A potential new therapeutic target for Ewing sarcoma
Credit: IDIBELL The sarcoma research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Òscar Martínez-Tirado, has identified a potential new therapeutic target...
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Bonobos share and share alike
Credit: LuiKotale Bonobo Project / Barbara Fruth Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in...
Macular degeneration linked to aging immune cells
Credit: DANYEL CAVAZOS/MICHAEL WORFUL As people age, their immune systems age, too. And new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests...
Tolerating yourself: A novel pathway to regulate B cell activity and prevent autoimmunity
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina The immune system is responsible for protecting the host from foreign pathogens; however, there are many diseases -- known...
A heavy working memory load may sink brainwave ‘synch’
Credit: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Everyday experience makes it obvious - sometimes frustratingly so - that our working memory capacity is limited. We...
Don’t forget the ‘epi’ in genetics research, Johns Hopkins scientist says
In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for more integration between two fields...
New health benefits discovered in berry pigment
Credit: Plugi Naturally occurring pigments in berries, also known as anthocyanins, increase the function of the sirtuin 6 enzyme in cancer cells, a new study...
New breakthrough in treatment for rare skin condition
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University developed a new drug treating skin lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare intractable disease, a world...
Why noise can enhance sensitivity to weak signals
Credit: Kasai S., et al., Applied Physics Express, Feb. 16, 2018. A team of Japanese researchers has discovered a new mechanism to explain stochastic resonance,...
NTU Singapore and SERI invent new scope to diagnose glaucoma
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), with clinicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), have invented a new 'pen camera' that makes...
Animal study suggests common diabetes drug may also help with nicotine withdrawal
In a mouse study, a drug that has helped millions of people around the world manage their diabetes might also help people ready to kick...
Eating less enables lemurs to live longer
Chronic caloric restriction consists in eating a reduced but balanced diet from early adult life onward. Previous research, into macaques in particular (which have an...
Prehistoric reptile pregnant with octuplets
Credit: (c) Nobumichi Tamura Palaeontologists have discovered part of the skeleton of a 180 million-year-old pregnant ichthyosaur with the remains of between six and eight...
Analysis challenges link between pain medications and inflammatory bowel disease
Contrary to generally accepted belief, a recent review and analysis of published studies did not reveal a consistent association between the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
Certain medications for chronic inflammatory diseases appear safe during pregnancy
Anti-tumor necrosis factor medications (anti-TNFs) are effective in controlling chronic inflammatory diseases, but some physicians recommend that their patients discontinue them during pregnancy. In a..
