A new study of healthy young adults suggests that standing more could be a simple way to raise daily energy…
Precious metal flecks could be catalyst for better cancer therapies
Tiny extracts of a precious metal used widely in industry could play a vital role in new cancer therapies.
Animal model proteins important in study of human disease
Little is known about the proteins and cellular pathways that lead to the formation of the human heart or the…
New blood test for prostate cancer is highly-accurate and avoids invasive biopsies
A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer,…
Pelosi Energizes Battle to Lower Drug Prices
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s draft plan to allow the federal government to negotiate the price of hundreds of drugs will add…
Reconfigurable electronics show promise for wearable, implantable devices
Medical implants of the future may feature reconfigurable electronic platforms that can morph in shape and size dynamically as bodies…
Foot painters’ toes mapped like fingers in the brain
Using your feet like hands can cause organized ‘hand-like’ maps of the toes in the brain, never before documented in…
Brain circuit controls individual responses to temptation in rats
Differences in a key brain circuit may suggest why some individuals are less able than others to resist tempting cues,…
Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivation
Researchers have shown a link between the diet of Roman Britons and their mortality rates for the first time, overturning…
Gene coding error found in rare, inherited form of lung-scarring disorder linked to short telomeres
By combing through the entire genetic sequences of a person with a lung scarring disease and 13 of the person’s…