Research makes leap with frog models
Credit: Katelin Schneider UC biologists have turned to amphibian sources — specifically frogs and tadpoles — to help shed light on how early stressors in...
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Study calls for action to help adolescents with diabetes transition to…
Credit: McGill University Health Centre Montreal, Aug. 16, 2017 – Adolescence can be a turbulent period of life, with struggles to establish autonomy, identity issues...
Research into tumor cells begins at University of Warwick
Credit: University of Warwick Study will examine why some cells divide incorrectly and cause cancer Cause of genetic defects in cancer cells will be investigated...
Researchers detail novel underlying mechanism involved in PTSD and other anxiety disorders
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham neurobiologist Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D., has discovered a novel mechanism for how stress-induced anxiety — the...
The Down’s syndrome ‘super genome’
Credit: © Viktoria Polomoshnova Down's syndrome – also known as trisomy 21 – is a genetic disorder caused by an additional third chromosome 21. Although...
Resveratrol may be an effective intervention for lung aging
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles In a study led by Barbara Driscoll, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, researchers demonstrate,...
Potential treatment for pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia…
Credit: None Scientists in Japan and the US have found that vitamin B3 nicotinamide may help treat pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia by preventing...
45 percent of parents experience depression, anxiety and stress when newborns leave NICU
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–Almost half of parents whose children were admitted to Children's National Health System's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experie..
Mutant gene found to fuel cancer-promoting effects of inflammation
Credit: UC San Diego A human gene called p53, which is commonly known as the "guardian of the genome," is widely known to combat the...
Rapidly meeting the mental health needs of older adults
Credit: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, a division of the American Psychiatric Association INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 20 percent of older Americans experience depression and the highest...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare lymphoma
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise of cancer immunotherapy in gray...
Research dog helps scientists save endangered carnivores
Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Karen DeMatteo Scat-sniffing research dogs are helping scientists map out a plan to save reclusive jaguars, pumas, bush dogs and other...
Temple’s Dr. Walter J. Koch earns American Heart…
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) – The American Heart Association (AHA) has named Temple's Walter J. Koch, PhD, winner...
Physician receives grant to train the next generation of Bronx-grown…
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Oct., 24, 2017 — (BRONX, NY) — Juan Robles, M.D., attending physician at Montefiore Health System and assistant professor...
No more brown apples?
Everybody knows this phenomenon: After slicing an apple, it loses its appetising white colour very quickly, which does not only scare off children. Although browned...
