Researchers reveal how neurodegenerative diseases spread through the brain
Synapses, the place where brain cells contact one another, play a pivotal role in the transmission of toxic proteins. This allows neurodegenerative diseases such as...
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Researchers discover new regulator in glucose metabolism
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A key genetic switch in the liver regulates glucose metabolism and insulin action in other...
Healthy living equals better brain function
It should be obvious that those with greater self-control live a healthier lifestyle. After all, it takes self-control to exercise before work, or forego fried...
Quantifying the hidden environmental cost of hydroelectric dams
Credit: American Chemical Society Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy, and the facilities that produce it give off less greenhouse gases than other power plants. But...
Making artificial ‘cells’ move like real cells (video)
Artificial "cells" could someday zoom around in the body and deliver medicines to specific locations, act as in-tissue diagnosticians and provide viable replacements for whole...
Experimental drug delivers one-two punch to prostate cancer cells
Credit: Venu Raman An experimental drug that targets abnormally high levels of a protein linked to cancer growth appears to significantly reduce the proliferation of...
Human health risks from hydroelectric projects
Credit: Prentiss Balcom (Harvard SEAS) In a new study, Harvard University researchers find over 90 percent of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to...
Who has the better memory — men or women?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 9, 2016)--In the battle of the sexes, women have long claimed that they can remember things better and longer than men can....
More women sexually active into old age
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Nov. 9, 2016)--Although many of us don't want to think about grandma still "getting it on," multiple studies show that older women are...
New study: Male chimpanzees can be players and good fathers
Credit: Joel Bray, Arizona State University WASHINGTON (Nov. 8, 2016)--New research suggests that male chimpanzees are more invested in protecting their own offspring than previously...
Changing views of evolutionary factors at work on earliest mammals
Credit: UMass Amherst/Andrew Conith AMHERST, Mass. - Using 3D-printed replicas of 200-million-year-old mammal teeth and polymers that mimic insect prey, scientists at the University of...
First month after infection is key time to tackle drug-related HIV spread
Data from post-Soviet AIDS epidemic shows first month after infection is key point to tackle drug-related HIV spread Data from the mid-1990s AIDS epidemic in...
Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles up as a drug target
RESEARCHERS have discovered that a marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could also be used as a way to guide treatments to the cancer,...
Researcher finds key to drug resistant bowel cancer
BLOCKING a molecule could bypass bowel cancer's defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research* presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer...
Female chimpanzees employ babysitters to wean young faster
Credit: Iulia Badescu TORONTO, ON - A babysitter can make a big difference in a parent's life. For wild chimps in Uganda, it may even...
