Using a mobile app that tracks eating and activity helped people lose an average of…
Month: December 2012
Binge eating, overeating may be associated with initiating use of marijuana, other drugs
Overeating and binge eating may be associated with initiating use of marijuana and other drugs…
Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia
A two-prong approach combining ibrutinib and rituximab (Rituxin®) to treat aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)…
Toxic interaction in neurons that leads to dementia and ALS discovered
Researchers have uncovered a toxic cellular process by which a protein that maintains the health…
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs also wiped out the ‘Obamadon’
The asteroid collision widely thought to have killed the dinosaurs also led to extreme devastation…
How our nerves regulate insulin secretion
Researchers have managed to graft beta cells into the eyes of mice in order to…
Biologists engineer algae to make complex anti-cancer ‘designer’ drug
Biologists have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic…
Inspiration from a porcupine’s quills
Researchers hope to exploit the porcupine quill’s unique properties to develop new types of adhesives,…
Possible clue to children’s early antisocial behavior
Both nature and nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted…
As Amazon urbanizes, rural fires burn unchecked
Many Amazonians are moving out of the countryside, in search of economic opportunities in newly…