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The Long Lasting Effects of Childhood Exercise!

Aug 21, 2017 2:00 pm

The researchers, from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, found that bone retains a "memory" of exercise's effects long after the exercise is ceased, and this bone memor...

How Can Low Calorie Diet Help Cells Stay Young?

Aug 21, 2017 1:00 pm

scientists studying how aging affects the biological clock's control of metabolism have discovered that a low-calorie diet helps keep these energy-regulating processes humming and the body younger...

Restoring Plasticity of Brain Cells in Adult Mice!

Aug 16, 2017 7:00 pm

Like much of the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists at University of Utah Health report they can rejuvenate th...

Arthrology (3)

New Subset Of T-Cells Implicated in Rheumatoid arthritis

Feb 11, 2017 2:00 pm

A research team led by scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has carefully scrutinized the immune cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, revealing a striking new subset of T-c...

Fibroblasts CouldProvide New Target for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dec 20, 2016 8:05 am

A study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham reveals the key role of different types of fibroblast cells in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), opening up a new avenue for rese...

Study Identifies a Common Bacterial Cause of Gum Disease That May Drive Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dec 19, 2016 6:39 am

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have new evidence that a bacterium known to cause chronic inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory "autoimmune" response characte...

Bacteriology (129)

Scientists Use Spider Silk In Creating Artificial Cardiac Tissues!

Aug 22, 2017 5:00 pm

Ever more people are suffering from cardiac insufficiency, despite significant advances in preventing and minimising damage to the heart. The main cause of reduced cardiac functionality lies in the ir...

How Probiotics Have the Potential to Save Thousands of Newborns Lives!

Aug 21, 2017 5:00 pm

If you're in desperate need for some good news, look no further. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment that could possibly save hundreds of thousands of newborns ...

Even bacteria have baggage, and understanding that is key to fighting superbugs

Aug 18, 2017 10:30 am

New research points to treatment strategies for multi-drug antibiotic resistance using currently available drugs. The study, publishing August 8 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Phillip Yen ...

Bioinformatics (97)

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Blood is king in the world of Point of Care Testing. But the process of drawing blood is invasive, and it represents a challenge for continuous monitoring over hours or days. Sweat, a rich source of e...

Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew

Aug 17, 2017 2:00 pm

Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the way it removes cholesterol from the body, according to researchers. In a study, researc...

How cicadas manage to 'wing it'

Aug 15, 2017 2:00 pm

Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of ease. Now in a study appearing the ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, scientists re...

Biopharmaceuticals (25)

A Single Shot Provids Control Over Blood Glucose For a Week

Jul 26, 2017 11:00 am

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have created a technology that might provide weeks of glucose control for diabetes with a single injection, which would be a dramatic improvement over current t...

Another role for oxytocin revealed.

May 21, 2017 3:00 pm

Experts say oxytocin, a key hormone made naturally by the brain, could hold the key to treating drug addicts and help them avoid relapse. Oxytocin is most usually associated with childbirth and breas...

Pushing The Process of Finding New Bacterial Compounds Forward

May 17, 2017 11:00 am

Bacteria have supplied some of today's most indispensable anti-cancer and anti-bacterial drugs. Yet these compounds comprise only a fraction of their possible offerings. Now, researchers have foun...

Biotechnology (189)

Scientists Use Spider Silk In Creating Artificial Cardiac Tissues!

Aug 22, 2017 5:00 pm

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Scientists Find Easy and Safe Alternative to Open-Heart Surgerys

Aug 21, 2017 9:00 am

Heart attack patients can be given regenerative tissue to help them recover, but the current procedure involves open-heart surgery, which is risky for individuals whose hearts are already under duress...

Cancer (610)

What Really Drive Cells To Become Cancerous?

Aug 22, 2017 4:00 pm

What causes cancer? Smoking, certainly, and also things like sun and chemical exposure. Cancer risk also increases with some genetic predispositions and in old age. One thread connecting these risks i...

Brain tumor cells' adaptation to oxygen deprivation mapped

Aug 20, 2017 2:00 pm

The most aggressive variant of brain tumour -- glioblastoma -- has an average survival rate of 15 months. There is therefore an urgent need for new treatment strategies for this group of patients. A r...

A metabolic pathway that feeds liver cancer

Aug 17, 2017 6:00 pm

A little-studied gene may explain how some liver cancer cells obtain the nutrition they need to proliferate, according to new research from the University of Maryland. The results of this research wil...

Cancer Therapy (174)

How Vitamin C Help Fighting Blood Cancer?

Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm

Vitamin C may "tell" faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of multiplying to cause blood cancers. This is the finding of a study led by researchers from Pe...

Uncovering a New Class of Drugs Against Resistant Breast Cancer!

Aug 22, 2017 10:00 am

UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have shown that a first-in-class molecule can prevent breast cancer growth when traditional therapies stop working. First-in-class drugs are drugs ...

An Arthritis Drug May be The Hope to Millions of Blood Cancer Patients Worldwide!

Aug 17, 2017 3:00 pm

Blood cancer sufferers could be treated with a simple arthritis drug, scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered. Every year 3,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with Polycythemia Ve...

Cardiology (65)

Scientists Use Spider Silk In Creating Artificial Cardiac Tissues!

Aug 22, 2017 5:00 pm

Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Scientists have discovered that a fatty liver can cause damage to other organs. They demonstrate the effects of fatty liver disease on the function of the hormone-producing islet cells in the pancreas...

Scientists Find Easy and Safe Alternative to Open-Heart Surgerys

Aug 21, 2017 9:00 am

Cell Biology (309)

How whip-like cell appendages promote bodily fluid flow

Aug 22, 2017 10:30 am

Some cells in the body contain long thin structures called cilia on their surface, which exhibit a whip-like motion that promotes the flow of fluid past the cell. Although these cilia are known to pla...

Uncovering a New Class of Drugs Against Resistant Breast Cancer!

Aug 22, 2017 10:00 am

Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Cell Signaling (55)

Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Partnering cells turn off immune attack on pancreatic tumors

Aug 16, 2017 5:00 pm

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may restore the system's ability to attack these same tumor cells. ...

How Cancer Cells Cooperate To Resist Drugs?

Jul 24, 2017 11:00 am

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to communicate to other cancer cells, activating an internal mechanism that boosts resistance to co...

Clinical Trials (84)

Scientists Might Have Discovered a Painkiller That Beats Morphine!

Aug 21, 2017 8:00 pm

A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain...

How Probiotics Have the Potential to Save Thousands of Newborns Lives!

Aug 21, 2017 5:00 pm

If you're in desperate need for some good news, look no further. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment that could possibly save hundreds of thousands of newborns ...

Drug trial shows promise for deadly neurological disorder

Aug 17, 2017 10:30 am

Results of a small clinical trial show promise for treating a rare neurodegenerative condition that typically kills those afflicted before they reach age 20. The disease, called Niemann-Pick type C (N...

Dentistry (9)

Diabetes Affects Even Mouth Bacteria!

Jul 25, 2017 3:01 pm

A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers has found that the oral microbiome is affected by diabetes, causing a shift to increase its pathogenicity. The research, published in the jour...

Solving One Of The Most Common Teeth Problems

Jun 29, 2017 9:00 am

While root canals are effective in saving a tooth that has become infected or decayed, this age-old procedure may cause teeth to become brittle and susceptible to fracture over time. Now researchers a...

Who is to Blame in Causing Dental Plaque in Children?

Jun 26, 2017 10:00 am

Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania showed that the fungus Candida albican...

Dermatology (21)

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Seeking A Better Test for an Aggressive Type of Skin Cancer!

Aug 16, 2017 3:00 pm

New findings from an international research team led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists may improve detection of skin cancer that lacks any brown or blac...

DNA Sunscreen Shows Advantages Over Regular Ones!

Jul 27, 2017 10:30 am

Why use regular sunscreen when you can apply a DNA film to your skin? Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a coating made out of DNA that gets better at pr...

Developmental Biology (94)

Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution

Aug 21, 2017 10:30 am

In the evolution of tetrapods, the position of the hindlimb has diversified along with the vertebral formula, which is the number of small bones forming the vertebra. Tetrapods, as the name implies, a...

How Were We Wrong in Understanding Sex Determination in Embryos?

Aug 19, 2017 1:00 pm

A protein called COUP-TFII determines whether a mouse embryo develops a male reproductive tract, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Baylor College of...

What to Choose; Sleep or Sex? Scientists Track How Flies Make Their Mind!

Aug 17, 2017 4:00 pm

Choosing between sex or sleep presents a behavioral quandary for many species, including the fruit fly. A multi-institution team has found that, in Drosophila at least, males and females deal with the...

Diabetes (65)

Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Finally Scientists Figure Out Why Antipsychotic Drugs Cause Weight Gain!

