Heart failure patients who are getting by on existing drug therapies can look forward to…
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How chemists are helping us not get food poisoning
Borrowing concepts from medical diagnostic devices, chemists have created a simple, cheap set of handheld…
Cellular senescence prevented by the SETD8 enzyme
An enzyme that blocks cellular senescence and its mechanisms has been discovered by a Japanese…
Early deaths from childhood cancer up to 4 times more common than previously reported
Treatments for childhood cancers have improved to the point that 5-year survival rates are over…
Why do shorter men go bald more often?
Short men may have an increased risk of becoming bald prematurely. An international genetic study…
Vitamin C effective in targeting cancer stem cells
Researchers have measured the impact on cancer stem cell metabolism of three natural substances, three…
How much sun is good for our health?
Researchers have estimated the duration of solar radiation exposure required in order to obtain the…
Traveling through scattering tissue with far less light
Medical applications of light, looking inside human tissue, often are limited by the highly scattering…
A nose for smells? Practice makes perfect
The human brain has the ability to recognize and process a very wide range of…
The sky is the limit for new low-cost 3D printer
A research team is in the process of making a 3D printed Tower of Babel…