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(Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center) Viruses must enter cells of the human body to cause disease. Infection biologists from the German Primate Center, together with colleagues at Charité - Universitä...

(University of Arizona Health Sciences) University of Arizona Health Sciences study finds when whites and Native Americans in comparable income and education levels are compared, whites consume more cigarettes and are mo...

Researchers calculate that the effects of air pollution shorten the lives of people around the world by an average of almost three years.

The gut microbiome, which is a collection of numerous beneficial bacteria species, is key to our overall well-being and good health. Recent studies have linked the gut microbiome with several beneficial properties, such ...

A population of stem cells with the ability to generate new bone has been newly discovered by a group of researchers.

Scientists show light-activated molecular drills effectively kill cells in whole eukaryotic organisms. The drills, designed to target drug-resistant bacteria, cancer and other disease-causing cells, can now be used to ki...

A new coating that activates in low intensity light to kill bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli has been developed.

Mice exposed to stress in the womb and soon after birth can expect a lifetime of immune system deficiencies that hinder the ability to ward off infections and cancer.

For years, curry lovers have sworn by the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, but its active compound, curcumin, has long frustrated scientists hoping to validate these claims with clinical studies.

Early proponents of genome sequencing made misleading predictions about its potential in medicine.

Power Integrations introduced the 1SP0351 SCALE-2 single-channel, +15/-10 V, plug-and-play gate-driver, developed specifically for new 4500 V press-pack IGBT (PPI) modules from manufacturers such as Toshiba, Westcode and...

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A new joint study by Tel Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers has yielded an innovative method for bolstering memory processes in the brain during sleep.

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Can phagocytes act like a Trojan horse, transporting tumor cells within themselves and thereby causing metastases in cancer patients? PD Dr. Heiko Bruns at Universitätsklinikum Erlange...

(American Gastroenterological Association) In two new papers published online in Gastroenterology, investigators from China describe the impact of coronavirus on the digestive tract. Here are the key findings.

(Columbia University) A new model based on 17 years of data can help predict the trajectory of where Lyme disease will spread. Identifying high-risk areas can lead to surveillance in counties and areas where infections a...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) have been identified as accurate indicators for graft failure after cardiac transplantation, according to ...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Just like humans, dogs are sometimes born with impaired hearing or experience hearing loss as a result of disease, inflammation, aging or exposure to noise. Dog o...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In experiments with mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have slowed the growth of transplanted human prostate and pancreatic cancer cells by introducing bone marr...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) An American Journal of Roentgenology open-access article by radiologists from Wuhan, China concluded that chest CT had a low rate of misdiagnosis of COVID-19 (3.9%, 2/51) and could help st...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough.

(Baylor College of Medicine) Neurofibromin (NF1), a protein involved in cancer growth, helps estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer develop resistance to hormone therapy by two independent mechanisms, not one as ...

(Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf) Chlamydia, a type of pathogenic bacteria, need to penetrate human cells in order to multiply. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf (HHU) have now identified the b...