG) and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
Anacetrapib reduces risk of serious cardiovascular events in high risk…
Barcelona, Spain – 29 Aug 2017: Anacetrapib, an inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity, lowers the risk of heart attack and related cardiovascular...
Sugar-coated nanoworms not for breakfast in the human immune system
Iron nanoparticles injected before magnetic resonance imaging can make tissues more visible and the same nanoparticles may allow doctors to precisely target tumors with new...
When the nose doesn’t know: Can loss of smell be repaired?
Credit: Jim Schwob and Brian Lin in Cell Stem Cell BOSTON (December 4, 2017)–Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, led by Dr. James E....
Monkey study shows Zika infection prolonged in pregnancy
Credit: Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers studying monkeys have shown that one infection with Zika virus protects against future...
Ebola survivors have a ‘unique’ retinal scar
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers from the University of Liverpool have conducted a study of Ebola survivors to determine if the virus has any specific...
Survival of soil organisms is a wake-up call for biosecurity
Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least three years stored in dry...
New method creates liver bioscaffolds with intact ECM for reseeding…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 13, 2017-Researchers have reported a method for successfully removing the cellular material from whole human...
Hookah tobacco labels are misleading, Roswell Park, UB researchers…
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Label information on many hookah tobacco products is misleading and may be misinterpreted by consumers, according to new...
Expanding waistlines and metabolic syndrome: Researchers warn of new ‘silent…
Credit: Florida Atlantic University For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers from the Charles E. Schmidt College...
Treacherous correlation in the brain from smoking
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedström. Out with the cigarette pack, put a cigarette in the mouth and light up. That is a well-known action for...
Medical students not trained to prescribe medical marijuana
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being...