Aug 19, 2017 3:00 pm

Weight gain is an unfortunate side effect of many antipsychotic drugs like olanzapine. It’s important to help patients manage these unwanted complications, especially to improve their quality of...

New measure of insulin-making cells could gauge diabetes progression, treatment

Aug 16, 2017 6:00 pm

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new measurement for the volume and activity of beta cells, the source of the sugar-regulating hormone insulin. In a study publish...

Diseases (558)

Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

New biomarker found for group of rare metabolic diseases

Aug 12, 2017 6:00 pm

A newly discovered biomarker associated with a rare metabolic disorder may facilitate better diagnosis and identification of new drugs for clinical trials for the disease, according to researchers in ...

It's not just what you eat, it's what's eating you

Aug 8, 2017 6:00 pm

Restricting how much you eat without starving has been shown to robustly extend lifespan in more than 20 species of animals including primates. How this works is still unclear. In a new study publishe...

Endocrinology (19)

Dramatic Effects of High-Fat Diet During pregnancy On Embryo Development!

Aug 14, 2017 6:00 pm

A high-fat diet not only creates health problems for expectant mothers, but new research in an animal model suggests it alters the development of the brain and endocrine system of their offspring and ...

Why Some Women are More Likely to Feel Depressed?

Aug 12, 2017 2:30 pm

Summary: It's no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are fluctuating. Especially vulnerable times include the menopause transition and onset of postmenopaus...

A Single Shot Provids Control Over Blood Glucose For a Week

Jul 26, 2017 11:00 am

Epigenetics (41)

Scientists Put The Immune System Back In Order!

Aug 7, 2017 11:00 am

When the immune system is imbalanced, either due to overly-active cells or cells that suppress its function, it causes a wide range of diseases, from psoriasis to cancer. By manipulating the function ...

Pregnancy loss and the evolution of sex are linked by cellular line dance

Aug 6, 2017 10:30 am

After Dan Levitis and his wife lost two pregnancies, before having their three children, he was drawn to investigate why pregnancy loss is so common, and whether other living beings face the same stru...

First Evidence of Epigenetics Inheritance in Humans!

Aug 2, 2017 2:00 pm

We are more than the sum of our genes. Epigenetic mechanisms modulated by environmental cues such as diet, disease or our lifestyle take a major role in regulating the DNA by switching genes on and of...

Evolution (66)

Unexpected Role of Neuronal Receptor in Sexual Reproduction!

Jul 26, 2017 1:00 pm

For many years biologists have wondered why plants have so many genes coding for proteins that are known to be essential for the nervous system of animals, called glutamate receptors. Now, researchers...

In saliva, clues to a 'ghost' species of ancient human

Jul 24, 2017 2:00 pm

In saliva, scientists have found hints that a "ghost" species of archaic humans may have contributed genetic material to ancestors of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa today. The resear...

Can You Guess Who Will Be The last Survivors on Earth?

Jul 17, 2017 1:00 pm

The world's most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the Sun dies, according to a new Oxford University collabora...

Featured (197)

How Can Low Calorie Diet Help Cells Stay Young?

Aug 21, 2017 1:00 pm

scientists studying how aging affects the biological clock's control of metabolism have discovered that a low-calorie diet helps keep these energy-regulating processes humming and the body younger...

Strange Way for Female Fishes to Pick Their Partners!

Aug 21, 2017 11:00 am

When salmon spawn, the sperm of competing males are in an all-or-nothing race to be the first to reach and fertilise the eggs. New findings by University of Otago researchers show that female salmo...

Neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches

Aug 20, 2017 6:00 pm

How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close proximity and where females may be attracted by the songs of many potential suitors, sustain monogamy? A n...

Gastroenterology (51)

How Certain Gut Cells Acts As Messengers Between the Guts and the Brain?

Jul 17, 2017 6:00 pm

Specialized cells in the gut sense potentially noxious chemicals and trigger electrical impulses in nearby nerve fibers, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco scientists. "These cells ...

What Controls The Delicate Balance of the Immune System in the Guts?

Jun 26, 2017 3:00 pm

A healthy gut requires a molecule called gp96 to train the immune system to tolerate food and normal microbes, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the May 19, 2017...

A Smart Way To Substitute Antibiotics

Jun 26, 2017 1:00 pm

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections, and they tend to come back again and again, even when treated. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli that live in the gut and spread to ...

Gene Therapy (32)

Restoring Plasticity of Brain Cells in Adult Mice!

