Increased levels of depression as a result of discrimination could contribute to low birth weight babies.
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Section: Health Sciences
In a study to decipher clues about how prostate cancer cells grow and become more aggressive, urologists have found that reduction of a specific protein is correlated with the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, acting as a red flag to indicate an incre…
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Genetic investigation of a Malaysian tribe may tell scientists why East Asians have light skin but lower skin cancer rates than Europeans, according to a team of international researchers. Understanding the differences could lead to a better way to pro…
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An ultra-fast, 320-detector computed tomography scanner can accurately sort out which people with chest pain need — or don’t need — an invasive procedure such as cardiac angioplasty or bypass surgery to restore blood flow to the heart, according to a…
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Graphene-based materials kill bacteria through one of two possible mechanisms. Researchers have now compared the antibacterial activity of graphite, graphite oxide, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide using the model bacterium Escherichia coli.
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Scientists have opened a new front against the cause of sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted between humans by tsetse flies. The researchers learned a bacterium living in those flies how to produce antibodies against the parasite. Applicatio…
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS, is a devastating, rapidly advancing disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. But researchers have identified a new target f…
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New research examines why some cancer vaccines are not effective, while identifying a new therapeutic strategy for treating autoimmune problems. Scientists suggest that even early stage cancer produces a negative immune response from dendritic cells. A…
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Prostate cancer in African-American men is associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, and by establishing the link in men of African as well as European descent, researchers may have found a useful new biomarker for prostate cancer.
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Scientists have succeeded in clarifying the molecular signature of the viruses that lead to an increasing size and number of hantavirus outbreaks in Germany.
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The respective size of the pulmonary artery compared to the aorta, visible on a CT scan, is a strong predictor of the risk of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to new research from UAB. The research team says that an incr…
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