A new study has revealed promising targets for the development of new drugs against childhood obesity. Researchers have identified four genes newly associated with childhood obesity and an increased burden of rare genetic deletions and rearrangements in severely obese children. Gaining a better...

Alrededor de 390 millones de personas se infectan cada año con esta enfermedad olvidada, el triple de los que calcula la agencia sanitaria de la ONU, según un estudio. América y Asia son los continentes más afectados, aunque África también sufre una gran incidencia ||| Fuente :...

The world’s first clinical trial to explore the use of the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms to treat depression is being delayed due to the UK and EU rules on the use of illegal drugs in research. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/p...

Exposure of the developing fetus to excessive levels of stress hormones in the womb can cause mood disorders in later life and now, for the first time, researchers have found a mechanism that may underpin this process. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/e...

As many as three quarters of advanced ovarian cancer patients appeared to respond to a new two-step immunotherapy approach -- including one patient who achieved complete remission -- according to new research. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/N...

Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital in excruciating pain. New research identifies an important role zinc plays in the disease process. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/p...

Researchers describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson’s disease using a common sweetener, mannitol. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/T...

'Materia' publica el prólogo que el propio Mario Bunge escribe para el primer libro de la colección que lleva su nombre en la editorial Laetoli: 'La ciencia. Su método y su filosofía' ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uom...

The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published today and part-funded by the Wellcome Trust. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/wt-...

A new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming. The separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and expand disease modeling. Fuente :...

In a ground-breaking study, researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan report a new technique that allows them to visualize the distribution of retinoic acid in a live zebrafish embryo, in real-time. This technique enabled them to observe two concentration gradients going in opposing directions along the...

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including optogenetics, Jaideep Bains, Ph.D., and colleagues have shown stress circuits are capable of self-tuning following a...

This study, published in Nature Genetics April 7, has revealed promising targets for the development of new drugs against childhood obesity. Researchers have identified four genes newly associated with childhood obesity and an increased burden of rare genetic deletions and rearrangements in severely obese children. Gaining a...

Researchers have solved a 60-year-old mystery by identifying a gene that can cause rejection, kidney failure and even death in some blood transfusion patients. In this study, published in Nature Genetics online 7 April, they identified the gene that underlies the Vel blood group and will lead to the development of more reliable...

A study shows metabolite biomarker could improve spiral CT screening, help detect disease early. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uot...

Dana-Farber scientists find when given together, two orally available experimental drugs -- sapacitabine and seliciclib -- worked together to elicit antitumor effects in patients with incurable BRCA-deficient cancers. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/dci...

A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis -- or the hardening or clogging of the arteries -- according to Cleveland Clinic research published online this week in the journal Nature Medicine. Fuente :...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced awarding the first grants in a new initiative intended to increase understanding of the science underpinning global climate change among thousands of people around the country. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.D., 2012 president of ACS, the world's...

Researchers devised a next gen cancer immune approach in which the activation signal for T cells is physically dissociated from a second costimulatory signal for immune cells. The two CARs carry different antigen specificity -- mesothelin and a-folate receptor. Mesothelin is primarily associated...

With lithium-ion batteries in the news for grounding the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet -- and as a fixture in many consumer electronics products -- li-ion technology is the topic of dozens of potentially newsworthy scientific reports that begin here today. The presentations are part of the 245th...

At least nine Nobel laureates have research that will be presented here this week during the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Research from the laureates' teams will be among almost 12,000 presentations during the event,...

Renowned for its cuisine and chefs and as a global hub of the energy industry, New Orleans this week hosts the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The meeting, which begins today and continues through Thursday, happens to...

Una universidad de EEUU rescata más de 2.000 imágenes empleadas para dar clase por el profesor Jesse Earl Hyde entre 1915 y 1936 ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University describe experiments with fruit fly larvae that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson's disease using a common sweetener, mannitol. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/gso...

Dana-Farber researchers find novel antibody-guided drug achieves responses in platinum drug-resistant ovarian cancer. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/dci...

Dana-Farber researchers find that a blood test can provide a fuller picture of cancer mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors than biopsies. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/dci...

As many as three-quarters of advanced ovarian cancer patients appeared to respond to a new two-step immunotherapy approach -- including one patient who achieved complete remission -- according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today in a press conference at...

In the first ever analysis of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension for every county, researchers revealed significant differences across the United States. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/J...