Aug 16, 2017 7:00 pm

ONC201 may inhibit cancer stem cell self-renewals by altering their gene expression

Aug 15, 2017 6:00 pm

ONC201 may inhibit cancer stem cell self-renewals by altering their gene expression, according to a study published August 2, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Varun Vijay Prabhu from Oncoce...

Eradicating exotic pests with 'infertility genes' may be possible

Aug 12, 2017 2:00 pm

University of Adelaide researchers have shown that it may be possible to eradicate populations of invasive pest animals through the inheritance of a negative gene - a technique known as gene drive. ...

General (249)

Scientists Might Have Discovered a Painkiller That Beats Morphine!

Aug 21, 2017 8:00 pm

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Forensic Investigators Use Oral Bacteria to Estimate Time of Death!

Aug 17, 2017 7:00 pm

Accurately determining the time since death is an important aspect of forensic sciences and casework. New research indicates that this might be achieved by examining changes in the bacterial communiti...

Genetic Diseases (35)

Fishing for New Disease Causing Mutations in the 'dark genome'!

Aug 16, 2017 2:30 pm

Summary: Researchers have developed a new methodology for identifying disease-causing genetic mutations in the non-coding region of the genome. This portion of the genome has remained uninterpretable...

Are Humans Closer than Ever to Have Designer Babies?

Aug 6, 2017 9:00 am

An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing — a technique that allows scientists to make precise changes to genomes with relative ease — to correct a disea...

How the Immune System Detects Cells With the Wrong Karyotype?

Jun 26, 2017 1:00 pm

Most living cells have a defined number of chromosomes: Human cells, for example, have 23 pairs. As cells divide, they can make errors that lead to a gain or loss of chromosomes, which is usually very...

Genetics (433)

Gene variant activity is surprisingly variable between tissues

Aug 22, 2017 6:00 pm

Every gene in (almost) every cell of the body is present in two variants -- so called alleles: one is deriving from the mother, the other one from the father. In most cases both alleles are active and...

What Really Drive Cells To Become Cancerous?

Aug 22, 2017 4:00 pm

Histone 1, the guardian of genome stability

Aug 22, 2017 2:00 pm

Scientists headed by Ferran Azorín, CSIC research professor and head of the Chromatin Structure and Function group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), have discovered ...

Genome & Genomics (153)

Histone 1, the guardian of genome stability

Aug 22, 2017 2:00 pm

Scientists headed by Ferran Azorín, CSIC research professor and head of the Chromatin Structure and Function group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), have discovered ...

Genome analysis with near-complete privacy possible, say researchers

Aug 21, 2017 2:00 pm

It is now possible to scour complete human genomes for the presence of disease-associated genes without revealing any genetic information not directly associated with the inquiry, say Stanford Univers...

New version of DNA editing system corrects underlying defects in RNA-based diseases

Aug 18, 2017 2:00 pm

Until recently, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique could only be used to manipulate DNA. In a 2016 study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers repurposed the technique...

Gynecology (27)

How Were We Wrong in Understanding Sex Determination in Embryos?

Aug 19, 2017 1:00 pm

What to Choose; Sleep or Sex? Scientists Track How Flies Make Their Mind!

Aug 17, 2017 4:00 pm

A Common Antimicrobial Agent Has Irreversible Effect on Embryos!

Aug 15, 2017 5:00 pm

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have discovered that exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC), an antibacterial chemical common in personal care products like soaps and...

Hematology (43)

How Vitamin C Help Fighting Blood Cancer?

Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm

Vitamin C may "tell" faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of multiplying to cause blood cancers. This is the finding of a study led by researchers from Pe...

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

An Arthritis Drug May be The Hope to Millions of Blood Cancer Patients Worldwide!

Aug 17, 2017 3:00 pm

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Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Dengue Transmission Mapping Shows Strains Stay Close to Home

Apr 23, 2017 6:00 pm

Dengue virus is easily transmitted by mosquitos, but when scientists tracked its spread, they found that most people were exposed to the infection within a few minutes' walking distance to their h...

Mimicking Gut Infections to Better Understand Them

Mar 26, 2017 9:00 am

Vaccines and antimicrobials have done more to transform medicine and extend the average human lifespan than any other scientific breakthrough. Yet infectious diseases remain the world's no. 1 lead...

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Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Partnering cells turn off immune attack on pancreatic tumors

Aug 16, 2017 5:00 pm

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may restore the system's ability to attack these same tumor cells. ...

How Penile Bacteria Could Help HIV Infection?

