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News UNN researchers are also working to create an artificial nerve cell ... Contributed Author: Lobachevsky University Topics: Neurology

(University of Surrey) The unique liver function of a South American amphibian, Siphonops annulatus, could pave the way to finding a cure to the devastating liver condition cirrhosis, a new study published in the prestig...

Diphtheria is spreading fast in Cox's Bazar

Product Announcement The 22ECP35 brushless DC motor features Portescap's Ultra coil technology, which provides torque and power density ... Contributed Author: Portescap

News The technology can be used to create things such as implants and ingestibles ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables

News The new process allows researchers to bioengineer single batches of up to 20,000 genetically matched, three-dimensional and highly functional liver micro-buds ... Contributed Author: Cincinnati Children's Hospital M...

News As little as 3 volts are applied to a chip made from glass and plastic. The chip contains tiny channels just the width of a human hair ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Oncology

News The first clinical study of a low-cost, hand-held jaundice detector invented by Rice University students couldn't have come at a better time for NEST360 ... Contributed Author: Rice University Topics: Medical Diagno...

The first successful pregnancy from a transplanted uterus in the United States gave a new hope to many women who are unable to give birth. But, it also sparked an intense debate about the ethics of the risky surgery.

Researchers who analyzed cheese consumption of more than 200,000 people have discovered that eating cheese every day is linked to lower risks of heart disease and stroke. But that doesn't mean you should eat as much as y...

(University of Cambridge) The theory that education protects against Alzheimer's disease has been given further weight by new research from the University of Cambridge, funded by the European Union. The study is publishe...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Screening used synthetic compound similar to curcumin (a pigment extracted from turmeric), which displayed anti-tumor action in preliminary tests. Next step will be...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A gene controlling our biological clocks plays a vital role in regulating human-specific genes important to brain evolution. The findings from the O'Donnell Brain Institute open new paths...

(Stellenbosch University) This is the first time that both Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii have been found in such large numbers on trees in South Africa. To date, only two studies (one from 2009 and the ...

(Thomas Jefferson University) New research shows how losing a ubiquitous gene opens genetic floodgates that make prostate cancer deadly, a finding that could apply to many cancers.

(Wiley) Physical activity can benefit patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a common condition with no pharmacological treatment, but no clear recommendations exist on the optimal amount or intens...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) In the December featured basic science article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Belgian researchers report on the first large-scale longitudinal imaging study to eva...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) The field of circadian rhythms is being recognized with a Nobel Prize this year for the discovery of a fruit fly gene controlling the biological clock. But a series of more recent advance...

(University of Cologne) Researchers from Cologne, Tallinn, and Edinburgh have found out that the compound eyes of today's insects and crustaceans are still constructed in much the same way as 500 million years ago. The r...

(Wiley) In an Arthritis Care & Research analysis of 6,661 participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, maintaining at least low levels of physical activity throughout middle age was associated wit...

(Wiley) In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study, a blood-based precision medicine test incorporating age, sex, and gene expression score was helpful in evaluating older outpatients with symptoms suggestive ...

(Wiley) In a Pediatric Pulmonology study of children aged 15 months, increasing hair nicotine levels were related to prior parent-reported smoking exposure and were associated with potential increased risks of wheeze and...