In a paper to be published August 28 in the Journal of Cell Biology, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign describe a new technique that can measure the position of every single gene in the nucleus to build a 3-D picture of the genome's organization
A study by scientists at The University of Manchester and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found a link between the humble beetroot and blood pressure regulation in pregnant women
Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, the authors found that an increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality.
A new cyclic hexapeptide, nocardiotide A (1), together with three known compounds tryptophan (2), kynurenic acid (3), and 4-amino-3-methoxy benzoic acid (4) were isolated and identified from the broth culture of Nocardiopsis sp. UR67 strain associated with the marine sponge Callyspongia sp. from the Red Sea.
Children with certain types of brain tumors who undergo radiation therapy are less likely to recall the specifics of events occurring after radiation than to remember pre-treatment happenings, according to a Baylor University study.
An Arlington, Texas physician has reached a plea deal for his role in a hospice scheme that defrauded Medicare and Medicaid out of $60 million, in part by signing blank prescriptions, according to the Dallas Morning News.
A newly developed rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in Peru, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
A team of physicians and computer scientists at the University of California has shown that it is easy to modify medical test results remotely by attacking the connection between hospital laboratory devices and medical record systems.
A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso initiative that is increasing the number of screenings for colorectal cancer across West Texas has caught the eye of the National Cancer Institute.
Hospitals are energy hogs. With their 24/7 lighting, heating and water needs, they use up to five times more energy than a fancy hotel. Some hospitals are revamping with a different goal in mind: becoming more energy-efficient, which can also boost the bottom line.
Neutrophils; short-lived, highly mobile and versatile; outnumber all other immune cells circulating through the bloodstream. Despite the cells' abundance, the progenitor cell that only gives rise to neutrophils had eluded all efforts to track it down.
Pediatric researchers have identified a gene mutation that causes a serious lymphatic condition and used that knowledge to restore normal lymphatic vessels in model animals. The laboratory findings may lead to a new therapy for patients with this type of abnormal lymphatic circulation.