Prescribing drugs for cardiovascular disease prevention in the UK
Drugs such as statins that have the potential to prevent strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease have not been prescribed to a large proportion...
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Three brain chemicals affect how we handle uncertainty
Credit: Edvard Munch and Roland Roberts New research has revealed how three important brain signaling chemicals affect the way that we handle uncertainty. It turns...
PSU receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Credit: Portland State University Portland State University announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda...
Light therapy could save bees from deadly pesticides
Loading video... Credit: UCL Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve survival rates of poisoned bees, finds...
New model reveals adaptations of world’s most abundant ocean microbe
Credit: Tara Clemente, University of Hawaii SOEST Researchers from David Karl's laboratory at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) and from Professor Jens Nielsen's...
Bacteria discovery offers possible new means of controlling crop pest
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A bacterium common in insects has been discovered in a plant-parasitic roundworm, opening up the possibility of a new, environmentally friendly way...
New drug beats standard therapy in advanced kidney cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- An experimental kidney cancer drug outperformed the standard first-line therapy for patients with metastatic disease who are considered at...
Novel mapping technique targets gene therapy to hibernating heart muscle
, the Official Journal of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, French Society of Cell and...
Consuming violent media linked to 13x surge in violent dreams
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The violent and sexual media you consume during the day may infiltrate your dreams at night, new research suggests. People who reported...
Flu vaccine’s effectiveness can be improved, new findings suggest
A team of engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin is reporting new findings on how the influenza vaccine produces antibodies that...
Once inside a tumor, our immune cells become traitors
New research has found a subset of our immune cells (called regulatory T cells) that are highly abundant in the tumor microenvironment and are particularly...
Experts issue urgent call to action for surgeons on antibiotic overuse
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 15, 2016-Overuse and misuse of antimicrobial agents is an urgent problem, and surgeons around the...
SAGE Publishing and Perusall partner to support digital pedagogy
SAGE Publishing announces a new agreement allowing access to a selection of SAGE textbooks through the award-winning eBook platform and social annotation tool Perusall. Perusall...
Physicists at Mainz University construct prototype for new component of the ATLAS detector
One of the largest projects being undertaken at the CERN research center near Geneva - the ATLAS Experiment - is about to be upgraded. ATLAS...
Are parents willing to have their children receive placebos?
Placebos are essential in any controlled clinical trial, providing a yardstick against which the test drug is measured. Placebos are even starting to be used...
