Intimate partner homicide among teens does occur and 90% of the victims are girls, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. “This is a public health issue should be take seriously,” said lead author Avanti Adhia; a senior fellow at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center; at the University of Washington School of…
Fasciola hepatica is a parasite that causes on average 3.2 million in losses in the agricultural sector every year worldwide. It is a two-centimeter-long worm at adult size that mainly affects ruminants; by means of water or raw vegetables that act as vehicles of infection. Moveover, in developing countries with deficient sanitary control systems; more…
The eight-time national champion UTA Movin’ Mavs might be getting even better soon, thanks to some ingenuity among mechanical engineering students. A University of Texas at Arlington senior design project team built a treadmill that can be use by athletes in wheelchairs. Brandon Griffin, team leader on the project and a mechanical engineering student, said…
New research from the University of East Anglia reveals how soil bacteria build the only known enzyme for the destruction of the potent global warming and ozone-depleting gas nitrous oxide. Alongside carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane; the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O); commonly known as ‘laughing gas’; is now a cause for great concern; and…
Even when feeling empathy for others is not financially costly or emotionally draining; people will still avoid it because they think empathy requires too much mental effort; according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Empathy, the ability to understand the feelings of another person; is often view as a virtue that encourages…
Low scam awareness in older people is associate with risk for developing Alzheimer dementia or mild cognitive impairment in the future. These findings suggest that changes in social judgment occur before changes in thinking or memory are recognizable. Findings from a prospective cohort study are published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Impairment is critically important…
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells are T cells that have genetically engineered to produce an artificial T-cell receptor. Chimeric antigen receptors are bioengineered proteins that give T-cells the mechanism; to neutralize a particular protein. The receptors are termed “chimeric” because they utilize both native T-cell functions; the new antigen-recognizing functions into one receptor. An advance in…
Australia has more salmonella outbreaks than any other country in the world, with the number of cases doubling over the last decade. Over the past month alone, there have been numerous reports of the salmonella pathogen infecting eggs, leading to vast recalls of products and sparking calls from experts for more stringent hygiene practices. In…
Chemists at Tokyo Tech’s Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science have design and developed a capsule-shaped synthetic receptor that can distinguish between male and female steroid hormones. Namely, the receptor displays unusual high binding affinity toward androgenic male hormones in water. Natural biological receptors Published today in Science Advances, their achievement is a prime example of…
One summer’s morning Paniya Sardar noticed a strange mark on her leg. It was the size of her palm; light in colour and felt numb to touch. She had no idea what had caused it. The family took Paniya, then 14; to a private clinic near their home on the outskirts of Biratnagar, a city…
The loss of tiny cells in the inner ear, known as “hair cells,” is a leading cause of hearing loss, a public health problem affecting at least one out of three people over the age of 65. Of the two varieties of hair cells, the “outer hair cells” act as micromotors that amplify incoming sound,…
Today (Tuesday, 23 April) marks the beginning of a new era in treatment planning at the University Proton Therapy Dresden of the University Hospital in Dresden (Germany): For the worldwide first time, a new approach increases the accuracy, safety and probably also the tolerability of proton therapy. New approach increases The range prediction procedure is…