Offer of $100 boosts rates of colon cancer screenings
PHILADELPHIA - Offering $100 to patients eligible for a preventive colonoscopy screening more than doubled the rate of screening when compared to a simple emailed...
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COX-2 inhibitors may reverse IDO1-mediated immunosuppression in some cancers
Bottom Line: In preclinical studies, tumors that consitutively expressed the protein indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1) responded to the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib (Celebrex) and had..
6.5 million pounds (25 billion-pesos) to kick-start Colombian bioeconomy
(Earlham Institute) A four-year investment from RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund is set to stimulate the bioeconomy by increasing knowledge of Colombia's greatest treasure: its...
High-fat diet in pregnancy can cause mental health problems in offspring
A high-fat diet not only creates health problems for expectant mothers, but new research in an animal model suggests it alters the development of the...
Optimization for self-production may explain mysterious features of the ribosome
At a glance: New study explains previously mysterious characteristics of ribosomes, the protein production factories of the cell. Researchers mathematically demonstrate that ribosomes are precisely...
Good fighters are bad runners
For mice and men, a strength in one area of Darwinian fitness may mean a deficiency in another. A look at Olympic athletes shows that...
UMass Amherst molecular biologist wins grant to outwit plant fungal diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Pathogenic fungi, the kind that cause wilt diseases in more than 100 plants species, can pose serious threats to...
Rush hour pollution may be more dangerous than you think
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The first in-car measurements of exposure to pollutants that cause oxidative stress during rush hour commutes has turned up...
Rare discovery of 3 new toad species in Nevada’s Great Basin
Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, Nev. - Three new species of toads have been discovered living in Nevada's Great Basin...
In saliva, clues to a ‘ghost’ species of ancient human
Credit: Credit: Bob Wilder/University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In saliva, scientists have found hints that a "ghost" species of archaic humans may have contributed...
A genetic variation may increase tuberculosis susceptibility
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 21, 2017-Researchers have shown that a single nucleotide change in a gene that affects production...
Study reveals most impactful neuroscience research
A study of the 100 most-cited neuroscience articles has revealed that 78 of these papers cover five topics, including neurological disorders, the prefrontal cortex, brain...
$1.9 million NIH grant to Wayne State to research genetic disease that causes blindness
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University researchers recently received a $1.9 million grant from the National Eye...
How enzymes produce hydrogen
Credit: © RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Freie Universität Berlin have clarified the crucial catalytic step in the production of hydrogen by...
Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources
Analysis of natural sparkling mineral water has given scientists valuable clues on how to locate hot water springs - potential sources of sustainable, clean energy....
