Variation at a central metabolic gene influences male fruit fly lifespan
Credit: NC State University The overexpression of an important gene that regulates energy metabolism can cause a severe shortening of lifespan in male fruit flies...
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Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks
Credit: S. Sunarto/WWF Biodiversity loss is one of the driving factors in ecosystem change, on par with climate change and human development. When one species,...
Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $3.4 million NIH grant for epilepsy surgery research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $3.4 million grant to Cleveland Clinic to develop a tool to predict individual outcomes in epilepsy surgery....
Penn gastroenterologists receive funding to continue research partnership on Barrett’s Esophagus
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A research group in the division of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has...
Taiwan DCB, PITDC, TMU and Insilico Medicine join forces to apply AI for biomedical research
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday June 29, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan: The Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB), the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industrial Technology Development Center (PITDC), an..
New anesthesia dosing models may increase safety of remifentanil for obese patients and children
CHICAGO - Researchers have developed new dosing models that may provide the scientific basis for more accurate administration of remifentanil, a synthetic opioid commonly used...
Eighty-five percent of Spanish children eat too much salt
Salt is a hidden enemy in children's diets. So says the conclusion of a study by researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid, which suggests...
Understanding the epidemiology of sarcopenia throughout the lifecourse
Sarcopenia is an age-related syndrome which is characterised by progressive and generalised loss of muscle mass and strength. How prevalent is sarcopenia? As there is...
CVIA volume 2 issue 2 major new China focus issue
Credit: CVIA Beijing, 16 June, 2017: The new journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published the second issue of Volume 2, with a...
Treating lymphatic fluid leaks improves protein loss in patients with single-ventricle heart disease
Focusing on a rare but devastating complication in patients with single-ventricle heart disease, a research team has revealed the role of leakage from the liver's...
Surprisingly exact timing of voluntary movements
Almost everything we do - walking, talking, or drinking coffee - is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many muscles at once. The prevailing...
Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston)--Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people who are overweight or even...
Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ with simplified forms of teixobactin
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant infections such as MRSA - as...
Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease, known as severe pancreatitis, resulted...
Baycrest and CMHA partner to evaluate caregiver mental health program
Credit: N/A Baycrest Health Sciences has teamed up with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario to assess the country's first multilingual, group program centered on...