Aug 15, 2017 3:00 pm

A ten-fold increase in some types of bacteria living under the foreskin can increase a man's risk of HIV infection by up to 63 percent, according to a new study by researchers at Milken Institute ...

Infectious Diseases (35)

How Penile Bacteria Could Help HIV Infection?

Aug 15, 2017 3:00 pm

A ten-fold increase in some types of bacteria living under the foreskin can increase a man's risk of HIV infection by up to 63 percent, according to a new study by researchers at Milken Institute ...

Protecting Infants from Zika Infection Using a Malaria Drug

Jul 18, 2017 3:00 pm

Devastating consequences of Zika virus infection are suffered in the womb, where the virus can cause brain damage and sometimes death. Studying pregnant mice, researchers at Washington University S...

Natural resistance to malaria linked to variation in human red blood cell receptors First study to identify protective effect of glycophorin gene rearrangements on malaria

Jun 24, 2017 10:00 am

Researchers have discovered that protection from the most severe form of malaria is linked with natural variation in human red blood cell genes. A study from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the W...

Infertility (14)

How Paracetamol Negatively Affects Male Fetus Development?

Jul 3, 2017 5:00 pm

Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit the development of 'male behavior' in mice. New research shows that it can reduce sex drive and aggressive behavior.Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is popu...

New Advances In Studying Infertility in Men

May 27, 2017 3:00 pm

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have developed a new technique to examine human sperm without killing them—helping to improve the diagnosis of fertility problems. The Magnetic Reson...

3D Printing Raise Hope to Cure Infertility Cases for Women

May 19, 2017 9:00 am

3-D printed bioprosthetic mouse ovaries restored fertility in infertile mice and produced healthy mouse pups. The mothers also were able to nurse their pups. The research is targeted to women whose ca...

Microbiology (111)

How dietary fiber helps the intestines maintain health

Aug 16, 2017 2:00 pm

UC Davis Health researchers have discovered how by-products of the digestion of dietary fiber by gut microbes act as the right fuel to help intestinal cells maintain gut health. The research, publi...

In Frogs, Microbiome Disruption in Youth Negatively Impacts Adult Health

Aug 8, 2017 10:30 am

Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their hosts. There is plenty of recent research linking human health to the microbiome, ...

Bacteria in Meat Found to Promote Colon Cancer Growth!

Jul 27, 2017 3:00 pm

Most colon cancers may be caused by infections with bacteria that are normally found in cows. For decades we have known that Streptococcus gallolyticus gallolyticus (SGG) is sometimes found in colon t...

Molecular Biochemistry (274)

Scientists Might Have Discovered a Painkiller That Beats Morphine!

Aug 21, 2017 8:00 pm

New Sweat-Based Biosensor Patients Easy and Comfortable Analysis

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Study identifies enzyme that protects cells from toxic fat

Aug 17, 2017 6:00 pm

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute sheds light on how a key fat-producing enzyme helps protect cells from a toxic form of fat. The new fi...

Molecular Pharmacology (133)

How Vitamin C Help Fighting Blood Cancer?

Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm

Vitamin C may "tell" faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of multiplying to cause blood cancers. This is the finding of a study led by researchers from Pe...

Uncovering a New Class of Drugs Against Resistant Breast Cancer!

Aug 22, 2017 10:00 am

Scientists Might Have Discovered a Painkiller That Beats Morphine!

Aug 21, 2017 8:00 pm

Mycology (3)

Planned Clinical Trials for a New Gene Therapy That Can Save Children's Lives

May 31, 2017 11:00 am

Approximately 250 babies are born in the U.S. each year with Type 1 SMA. Another 5,000 children have a Type 2 SMA, a milder form of the disease that Avexis would also like to target with its gene ther...

The Enormous Uncovered Potentials of Fungi

May 3, 2017 9:00 am

Fungi are a potential goldmine for the production of pharmaceuticals. This is shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, who have developed a method for finding new antibiotics from na...

Getting A Step Closer to the Artificial Organism

Mar 20, 2017 9:00 am

A global research team has built five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, meaning that 30 percent of a key organism's genetic material has now been swapped out for engineered replacements. This is on...

Nanotechnology (30)

Nanoparticles Join the Fight Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Jul 26, 2017 2:00 pm

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as "Gram-negative." These bacteria have two cell membranes, making it more difficult for d...

Nanobodies Open Gates for Antibodies Into Cells!

Jul 25, 2017 10:00 am

Scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich and the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) have managed to introduce tiny antibodies...

