Steps toward a promising therapy for a rare bone disease
Credit: Bil Zelman La Jolla, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017 – Patients with multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE)–a rare disease that causes the growth of multiple benign...
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Buzzing the vagus nerve just right to fight inflammatory disease
Credit: Georgia Tech / Robert Butera Is a treatment only making things better or maybe also making some things a little worse? That can be...
Doctors gain a greater understanding of skin cancer using tattoos
Credit: University of Huddersfield CANCER is on the rise and the need to be empathetic when giving a patient their diagnosis and throughout treatment is...
Gehry’s Biodiversity Museum — favorite attraction for the butterflies and moths in Panama
Credit: Patricia Esther Corro Chang Ahead of Gehry's Biodiversity Museum's opening in October 2014, PhD candidate Patricia Esther Corro Chang, Universidad de Panama, studied the...
ESMO Consortium study reveals inequality in access to treatment in…
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO, Switzerland – The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) opened its 3rd ESMO Asia Congress today, once...
University of Huddersfield collaborates with Australian firm for…
Credit: University of Huddersfield UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield scientist Dr Jason Camp is investigating the potential of a non-toxic, environmentally sustainable solvent produced from waste cellulose...
Maine Technology Institute funds MDI Biological Laboratory scientist
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the...
Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior. Instincts such as...
Children born in winter have vulnerable lungs
Professor Cecilie Svanes at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Bergen (UiB) has recently discovered three development factors...
UA infectious disease researcher receives prestigious fellowship
Credit: UAHS Office of Public Affairs The importance of communicating science to the public — particularly the risk and uncertainty of mosquito-borne emerging infectious diseases...
Study highlights importance of preventing weight gain in adults to reduce type 2 diabetes
Credit: Ian Farrell A study of over 33,000 people, published today in the journal BMC Public Health, indicates that public health strategies that aim to...
A breakthrough in combating malaria with odor-baited trap for…
Credit: Wageningen University The use of a newly-developed mosquito trap incorporating human odour has resulted in a 70% decline in the population of the most...
Groundbreaking immune approach targets humans instead of bacteria
Credit: Raymond Kaempfer Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections affect millions of individuals each year. They are a leading cause of sepsis and account for many cases...
The complexity of modeling
In recent years, advances in materials synthesis techniques have enabled scientists to produce increasingly complex functional materials with enhanced or novel macroscopic properties. For example,...
Friend or foe? How the unconscious mind picks out faces in a crowd
Credit: Hebrew University Imagine you're walking down a busy street like Times Square in New York. There are tons of people around. As you make...
