An insect larva covered by plant remains that lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 110…
Month: December 2012
Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection
White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an…
Potent antibodies neutralize HIV and could offer new therapy, study finds
Having HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, but it’s still a lifelong illness that…
Intensified chemotherapy shows promise for children with very high risk form of leukemia
Pediatric patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are likely to relapse after chemotherapy treatment…
More than 3,000 epigenetic switches control daily liver cycles
When it’s dark, and we start to fall asleep, most of us think we’re tired…
Experimental graft-versus-host disease treatment equivalent to standard care in phase 3 trial
Researchers found an experimental drug combination for preventing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was not significantly better…
Pre-diabetic patients respond to self-directed lifestyle interventions, researcher says
Efforts to help overweight patients avoid diabetes through lifestyle changes need not rely on intensive,…
Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about environmental issues when couched in terms of fending off threats to ‘purity’
When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that…
Before ‘Skyfall’: 46 years of violence in James Bond movies
Violent acts in James Bond films were more than twice as common in “Quantum of…
Can going hungry as a child slow down cognitive decline in later years?
People who sometimes went hungry as children had slower cognitive decline once they were elderly…