A 12-hour biological clock coordinates essential bodily functions
Some bodily activities, sleeping, for instance, mostly occur once every 24 hours; they follow a circadian rhythm. Other bodily functions, such as body temperature, cognitive...
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Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Canadian Rockies, and the fossils of the Burgess Shale
Credit: Bryon Veilleux. Boulder, Colo., USA: A new field guide in conjunction with GSA's Rocky Mountain Section meeting offers five field trips that explore the...
Trauma centers with American College of Surgeons verification have fewer complications
CHICAGO (June 6, 2017): Major complications from injury--and consequently a longer hospital stay--are more likely for pediatric and elderly patients nationwide when treatment occurs at...
Major research initiative explores how our bones and muscles age, new ways to block their decline
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2017) - With age, the form and function of our bones and muscles drop off, putting us as...
Take a coffee or tea break to protect your liver
Credit: L. Alferink and S. Darwish Murad Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6, 2017 - Chronic liver diseases rank as the 12th cause of death worldwide...
Can you hear me now?
Credit: Johns Hopkins University When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. It's a split-second feat, from ear to brain...
A method to improve in vitro tests
Before new nanoparticles or other nanomedicines can be injected into the human body, a whole series of tests must be conducted in the laboratory, then...
New low-cost material for lighting and diagnostics produces white light imitating sunlight
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces broad spectrum white light in...
Are friends better for us than family?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships,...
Flu shot less effective for obese adults
Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against getting the flu, they are not effective in all cases. A...
Looking to the future of organs-on-chip
A new special issue from Future Science OA examines novel organ-on-a-chip research and provides expert insight into the future of the field. It is well-accepted...
Rheumatology Advances in Practice — New open access journal
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce its partnership with the British Society for Rheumatology to publish a new, peer-reviewed open- access journal: Rheumatology Advances...
How killer cells take out tumors
The promising drug is known as F8-TNF. When injected into the bloodstream, it lures killer cells from the body's immune system towards sarcomas. The killer...
Newly discovered disease mechanism for type 2 diabetes
Credit: Johan Wingborg A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In an article in Nature Communications,...
Promising new treatment option for chronic plaque psoriasis
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center The study tested the efficacy of tildrakizumab, an antibody that targets only a very specific immune system pathway. More...
