NUS researchers create novel probiotic beer that boosts immunity and improves gut health
Credit: National University of Singapore Beer lovers may soon have a gut-friendly drink to raise a toast to, thanks to the creation of a novel...
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Four new beamlines get go ahead at the ESRF, opening new frontiers in X-ray science
Credit: ESRF/Jocelyn Chavy 27 June 2017 - The ESRF Council, representing the 22 partner nations of the ESRF, gave the green light for the construction...
JHU alumni-run A-Level Capital to support AI-powered drug discovery at Insilico Medicine
Credit: Insilico Medicine June 28th 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a big data analytics company applying latest advances in artificial intelligence to drug...
EASL releases editorial response to Cochrane Review of DAAs in HCV
GENEVA, Switzerland 28 June 2017 - The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) expresses its serious concerns with the recent publication by...
New technique unveils ‘matrix’ inside tissues and tumors
Credit: Image by Alejandro Mayorca-Guiliani. The matrix surrounds the cells in every organ of our bodies, and provides shape and structure to the organ. The...
Male infertility could be linked to noisy bedrooms, study suggests
Credit: Elsevier Oxford, UK, June 28, 2017 - Long-term exposure to a noisy environment, particularly at night, is linked to infertility in men, according to...
Newly established, a national park in Australia unveils a new plant species
Credit: Chris Martine A team of botanists from the US has named a new bush tomato species, based on collections made by their Australian colleagues,...
Study illuminates serotonin contributions to cocaine’s allure
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Once a hip drug of the '70s and '80s party scene, cocaine is not only making a comeback, it's proving its...
Aspirin reduces risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
Taking a low-dose aspirin before bed can reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia, which can cause premature birth and, in extreme cases, maternal and foetal death....
Now or later: How taste and sound affect when you buy
There's a reason marketers make appeals to our senses; the "snap, crackle and pop" of Rice Krispies makes us want to buy the cereal and...
Trials show unique stem cells a potential asthma treatment
Credit: Monash A study led by scientists at Monash University has shown that a new therapy developed through stem cell technology holds promise as a...
Study finds long-term sustained effect of biological psoriasis treatment
(Umea University) Biological treatment of psoriasis shows a good efficacy in clinical trials. Since most analyses have focused on short-term outcomes of single biological agents,...
Injectable plant-based nanoparticles delay tumor progression
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with researchers from Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and RWTH Aachen University (Germany) have...
Genomic copy number variants contribute to cognitive impairment in the UK
Philadelphia, PA, June 28, 2017 - Genetic alterations of rare deletions or duplications of small DNA segments, called copy number variants (CNVs), have been known...
First-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s disease prevention study extended
More than 5 million Americans are currently suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and scientists expect this number to nearly triple by 2050. The A4 Study...
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