Study provides new focus for developing drugs to fight cancer
Credit: Pellecchia lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Cancer researchers and drug companies may have been too quick to ignore a promising line of inquiry...
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Magnetic stimulation may provide more precise, reliable activation of neural circuitry
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed what appears to be a significant improvement in the technology behind brain implants used to activate neural circuits...
NASA spots Tropical Cyclone Vardah’s off-center strength
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA/Goddard Rapid Response Team NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Vardah that showed strongest storms expanding west of the...
Research offers clues about the timing of Jupiter’s formation
Credit: Alexander Krot, University of Hawai'i Manoa PROVIDENCE, RI, (Brown University) -- A peculiar class of meteorites has offered scientists new clues about when the...
Why can’t monkeys speak?
Credit: Copyright: Tecumseh Fitch/University of Vienna The scientists used x-ray video to see within the mouth and throat of macaque monkeys induced to vocalize, eat...
Monkey speak: Macaques have the anatomy, not the brain, for human speech
Credit: Image courtesy of Asif Ghazanfar, Princeton Neuroscience Institute Monkeys known as macaques possess the vocal anatomy to produce "clearly intelligible" human speech but lack...
ASHG announces results of 2016 Teen Genes Video Challenge
BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is pleased to announce Beryl Zhou and Cindy Xu, students at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley...
Beans and peas increase fullness more than meat
Sustainable eating Meals based on legumes such as beans and peas are more satiating than pork and veal-based meals according to a recent study by...
New evidence shows how bacterium in undercooked chicken causes GBS
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University A Michigan State University research team is the first to show how a common bacterium found in improperly cooked...
Depression drug reduces joint pain for women with early stage breast cancer
Credit: Lynn Henry Portland, Oregon - A drug typically used to treat depression and anxiety can significantly reduce joint pain in postmenopausal women being treated...
Diet, the gut microbiome, and colorectal cancer: are they linked?
BioResearch Open Access () is a peer-reviewed open access journal led by Editor-in-Chief Robert Lanza, MD, Head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine and Chief Scientific...
Hubble catches a transformation in the Virgo constellation
Credit: Credit: ESA/NASA The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is especially rich in galaxies, due in part to the presence of a massive and gravitationally-bound...
Breast cancer patients could benefit from controversial hormone
An international team of researchers involving the University of Adelaide is tackling the controversy over what some scientists consider to be a "harmful" hormone, arguing...
Key regulator of bone development identified
Credit: Liu Laboratory, Penn State University Loss of a key protein leads to defects in skeletal development including reduced bone density and a shortening of...
Moderate exercise improves memory dysfunction caused by type 2 diabetes
Tsukaba, Japan - Type 2 diabetes is characterized by impaired glucose metabolism and can cause central nervous system-related complications, such as memory dysfunction. The hippocampus...
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