Insufficient evidence' that antidepressants affect fertility or infertility-treatment outcomes
January 24, 2019 - Based on limited research, there's no strong evidence that selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - the most ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Study may explain why once-promising cancer drugs failed
Cells use 'battering ram' to get around cancer drugCredit: Images courtesy of Laura Kelley, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- Nearly ...
New drug targets for BRCA-driven cancer uncovered
Preclinical study yields previously unreported, potent and generalizable hits representing potential drug targets for hereditary breast, ovarian cancer BRCA1 and ...
New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting
GALVESTON, Texas - Have you ever wondered why we crave the very foods that we try to avoid when dieting? ...
Cancer drug development award given to Geoffrey Shapiro
International Congress on Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) 2019, 25-27 February, Paris, FranceCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, ...
Dopamine modulates the reward experiences elicited by music
A study sheds new light on the role of dopamine in the perception of abstract rewards in humans A new ...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.2M to 9 innovative early career scientists
New York, NY (January 24, 2019) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announced that nine scientists with novel approaches ...
Your personality could put you at greater risk for developing diabetes
New study based on Women's Health Initiative data demonstrates association of personality traits, such as negativity, with greater risk of ...
The seventh volume of Topics In Anti-cancer Research is now available
This book is by Prof. Dr. Atta-ur Rahman, and Dr. Khurshid Zaman, published on: November 30th, 2018. The book series ...
Using artificial intelligence for error correction in single cell analyses
A visionary project of enormous scope, the Human Cell Atlas aims to map out all the tissues of the human ...
Brain condition related to long-term spaceflights needs more attention, data
Researchers sound alarm as humans prepare for extended time in space More people today are poised to explore space than ...
Therapeutic and diagnostic functions of one antibody for pancreatic cancer
Osaka University researchers base biomarker detection and targeted therapy on the same protein from pancreatic cancer patientsCredit: Osaka University Osaka, ...
Identical twins light the way for new genetic cause of arthritis
Identical twin toddlers who presented with severe arthritis helped scientists to identify the first gene mutation that can single-handedly cause ...
Enzyme that breaks down amino acids may promote aging
Discovery of a mechanism that produces reactive oxygen species and invites cellular senescenceCredit: Kobe University Permanently arrested cell growth is ...
'Cascade of Care' framework aims to reduce opioid deaths
Response to HIV/AIDS crisis provides valuable lessons for meeting challenges of ongoing opioid epidemic New York, NY (January 24, 2019)--Drug ...
Low-cost changes in hospital canteens could 'nudge' customers to healthier diets
Increasing proportion of healthy options, making them easier to reach and reducing portion size were most effective Low or zero-cost ...
Important signaling pathway in breast cancer revealed
Credit: Kanazawa University In breast cancer, one of the most common cancers in women, tumors contain a small amount of ...
3D human epidermal equivalent created using math
Credit: Kumamoto J. et al., Scientific Reports, December 20, 2018 Scientists have successfully constructed a three-dimensional human epidermis based on ...
More fish consumption and omega-3 supplementation needed to push the omega-3 index to 8 percent
A new study published in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids shows that people likely need to eat more fish ...
Scientists discover Ebola virus in West African bat
The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School ...