Scientists have discovered a new cause of Parkinson’s disease — mutations in a gene called…
Month: June 2016
Two kinds of Medicare, two kinds of patients? Findings may mean a lot for health policy
Nearly one in three American senior citizens choose to get their government-funded Medicare health coverage…
Speeding up drug discovery to fight tuberculosis
Researchers have deciphered how the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is able to tolerate the recently…
Novel imaging model helps reveal new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common of pancreatic cancers, is extraordinarily lethal, with a five-year…
Late-term birth associated with better school-based cognitive functioning
Better measures of school-based cognitive function were associated with late-term infants born at 41 weeks…
Pictures warning of smoking dangers on cigarette packs increased quit attempts
Affixing pictures on cigarette packets to illustrate the danger of smoking increased attempts by smokers…
Intensive treatment of glucose levels can lead to serious complications
With a more-is-better mindset common in society, frequent commercials encouraging checks of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C)…
Scientists use silver to make lights shine brightly
The toxic and expensive phosphors used widely in fluorescent lighting could be eliminated thanks to…
New tool in CRISPR genome editing, Cpf1, proved its marked specificity, produced a targeted mutant mouse
Two studies outline Cpf1’s superiority as a precise genome editing tool with no unintended mutations….
Epigenomic alterations contribute to obesity-associated diabetes
Obesity is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, yet not all obese humans…