Understanding common diseases sometimes boils down to grasping some of their basic mechanisms. For instance, a specific kind of natural nanoparticles, called low-density lipoproteins (LDL),...
(Bielefeld University) Mostly, the chemical industry still follows very extensive procedures when producing active pharmaceutical ingredients and other complex substances. Often, each intermediate has..
Sequencing the DNA of the MRSA superbug can accurately identify patients most at risk of death and could help medics develop new treatments as we...
A recent study from North Carolina State University finds that advanced wood-burning stoves designed for use in the developing world can reduce air pollution more...
Small streams make up 70%-80% of the total channel length of river networks, and they strongly influence downstream portions these networks. The role small streams...
Credit: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Amsterdam, NL, Aug. 7, 2017 - In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach,...
CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2017-- Osteopathic physicians suggest shifting the conversation from weight to health for overweight children and adults, asking patients to reduce their sugar...
Credit: New York Genome Center New York, NY (Aug. 7, 2017) -- To better understand why some cancers are resistant to immunotherapy, researchers at the...
Credit: UCSC Xena Browser Group, and Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative, https://treehousegenomics.soe.ucsc.edu... SANTA CRUZ, CA - August 7 , 2017 - UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute's...
Credit: Gowrishankar et al., 2017 Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have discovered that defects in the transport of lysosomes within neurons promote the...
Obesity is a growing health problem worldwide, and is associated with serious medical comorbidities and an increased risk of mortality. This scenario is present also...
Credit: Luiz Carvalho Scientists have created a new way of screening compounds that is more sensitive than existing methods, opening up the possibility of finding...
The 8th Annual Wyss International Symposium will focus on innovations in Therapeutic Organ Engineering, with the goal of sharing recent advances in 3D Organ Engineering,...
Credit: Thomas Marler A healthy global debate has occurred concerning the benefits of using non-native trees for restoring some aspects of ecosystem function in degraded...
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The chemotherapy docetaxel is widely accepted as a standard therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. But 10-20 percent of...
