Automakers are looking for ways to improve their fleets’ average fuel efficiency, and scientists may…
Month: July 2015
Programming adult stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and more by mimicking nature
Stem cells hold great potential for addressing a variety of conditions from spinal cord injuries…
E-cigarettes may be as addictive as traditional ones
Electronic cigarettes or ‘e-cigs’ have been touted as a tool smokers can use to wean…
Menopause associated with more fat around heart, raising risk for heart disease
Late- and post-menopausal women have significantly greater volumes of fat around their hearts — a…
Source of debilitating memory loss in people with psychosis discovered
As disabling as its delusions and hallucinations, psychosis’ devastating toll on memory arises from dysfunction…
Some Vietnam vets currently have PTSD 40 years after war ended, study finds
While it has been 40 years since the Vietnam War ended, about 271,000 veterans who…
Device keeps donor livers healthy outside the body until transplant
A deceased donor liver has been preserved and kept healthy outside the body in a…
Guidelines: Authors’ conflicts of interest should lead to consequences
A guideline—recommendations on diagnosing and treating a particular disorder—aims to present the best possible treatment…
New material forges the way for ‘stem cell factories’
If you experience a major heart attack the damage could cost you around five billion…
Important molecule in ovarian cancer
An important new target for ovarian cancer therapy has been identified by scientists. Contrary to…