The treatment is complex and requires the close collaboration of the Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Conventional and Interventionist Radiology, Hepatology…
Orthopaedic implants help millions of Americans stay active. But these medical devices are prone to infection, forcing patients back to surgery for repair or…
A team of researchers working with Alexander Gaeta, Cornell professor of applied and engineering physics, and Michal Lipson, assistant professor of electrical…
These are the conclusions of numerical modeling experiments by scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. The study will be published 15 July in…
Strained silicon is a new, rapidly developing material for building enhanced-performance silicon-based transistors. Introducing a slight tensile strain in the…
Quantum computers would exploit the unusual behavior of the smallest particles of matter and light. Their theoretical ability to perform vast numbers of…
Their discovery, detailed in the July 7 issue of the journal Science, is one of the first to demonstrate how a small change in a single nucleotide—the smallest…
The Wildlife Conservation Society has launched an ambitious new program that calls for a 50 percent increase in tiger numbers in key areas over the next…
Since the 1980s, scientists have known that solitons can carry an electrical charge when traveling through certain organic polymers. A new study now suggests…
Findings of a recent genetic study on developmental brain disorders may be the “tip of an iceberg” revealing factors involved with a number of congenital…
Many of these patients are teens who take enzymes to help digest their food and undergo daily physical therapy to loosen the thick, sticky mucus that clogs…
Joseph. G. Grzywacz, Ph.D., and colleagues from Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine…
“These chemicals are potent inhibitors of an enzyme called betaine-homocysteine-S-methyltransferase (BHMT),” said Garrow.”BHMT catalyzes a reaction that…
“These chemicals are potent inhibitors of an enzyme called betaine-homocysteine-S-methyltransferase (BHMT),” said Garrow.”BHMT catalyzes a reaction that…
A functioning liver is essential for human survival with liver failure ultimately resulting in death, and liver transplantation is presently the only treatment…
“Maintaining genome integrity is crucial for cell survival,” says Jef Boeke, Ph.D., Sc.D., the report's senior author, a professor of molecular biology and…