New study finds chronic wound patients who never receive opioids heal faster
WASHINGTON (Nov. 21, 2016) -- Patients with chronic wounds who never receive opioids heal faster than those who do receive the drugs, according to a...
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Protein that protects during stress sheds light on how diabetes drug prevents tumors
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown mechanism that helps fortify the structure and tight junctions between...
Plant compounds may boost brain function in older adults, study says
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - The same compounds that give plants and vegetables their vibrant colors might be able to bolster brain functioning in older...
Weather the storm: Improving Great Lakes modeling
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Up until now, atmospheric models and hydrodynamic models have remained separate to a large extent in the Great Lakes region,...
Reliance on reason, evidence as a moral issue measured in study
Credit: Auguste Rodin The theory of evolution by natural selection is one of several examples of societal disputes that center on the validity of specific...
Large number of dwarf galaxies discovered in the early universe
Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Siana, and A. Alavi RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- A team of researchers, led by University of California, Riverside astronomers, found for...
A phone that charges in seconds? UCF scientists bring it closer to reality
Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Central Florida A team of UCF scientists has developed a new process for creating flexible supercapacitors that can store...
Insight into the brain’s control of hunger and satiety
Credit: B. B. Lowell BOSTON - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers have identified previously unknown neural circuitry that plays a role in promoting...
SVIN announces ‘Stroke: Mission thrombectomy 2020’
Credit: Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology New York -- Nov.21, 2016 -- The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) announced the launch of...
Common probiotics can reduce stress levels, lessen anxiety
Credit: MU News Bureau Probiotics, or beneficial live bacteria that are introduced into the body, have become increasingly popular as a way to improve health...
Cellular starvation kills treatment-resistant breast cancer
Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox, National Cancer Institute, NIH DURHAM, N.C. -- Cancer rewires the metabolism of tumor cells, converting them into lean, mean, replicating machines....
Immune receptors amplify ‘invader’ signals by turning into mini-machines
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Nov. 21, 2016) When a receptor on the surface of a T cell -- a sentry of the human...
USU Executive Associate Dean Lisa Berreau named AAAS Fellow
Credit: Donna Barry/Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- Utah State University professor Lisa Berreau has been named a Fellow of the American Association for...
Five USF faculty members named AAAS fellows
Credit: University of South Florida Five of the University of South Florida's leading scientific researchers have been named to the new class of Fellows of...
Five Berkeley lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Credit: Berkeley Lab Five scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been named Fellows of the American Association for...
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