Fat cell discovery could help combat obesity-related health issues
Researchers have discovered differences in fat cells that could potentially identify people predisposed to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and ...
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To boldly go or anxiously hang back?
The decision to explore is swayed by a distinctive type of neuron, UCSF researchers discover in a mouse model of ...
MUSC psychologists release results of survey of ‘Maria generation’ kids
Credit: Provided by Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo Psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina have just published one of the largest ...
More than 100 organizations join the National Academy of Medicine in countering the opioid epidemic
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that more than 100 organizations across the U.S. have joined NAM in ...
Pregnancy shifts the daily schedule forward
New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnanciesCredit: Image: Syda Productions, via Shutterstock Add this to ...
Gender impacts brain activity in alcoholics
May lead to gender-specific treatment (Boston)--Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for ...
Brain signaling proteins hit the road running
New study of brain neurotransmitter receptor has implications for drug discovery Surprisingly complex movements in an important neurotransmitter receptor may ...
Low income is a risk factor for ‘catastrophic’ amputation after knee joint replacement
April 30, 2018 - Above-knee amputation (AKA) is a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery. ...
Crisis and suicide prevention services struggle with demand after celebrity suicides
NIH study identifies importance of support for critical suicide prevention services The United States may lack the resources needed to ...
$4.6 million grant funds clinical trial of stem cell immunotherapy for metastatic sarcoma and other hard-to-treat cancers
Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative ...
Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper ...
Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy ...
Unraveling cannabinoids
Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University alum Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard ...
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB ...
Breaking open the gates of antibiotic resistance
Creating a defect in tRNA molecules could weaken bacteria's two-pronged defense and help make faster-acting antibiotics PHILADELPHIA - Antibiotic resistance ...
A third of type one diabetes is misdiagnosed in the over 30s
More than a third of people over the age of 30 who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes actually ...
Chloride-channel in muscle cells provides new insights for muscle diseases
Small molecules such as hormones and ions are constantly transported in and out from our cells. This regulates what the ...
Twelve-year follow-up after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Twelve-year retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of peptide receptor radionuclide therapyCredit: Dr. Irene Virgolini A 12-year retrospective clinical study of patients ...
Antibiotics may treat endometriosis
Targeted treatment reduces number of disease-causing microbes in miceCredit: Kommagani lab/Washington University Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...
How scratching may prime children with eczema for food allergy and anaphylaxis
Scratching sparks a chain reaction that expands and activates intestinal mast cellsCredit: Adapted from Manuel Leyva-Castillo and Raif Geha / ...
