New findings suggest allergic responses may protect against skin cancer
Credit: Imperial College London The components of the immune system that trigger allergic reactions may also help protect the skin against cancer, suggest new findings....
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$26.5 million grant to fund first large-scale study of African-American men with prostate cancer
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center will participate in a $26.5 million effort to conduct the first large-scale, multi-institutional study on African-American men with prostate cancer...
Why men might recover from flu faster than women
Men may recover more quickly from influenza infections because they produce more of a key lung-healing protein, a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
Incarceration of parents impacts health of their children into adulthood
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 17, 2018- A new study published in Pediatrics found that young adults who had a parent incarcerated during their childhood are more...
New GSA resource provides guidance for safe use of OTC analgesics by older adults
The latest issue in the From Policy to Practice report series from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) addresses recent labeling changes for OTC analgesics...
FAU, collaborators receive $1.68 million NIH grant for sleep and metabolic disorders
Credit: Florida Atlantic University A neuroscientist from Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter Life Science Initiative (JLSI) and collaborators from the University of Minnesota and Stowers In..
Who made the error? The brain distinguishes causes of errors to perform adaptation
Credit: Osaka University Practice is necessary to improve motor skills. Even if one performs poorly at first, one's athletic performance improves through repeated exercise due...
Major study identifies new hay fever risk genes
In a large international study involving almost 900,000 participants, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and COPSAC have found new risk genes for hay fever....
New findings for ‘gifted’ Otago geneticist diagnosing rare genetic disorders
Credit: University of Otago Recent research undertaken by University of Otago Cure Kids Professor Paediatric Genetics, Stephen Robertson, highlights the world-leading discoveries he is making...
World’s largest study on allergic rhinitis reveals new risk genes
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international team of scientists led by Helmholtz Zentrum München and University of Copenhagen has...
Health and safety at work
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)...
Five new research units and two new humanities centers for advanced studies
This was decided by the Senate of the DFG at its summer session held during the DFG's Annual Meeting in Bonn. Research Units enable researchers...
Majority of older adults with probable dementia are likely unaware they have it, study suggests
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A Johns Hopkins Medicine analysis of information gathered for an ongoing and federally sponsored study of aging and disability adds to...
Homogeneous BTK occupancy assay
Credit: Helen Yu, Gilead Sciences, Inc. In a new SLAS Discovery article, Helen Yu and a team of researchers at Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Foster City,...
Diabetes drug with better side-effect tolerance could improve treatment
Improved medications for Type 2 diabetes are one step closer thanks to a new discovery reported this week by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania...