A small group of neurons modulates the amount of insulin that the pancreas must produce
Credit: Image: Alicia G Gómez-Valadés The brain is key in the regulation of appetite, body weight and metabolism. Specifically, there is a small group of...
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New-generation material removes iodine from water
Credit: Chenfeng Ke / Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - June 7, 2017- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from...
Women with past adverse childhood experiences more likely to have ovaries removed, study shows
ROCHESTER, Minn. --Mayo Clinic researchers report that women who suffered adverse childhood experiences or abuse as an adult are 62 percent more likely to have...
MD Anderson and Hitachi to collaborate in research for treatment of oropharyngeal cancer of the head and neck
HOUSTON and TOKYO ? The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Hitachi Healthcare Americas Corporation, have today announced that they have entered into...
Pregnant women could get on their bikes and stay healthy with better support
Oxford, United Kingdom, June 7, 2017 - Medical advice from risk-averse health professionals may contribute to some women's decisions to stop cycling to work during...
Highly safe biocontainment strategy hopes to encourage greater use of GMOs
Credit: Ryuichi Hirota Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) - microorganisms not found in the natural world but developed in labs for their beneficial characteristics...
Data from satellite imagery useful for malaria early warning systems
(Umea University) Researchers in Sweden have developed a model that uses seasonal weather data from satellite images to accurately predict outbreak of malaria with a...
Mutations unveiled that predispose lung cancers to refractory histologic transformation
Credit: KAIST Cancer pedigree analysis reveals the mutations in RB1 and TP53 genes play a key role in treatment-resistant, cancer cell-type transformation during EGFR inhibitor...
New study on children shows fiber supplement changes gut bacteria
Credit: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary A couple of teaspoons of a fibre supplement, taken daily, has produced some exciting results that will help children...
Current Molecular Pharmacology indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI)
Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business) has selected the Bentham Science journal Current Molecular Pharmacology for coverage in the Science Citation...
Metabolism: Beta cells under fire
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Type 2 diabetes causes pathological changes in the beta cells. Scientists have successfully depicted the...
‘Immunoswitch’ particles may be key to more-effective cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Alyssa Kosmides, Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a nanoparticle that carries two different antibodies capable of simultaneously switching off cancer...
First dual-targeting nanoparticles lower cancer’s defenses and attack tumors
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most exciting directions in cancer treatment. But the approach only works in a fraction of patients and...
Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers
Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new technique that takes its inspiration...
NCI-MATCH cancer trial reaches 6,000-patient tumor sequencing goal 2 years early
The rapid pace of patient enrollment in the National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH or EAY131) precision medicine cancer treatment trial will result...
