Brain development and aging
The brain is a complex organ--a network of nerve cells, or neurons, producing thought, memory, action, and feeling. How does this complex system change from...
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PET/MR shows arterial CO2 as potent vasodilator for cardiac stress testing
Credit: Rohan Dharmakumar. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center RESTON, Va. -- More than 5 million cardiac stress tests performed annually in the U.S. employ injectable forms of...
What motivates parents to protect children from cell phone addiction?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--A new study examined the role parental mediation can play in protecting children from...
Simple step to protect people with type 1 diabetes against heart disease
One additional injection of insulin three hours after eating has been shown to protect people with type 1 diabetes from cardiovascular disease - the leading...
First ever single guidance published for investigating and managing nut allergy
New comprehensive guidance for the diagnosis and management of peanut and tree nut allergy has been developed, which for the first time brings together the...
BABYLUX: The light that brightens the lives of premature babies
Credit: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano In January 2014 - ICFO and ICFO spin-off Hemophotonics joined together with seven other European partners from Spain, Italy, Germany...
New clinical data demonstrate safety and tolerability of activated B. infantis
Evolve BioSystems, Inc., a microbiome company committed to developing novel solutions to restore and maintain a healthy newborn gut microbiome, today announced Phase I clinical...
Antibiotic overuse in children could be reduced with improved communication
To help reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics for common childhood illnesses, parents would benefit from fuller communication from their health care providers, suggests new research...
NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new parents
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National...
CRISPR tech leads to new screening tool for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UCF, College of Medicine A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida is using breakthrough gene-editing technology to develop a new screening...
Artificial fluorescent membrane lipid shows active role in living cells
Credit: (c) 2017 Kinoshita M. et al. Journal of Cell Biology. VOL:216 NO:4 1183-1204. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201607086 Osaka, Japan - Biological membranes, such as those surrounding...
Staphyloccus ribosome structure researched by KFU Structural Biology Lab
The results were published in Nucleic Acids Research. This paper was announced as the best of May 2017 by FSBMB. Bacterial ribosome is a macromolecular...
First long-term study of Murray-Darling Basin wetlands reveals severe impact of dams
Credit: UNSW A landmark 30-year-long UNSW Sydney study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the...
Citizen scientists help infectious bacteria researchers
A team of UK based researchers, known as the ENIGMA Project, has developed a novel method for assessing human/virus interactions in the natural environment, using...
Dasatinib excels in worldwide phase II trial against pediatric CML
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center In 2002, the FDA approved the drug imatinib as a first-line therapy for adults with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)...
