UC Riverside studies reveal PTPN2’s role in keeping harmful bacteria in check and preventing inflammation Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the…
Through a clever combination of two imaging modalities, scientists from Caltech and USC have developed a new technique that can quickly provide 3D color images that capture both the structure of soft…
Thousands of U.S. deaths per year linked to particulate matter from wood smoke Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter’s night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition.…
Recognizing the sight of blood in urine, the most common first sign of bladder cancer, is often the impetus that leads people to a diagnosis. But for those with colorblindness, who usually…
Natural ovulation before frozen embryo transfer is as effective as hormone treatment for achieving a healthy baby by vitro fertilisation (IVF), finds a clinical trial from China published by The BMJ today. Natural ovulation is…
Finding should offer relief for patients needing long term proton pump inhibitor therapy, say researchers The long term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs widely used to treat…
When lung cancer treatment stops working, what happens next? New research reveals the answer may depend on how the cancer grows. Medical researchers at Flinders University have uncovered an important clue that…
A*STAR team identifies druggable molecular target that could enhance treatment for EGFR-mutant lung cancers prevalent in Asia Scientists from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified why certain…
Mass General Brigham-developed system achieved high accuracy in validation studies, prompting release on open source to enable further investigations A team of Mass General Brigham researchers has developed one of the first…
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections—to obtain cholesterol and other essential lipids directly from the human body.…