Scientists Make Heat Even More Hotter for Cancer Cells

Jul 11, 2017 11:00 am

Mineko Kengaku, Tatsuya Murakami, and their colleagues from Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a new method that modifies the surface of nano...

Neurology (401)

Prematurity leaves distinctive molecular signature in infants' cerebellum

Aug 21, 2017 6:00 pm

Premature birth, which affects one in 10 U.S. babies, is associated with altered metabolite profiles in the infants' cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls coordination and balance, a tea...

Neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches

Aug 20, 2017 6:00 pm

Scientists give star treatment to lesser-known cells crucial for brain development

Aug 19, 2017 6:00 pm

After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their due. To gather insight into a critical aspect of brain development, a team of scientists examined...

Nutrition (72)

How Vitamin C Help Fighting Blood Cancer?

Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm

Vitamin C may "tell" faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of multiplying to cause blood cancers. This is the finding of a study led by researchers from Pe...

How Probiotics Have the Potential to Save Thousands of Newborns Lives!

Aug 21, 2017 5:00 pm

If you're in desperate need for some good news, look no further. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment that could possibly save hundreds of thousands of newborns ...

Why Sweet Drinks and Meals Rich With Protein ٍare Bad Combination?

Aug 17, 2017 10:01 am

Having a sugar-sweetened drink with a high-protein meal may negatively affect energy balance, alter food preferences and cause the body to store more fat, according to a study published in the open ac...

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Damages of Fatty liver Are Not Limited to the Liver!

Aug 21, 2017 7:00 pm

The Long Lasting Effects of Childhood Exercise!

Aug 21, 2017 2:00 pm

The researchers, from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, found that bone retains a "memory" of exercise's effects long after the exercise is ceased, and this bone memor...

Finally Scientists Figure Out Why Antipsychotic Drugs Cause Weight Gain!

Aug 19, 2017 3:00 pm

Weight gain is an unfortunate side effect of many antipsychotic drugs like olanzapine. It’s important to help patients manage these unwanted complications, especially to improve their quality of...

Ophthalmology (22)

Preventing Angiogenesis in the Retina Using Genome Eediting

Aug 16, 2017 4:00 pm

A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented mice from developing angiogenesis of the retina -- the sensory tissue at the back of th...

Stomach Protein Offers Better Eye Moisturisers

Aug 3, 2017 11:00 am

After a long day of working at the computer, scratchy contact lenses are not only painful, over longer periods of time they can also damage ocular tissue. Relief may be in sight from a natural mucus c...

Stem Cells Therpay May Be the Answer to Heal Corneal Wounds

Aug 2, 2017 10:00 am

A new review is the first to directly examine the role of various stem cells in the healing of wounded cornea, the outermost part of the eye. In contrast with most other reviews, it covers all major c...

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How To Get a Cheap Microscope for Your Research?

Jul 25, 2017 11:00 am

Laboratory equipment is one of the largest cost factors in neuroscience. However, many experiments can be performed with good results using self-assembled setups involving 3-D printed components and s...

How Fetus' Genes Can Be Toxic On The Pregnant Mother?

Jun 24, 2017 9:00 am

A major new international study has revealed for the first time that some features in a baby's DNA can increase the risk of its mother developing pre-eclampsia -- a potentially dangerous condition...

Clinical Trials to Treat Children With Autism Using Cord Blood

Jun 22, 2017 12:00 pm

Although additional research is needed, scientists at Duke Health are reporting results from a small, early-stage study of an experimental autism therapy for children using their own umbilical cord bl...

Osteology (9)

The Long Lasting Effects of Childhood Exercise!

Aug 21, 2017 2:00 pm

The researchers, from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, found that bone retains a "memory" of exercise's effects long after the exercise is ceased, and this bone memor...

How Weight Loss Surgerys Can Affects Bone Density?

Aug 15, 2017 10:00 am

Bone marrow fat is thought to regulate bone metabolism, and high levels of marrow fat are seen in states of low bone mass, severe underweight, and diabetes. In a study of obese women undergoing gastri...

A Novel Drug for Slowing the Progression of Heart Valve Disease

Jun 26, 2017 10:00 am

A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease. However, the anti-inflammator...

Otolaryngology (2)

Sensory cell regeneration, the new path in treating hearing loss.

May 20, 2017 2:00 pm

In an apparent first, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have used genetic manipulation to regenerate auditory hair cells in adult mice. The research marks a possible advance in t...

Researchers Develop a New Test That Can Identify Hearing Deficits Can not be Detected with Traditional Means

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