Research reveals strategy to potentially treat juvenile Batten disease
Credit: M. Sardiello. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital and King's College London have...
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Scientists learn more about how motors maneuver our cells’…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2016) – Much like motors power our cars, they also ensure that proteins get to the right place...
Follow-up cholesterol testing reduces risk of reocurrence for heart attack and stroke…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. If you have a heart attack or stroke, it's important to get your "bad" cholesterol measured by your doctor on a...
Hypothermia after stroke reduces dynamin levels and neuronal cell death
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 16, 2017-A new study has shown that following brain ischemia caused by cerebral blockage in...
Mixing and matching yeast DNA
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) The billions of cells in your body can be traced to a single cell. That single cell will replicate and...
Drugs found to be more effective against depression than electric…
Credit: Izio Klein / HC-FMUSP A new study questions the efficacy of treatments for depression based on stimulating brain areas with low-intensity electric current. The...
New study finds widespread consequences after traumatic spinal cord injury
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Nov. 6, 2017–Researchers have shown that some of the critical pathophysiological responses to traumatic spinal cord...
New book on Cilia from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Image provided by Jeffrey R. Martens, Thomas H. Maren Professor and Chairman of the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology &...
Discovering the origin of mouth and anus
Credit: Courtesy photo from Jose Maria Martin-Duran and Andreas Hejnol Animals often form either the mouth or the anus from an opening that appears in...
Researchers build a patch to help cardiac muscle beat more strongly…
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded a $452,000 National Institutes of Health grant to bioengineer a...
UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a $1.9 million grant from the...
Readily available drug cocktail may help prevent sepsis shock and death
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income countries where the mortality rate...
Promising results using silver-releasing scaffolds in MRSA infection…
Credit: © 2017 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2017–Researchers developed a biocompatible scaffold capable of controlled-release of silver ions and...
Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 — A new study has shown that the titanium dioxide (TiO2) frequently used...
Penn/CHOP study helps inform interventions for global road traffic injury crisis
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Jan. 30, 2017 – Road traffic injuries are a major cause of disability and are responsible for more than one million...
