Why do some people react altruistically to news about an Ebola outbreak while others do…
Month: December 2015
Brain differences in premature babies who later develop autism
Extremely premature babies run a much higher risk of developing autism in later childhood, and…
Coral symbionts take to the open ocean
Symbiodinium is a unicellular alga that plays a major role in coral reefs by forming…
Einstein’s Cross under the gravitational microlens
Spanish astrophysicists obtain precise measurements for an object orbiting a black hole five billion light-years…
Tumors hijack export pathway in cells to resist chemotherapy and fuel disease progression
A novel strategy that aggressive sarcomas use to promote drug resistance and cancer’s spread has…
Large proportion of IBS sufferers are vitamin D deficient
A large proportion of people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) are vitamin D deficient,…
Women experiencing delay in labor willing to forsake their own birth plans
A new study of women’s experiences of delay in labor has revealed that many moms-to-be…
Reduction of contrast medium volume and radiation dose in CTA scans
Researchers have shown that a CTA scan (a scan of the arteries) can be performed…
‘Metal’ drugs to fight cancer
A new study improves our understanding of chemotherapy agents. The mechanism of action of metal-based…
Targeted alpha therapy’s potential to eliminate HIV-infected cells
Targeted alpha therapy has the potential to selectively eliminate HIV infected cells from the central…