Science can shape healthy city planning
Previous studies have shown a correlation between the design of cities and growing epidemics of injuries and non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and...
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Yoga may not count toward 30 minutes of daily physical activity, but may have other benefits
Hatha yoga is an increasingly popular form of physical activity and meditative practice in the U.S. It is important to understand the calorie cost and...
Four-year-olds are not physically ready to start school
Credit: Copyright Loughborough University New research from Loughborough University has revealed many four-year-olds are not physically ready to start school. Early Years specialists in the...
Essential mouse genes could guide human precision medicine
Credit: Doug Rowland, UC Davis. About one-third of 1751 genes studied in the first comprehensive survey of the mouse genome are essential to life, according...
Five scientists named Faculty Scholars by high-profile philanthropies
UT Southwestern faculty members named Faculty Scholars (l-r) include Dr. Elizabeth Chen, Dr. Neal Alto, Dr. Benjamin Tu, Dr. Julie Pfeiffer, and Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis....
Neutrophils are key to harnessing anti-tumor immune response from radiation therapy, study finds
DALLAS – September 21, 2016 – Combining targeted radiation therapy with a neutrophil stimulant enhances anti-tumor immunity, according to new research into cancer immunology at...
Duke Team Identifies Blood Biomarkers in Drug-Resistant Cancer Tumor Cells
Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — While searching for a non-invasive way to detect prostate cancer cells circulating in blood, Duke Cancer Institute researchers have...
Examining mitochondrial DNA may help identify unknown ancestry that influences breast cancer risk
Dr. Barbara Haley (left) and Dr. Roshni Rao DALLAS – September 20, 2016 – Genetic testing of mitochondrial DNA could reveal otherwise unknown ancestry that...
The Shape-Shifting Protein Behind Alzheimer’s Disease
The peptide amyloid beta plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows it shape-shifts in order to...
Graphene nanoribbons show promise for healing spinal injuries
Rice researchers James Tour, left, and William Sikkema. Credit: Jeff FitlowThe combination of graphene nanoribbons made with a process developed at Rice University and a...
Thinking outside the insulin box
Thomas Hawke, associate professor of pathology and molecular medicine at Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and senior author of both studies.Loss of physical strength...
What causes mass panic in emergency situations?
The researchers could watch in a top-down view the 36 participants passing through a bottleneck during a simple evacuation situation. Each pedestrian was controlled by...
Human ‘junk’ gene sequences can promote translation
Piero Carninci of CLST, who led the team Credit: RikenScientists have found a group of human sequences — unrelated to those in mice — which...
A low-cost sensor for cystic fibrosis diagnosis
Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn StateA new, inexpensive method for detecting salt...
An Expanded Genetic Code Is Shown Phototoxic to Cells
Expanding DNA by adding a synthetic base pair holds the promise of producing unique proteins and peptides for new medicines and technologies. But now, research...
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