How cancer’s ‘invisibility cloak’ works
UBC researchers have discovered how cancer cells become invisible to the body’s immune system, a crucial step that allows tumours to metastasize and spread throughout...
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Women with hearing loss more likely to have preterm or low birth weight babies
Hearing loss is a marginalizing and disabling condition, resulting in various adverse social and health outcomes. Babies born to women with hearing loss were significantly...
Older Adults With Long-Term Alcohol Dependence Lose Neurocognitive Abilities
Heavy drinking can lead to neurophysiological and cognitive changes ranging from disrupted sleep to more serious neurotoxic effects. Aging can also contribute to cognitive decline....
New Hope in Fight Against Aggressive, Often Hard to Treat Brain Tumor
Researchers from the University of Southampton have discovered a potential way of stopping one of the most aggressive types of brain tumor from spreading, which...
Does physical activity lower the risk of bacterial infections?
The risk of viral infections is known to be affected by physical activity, but little information is available regarding the more serious infections caused by...
Health benefits of evening classes revealed
Those with a taste for adult education classes have long known it, but now Oxford University scientists have confirmed that taking part in the weekly...
Can nicotine protect the aging brain?
Everyone knows that tobacco products are bad for your health, and even the new e-cigarettes may have harmful toxins. However, according to research at Texas...
Unique molecular atlas of pancreas produced
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to produce the first molecular map of the genes that are active in the various cells of the human...
Researchers find a potential signature of cognitive function in people living with HIV
UH researchers have identified a unique epigenetic footprint in specific types of immune cells from blood that can identify individuals with HIV that have a...
Science can shape healthy city planning
Previous studies have shown a correlation between the design of cities and growing epidemics of injuries and non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and...
Yoga may not count toward 30 minutes of daily physical activity, but may have other benefits
Hatha yoga is an increasingly popular form of physical activity and meditative practice in the U.S. It is important to understand the calorie cost and...
Four-year-olds are not physically ready to start school
Credit: Copyright Loughborough University New research from Loughborough University has revealed many four-year-olds are not physically ready to start school. Early Years specialists in the...
Essential mouse genes could guide human precision medicine
Credit: Doug Rowland, UC Davis. About one-third of 1751 genes studied in the first comprehensive survey of the mouse genome are essential to life, according...
Five scientists named Faculty Scholars by high-profile philanthropies
UT Southwestern faculty members named Faculty Scholars (l-r) include Dr. Elizabeth Chen, Dr. Neal Alto, Dr. Benjamin Tu, Dr. Julie Pfeiffer, and Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis....
Neutrophils are key to harnessing anti-tumor immune response from radiation therapy, study finds
DALLAS – September 21, 2016 – Combining targeted radiation therapy with a neutrophil stimulant enhances anti-tumor immunity, according to new research into cancer immunology at...
