Diet high in animal protein is associated with NAFLD in overweight people
April 21, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A large epidemiological study presented today found that a diet high in animal protein was associated with a higher...
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Treatment of HCV allows for sustained removal from the liver transplant waiting list
April 21, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new European study presented today demonstrated that patients with chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and severe liver damage,...
Blood donor screening for hepatitis E reveals incidence is higher than previously reported
April 21, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results from a study presented today found that the incidence of HEV RNA in asymptomatic blood donors from Germany...
Summit to examine issues confronting Great Lakes
Various concerns impacting the Great Lakes region will be the focus when government officials, researchers and community leaders from the U.S. and Canada convene at...
New data unearths pesticide peril in beehives
Credit: Credit: Emma Mullen Honeybees - employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season - encounter danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides, according to...
World’s largest clinical cancer research meeting to highlight latest advances
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Studies spanning the spectrum of cancer prevention and care, from immunotherapy and precision medicine to survivorship, will be highlighted in the official...
Crystals grown aboard space station provide radiation detecting technology
Credit: Alexei Churilov Research into crystal growth in microgravity was one of the earliest investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station and is continued to...
Saiful Chowdhury named ASMS ’emerging investigator’ for work linked to cancer, aging
Credit: UTA The American Society of Mass Spectrometry has named Saiful Chowdhury, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Arlington,...
Super-resolution microscopy of hydrogels
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. - Chaitanya Ullal, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a Faculty Early...
Renown researchers present at ASN Scientific Sessions to advance the science of stevia
CHICAGO, IL, April 19, 2017 - To examine the latest scientific evidence related to non-caloric sweeteners, focused on stevia, the Global Stevia Institute is hosting...
Application of statistical method shows promise mitigating climate change effects on pine
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (April 20, 2017) - Confronting evidence that the global climate is changing rapidly relative to historical trends, researchers at North Carolina State University...
New statistical analysis reveals thousands of rare mutations linked with cancer
Credit: Original image by Thomas A. Peterson, CC BY Scientists have identified thousands of previously ignored genetic mutations that, although rare, likely contribute to cancer...
Rare supernova discovery ushers in new era for cosmology
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light years away from Earth that's...
New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal -- a new...
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find
Credit: Photo courtesy US Coast Guard The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf...
