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...
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Cancer breakthrough miniature device shows which drugs perform best against tumors
Credit: University of Huddersfield "…the device allows early assessment of the effects of drugs, speeding up the adoption of those that are shown to be...
Researchers develop device that emulates human kidney function
Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY – Instead of running tests on live kidneys, researchers at Binghamton, University State University of New York have developed a...
Smile and the world thinks you’re older: Study
Credit: Western University, Canada Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you're keen on looking younger, you shouldn't. A new study shows that smiling can make...
When should doctors treat short children and teens with growth hormone?
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia When is it appropriate to treat short children with growth hormone? The answer is not always clear-cut, as many parents...
Kent State biologists receive NIH grants to study reproductive challenges
Credit: Kent State University It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of...
Empowering patients effectively improves physician hand hygiene
Credit: WVU Arlington, VA, Aug. 15, 2017 – Armed with new tools, patients and parents felt empowered to remind healthcare providers to perform hand hygiene,...
Most doctors ignore one of the most potent ways to improve health,…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Leveraging existing relationships with friends and family may be a more effective way to improve patients' health and encourage new...
Biogerontology Research Foundation and Juvenescence Staff to Present at Metabesity 2017
Credit: The World Congress on Targeting Metabesity October 30, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (bg-rf.org.uk) Chief Science Officer, Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov and Biogerontology Resea..
Doctor re-examines evidence on UTIs in patients with spinal cord injury
Credit: UBC and ICORD People with spinal cord injuries rely on catheters to empty their bladder. When a well-respected publication concluded that catheters could be...
UTHealth receives $3.3 million grant to reduce re-arrest rates among…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) hope to put a dent...
Revealing the best-kept secrets of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Dec. 14, 2017) In the bustling setting of the cell, proteins encounter each other by the thousands. Despite the...
Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasia
Credit: Kanazawa University Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease designated by Ministry of Welfare, Health and Labor (MWHL) of Japan, causing severe abnormalities of...
New clinical trial for early-stage eye melanoma offers study of targeted therapy
Credit: Photo courtesy: Roger Barone/Wills Eye Hospital March 30, 2017, Philadelphia, Pa – A first-of-its-kind, potentially groundbreaking new option for treating a form of eye...
Zika virus damages placenta, kills fetal mice
Zika virus infects and crosses the placentas of pregnant mice and causes severe damage or death in fetal mice, report scientists funded by the National...
