How deformable cells are, and thus how stiff or squishy they are, plays an important role in retaining blood-forming stem cells in their marrow niches and thus preserving their long-term repopulation capabilities. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ... [Continue Reading]
Anti-TB drugs can increase susceptibility to Mtb reinfection
Current treatments for tuberculosis are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. They don't, however, always prevent reinfection. Why this happens is one of the long-standing questions in TB research. SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
A protein’s surprising role offers clues to limit graft-vs.-host disease
A protein that protects people with inflammatory bowel disease has quite a different effect in graft-vs.-host disease, a common and challenging side effect of bone marrow transplants. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health Research, Medicine ... [Continue Reading]
Ebola spreads to second largest city in DRC
Bunia is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This week (20th of March 2019), the Health Ministry confirmed a case of the highly fatal Ebola virus infection at Bunia. Bunia has a population of nearly one million and this ... [Continue Reading]
Highlighting social identity and peer group norms can increase water conservation
New research suggests that targeted use of behavioural 'nudges' can encourage people to conserve water. Researchers found that rather than giving people general information about the importance of saving water, emphasizing the water conserving ... [Continue Reading]
Study gives new perspective on production of blood cells and immune cells
A healthy adult makes about 2 million blood cells every second, and 99 percent of them are oxygen-carrying red blood cells. The other one percent are platelets and the various white blood cells of the immune system. How all the different kinds of ... [Continue Reading]
Researchers discover possible new therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug inhibitors at once to treat one of the world's deadliest cancers. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
Fentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave Begins
Overdose deaths involving fentanyl are rising — up 113 percent on average each year from 2013 to 2016. Dealers are adding cheap fentanyl to the illicit drug supply, and some users get it accidentally.(Image credit: Salwan Georges/Washington ... [Continue Reading]
Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center
At the center of our galaxy, where an enormous black hole blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and explode. astronomers have discovered two exhaust channels -- dubbed the 'galactic center ... [Continue Reading]
Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach
Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard of BRCA1, a protein that protects the cells of breast tissue against cancer. Surprisingly, this protein can also have the opposite effect: In another type of ... [Continue Reading]
New tool helps physiotherapy students to master complex fine motor skills
A new tool to help physiotherapy students master complex fine motor skills needed to assess and treat patients suffering physical conditions, such as back pain and spinal cord injuries, is being used at the University of Melbourne. SOURCE: The ... [Continue Reading]
Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
A researcher travels the Americas, collecting feces from nonhuman primates to determine the risk of Zika reservoirs. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut
Why do blood vessels naturally stiffen and degrade as we age, boosting cardiovascular disease risk? New University of Colorado Boulder research has identified a surprising new culprit—and it lives in your gut. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health ... [Continue Reading]
U.S. Mathematician Becomes First Woman To Win Abel Prize, ‘Math’s Nobel’
"I find that I am bored with anything I understand," Karen Uhlenbeck once said. That sentiment is part of why she won what many call the Nobel of mathematics Tuesday. SOURCE: Research News : NPR - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Researchers Examine Who’s Better At College Basketball’s Free-Throw Line
March Madness is here, and college basketball is in the spotlight. When it comes to making free throws, who is better: College players who would eventually go pro, or players who would never go pro? SOURCE: Research News : NPR - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
Latest advances and perspectives of all AI types used in pharmaceutical R&D
The advances in Artificial intelligence have successfully propagated into the many areas such as computer vision, speech recognition, and natural language processing. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Inflammation links heart disease and depression
People with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression, and the opposite is also true. Now, scientists believe they have identified a link between these two conditions: inflammation -- the body's response to negative environmental ... [Continue Reading]
Supportive parenting can reduce child’s anxiety
Teaching parents ways to respond to their child’s anxiety may reduce symptoms as well as the standard therapy treatment for childhood anxiety. SOURCE: NIH Research Matters - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Blocking a pathway to heart failure
Researchers identified drugs to restore heart muscle function in rodents with heart failure. The findings may help pave the way for a similar approach in people. SOURCE: NIH Research Matters - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Getting active later in life brings benefits
People who were inactive as teens and young adults but increased physical activity in middle age saw the same reduced risk of death as those who stayed active from adolescence onward. SOURCE: NIH Research Matters - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
How the catch of the day could keep asthma at bay
Oily fish such as salmon and sardines have long been classed as a superfood staple, and now new research suggests they could also help prevent asthma. SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Researchers advance craniofacial surgery with 3-D implants made inside the patient
The jawbone is not typically connected to the rib bone, but it might be in an emergency. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health Research, Medicine Sciences Research, Health Sciences Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
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