Mice exposed to prenatal stress are predisposed to eating disorders later in life
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Stress affects the body and can trigger illness -- from psychiatric disorders to heart disease. Humans are exposed to stress...
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Scientists give tumor-fighting cells a boost in battling bone marrow cancer
Researchers from Belgium led by Prof. Dirk Elewaut of the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research and the team of Prof. Vanderkerken and Prof. Menu at...
The art of folding mitochondrial membranes
Credit: Image: Daumke lab, MDC Oliver Daumke's lab figures out how the inner membranes of mitochondria "get their groove" and assume the complex shapes they...
Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer
Credit: (c) ITMO University Russian physicists from ITMO University have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and simultaneously emit light...
Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off with support from CZI
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which is using sequencing technology to redefine every cell in the...
Researchers untangle mystery of tiny bird’s trans-Pacific flight
Loading video... Credit: Credit University of British Columbia. Zoologists have documented the first record of a House Swift in the Americas--and begun to unravel the...
Soaring medical costs from bicycle accidents
Bicycle use has skyrocketed in popularity, but it's also led to more accidents, with medical costs from non-fatal bike crashes climbing steadily by $789 million...
Insilico Medicine launches a drug discovery platform ALS.AI
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, June 1st, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying the latest advances in deep learning to biomarker...
Exposure to specific toxins and nutrients during late pregnancy & early life correlate w autism risk
Using evidence found in baby teeth, researchers from The Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory and The Seaver Autism Center for Research and...
One gene closer to regenerative therapy for muscular disorders
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - A detour on the road to regenerative medicine for people with muscular disorders is figuring out how to coax muscle...
New teen drivers 3 times as likely to be involved in a deadly crash
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2017) - New teen drivers ages 16-17 years old are three times as likely as adults to be involved in a deadly...
Imaging technique for treating heart condition should be more widely used to minimize radiation exposure
NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) - A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to radiation should be more widely...
HIV status may affect the progression of HPV infection to cervical pre-cancer
Bottom Line: A study of Senegalese women showed that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was more likely to develop into cervical pre-cancer in women living with...
In atomic propellers, quantum phenomena can mimic everyday physics
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In molecules there are certain groups of atoms that are able to rotate. This movement occurs under the influence of...
Physicists create ‘molecular black hole’ using ultra-intense X-ray pulses
Credit: DESY/Science Communication Lab MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Heavy atoms absorbing X-rays are sucking the electrons from their molecular neighbors like a black hole pulling in...
