“Temperature is a key driver of several of the essential mosquito and parasite life history traits that combine to determine transmission intensity, including…
From earlier studies it was known that Ectoin has the potential to prevent the induction of lung inflammation. In the recent issue of the European Respiratory…
As unlovely as that seems, once in the bowel this resistant starch does some important things, including decreasing bowel pH and transit time, and increasing…
Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating novel and differentiated protein-based biotherapeutics, has published preclinical data in…
The Northwestern Medicine® research, which will be published February 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by lead author Arun K. Sharma,…
They are using an enzyme isolated from a marine bacterium Bacillus licheniformis found on the surface of seaweed which the scientists at Newcastle University…
A new study by Columbia Engineering researchers finds that the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain. The paper,…
The concentration of organochloride contaminants in the majority of the samples was lower than levels set by European legislation, but in a few cases it was…
This is shown by the Swedish Obese Subjects study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, involving 104 patients who were…
It is well established that cholesterol is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol – which is mainly synthesized in the body but also…
The study appeared in the Feb. 13 online issue of Oncogene. The IKBKE gene is part of a family of enzyme complexes involved in increasing cellular…
Researchers at The University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have discovered that many women with low-grade…
EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid…
Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.“We know that inflammation in the gut can…
The experimental drug selumetinib may allow some patients with advanced thyroid cancer to overcome resistance to radioiodine (RAI), the most effective therapy…
In 2008, nearly 300,000 Chinese children were hospitalised with kidney disease brought on by supplies of powdered milk deliberately contaminated with melamine…