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Videos A team of Penn State students is working to bring an idea that would save countless lives to reality. The Kijenzi Project is a business model and application that aims to provide 3D printing of medical equipment t...

Videos Scientists have invented a new way to synthesize DNA that promises to be easier and faster, does not require the use of toxic chemicals and is potentially more accurate. The technique could produce DNA strands 10 ...

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(JAMA Network) A diet with calorie restriction two days per week was comparable to a diet with daily calorie restriction for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.

(University of Ottawa Heart Institute) A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association examines the prevalence of frailty an...

(University of Barcelona) A new study, published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, wants to shape a new guideline --with a more global and coordinated perspective-- for several social and economic se...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers show in a new randomiz...

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola Medicine radiologist Jennifer Lim-Dunham, M.D., and colleagues have received the Society for Pediatric Radiology's prestigious Walter E. Berdon Award for best clinical research pa...

(European Lung Foundation) The European Respiratory Society International Congress will take place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from September 15 to 19, 2018.The Congress will be attended by the world's leading ...

(University of the Basque Country ) In the lab it was possible to improve the symptoms in the chronic phase of the disease while encouraging the repair of the nervous tissue, and the challenge now is to move the research...

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Researchers have reversed wrinkled skin and hair loss, hallmarks of aging, in a mouse model. When a mutation leading to mitochondrial dysfunction is induced, the mouse develops wrink...

(University of York) Exposure to secondhand smoke is causing thousands of still births in developing countries, according to new research carried out by the University of York.

(Academy of Finland) Researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland have discovered novel genes and mechanisms that can explain how a genomic variant in a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs11672691 influences pros...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has systematically analyzed sci...

(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)) Elementary cytoskeleton protein is different in parasites and represents a starting point for a possible new therapy against malaria infections. Researchers from the ...

(San Francisco State University) Identical twins share over 99 percent of the same genetic material, which can make them ideal subjects for studying how other factors besides genetics can affect health. A new study by th...

(University of Tsukuba) The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) in the brain plays a critical role in the initiation and maintenance of sleep, while the lateral posterior part of the hypothalamus contains neuronal popu...

(National Centre for Biological Sciences) Protocadherin-15 is crucial in allowing the inner ear to detect sound and balance information and pass it on to the brain, and mutations in protocadherin-15 cause hearing loss. T...

(JAMA Network) Physical conditions in a neighborhood matter. Trash, a lack of sidewalks and parks, and vacant or dilapidated spaces have been associated with depression, while living near green spaces has been associated...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A drug currently in clinical trials for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease may someday have value for treating heart failure, according to results of early animal studies by Johns Hopkins M...