But researchers from Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a protein in nerve cells that acts as a switch for chronic pain, and have applied for a…
With diabetes disease-management programs becoming more commonly used among physician groups, the question arises: Just how effective are they at improving…
“The discovery underscores the significance of heredity in susceptibility to atrial fibrillation,” explains Timothy M. Olson, M.D., director of the…
Remarkable and unexpected support for this idea occurred when divers and scientists from UC Santa Barbara observed and videotaped a massive blowout of methane…
A gene that is critical for normal mammary gland function during nursing helps trigger a highly lethal group of leukemias when it undergoes a mutation that…
For over a decade, the technique of distraction has been researched and successfully applied in clinical practice in order to reduce pain associated with…
Concerns have been raised for years about the loss of pollination services, but until recently most of the evidence has been restricted to a few key species or…
In a commentary article published today in the open access journal Environmental Health, professors Paolo Vineis and David Kriebel emphasize that the…
Titled ‘Globalisation, population mobility and impact of migration on population’, the booklet brings together work done by Professors John Salt, of University…
Nor-X Industry AS, a company located in Sunnmøre, has launched the additive that makes plastic decompose in a short time when exposed to light and humidity….
Two research teams are working side by side at SINTEF on totally different solutions about what we should do with our plastic waste. While one team is trying…
The separate studies carried out at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Free and University College Medical School were both funded by the Biotechnology…
New data on young galaxies is already challenging current thinking on galaxy formation, revealing galaxies that are massive at a much earlier stage of…
The German biotech company Bionas GmbH, Rostock, has made a first study investigating primary human hepatocytes with in vitro test in the Bionas® 2500…
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced several new sequencing targets including…
Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according…
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