Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to make vaccines more effective. No one knows, however, how they boost the immune response. Researchers continue unraveling the mystery of adjuvants with a report that host DNA coats the alum adjuvant and induces two...

One of the most controversial topics in neurology today is the prevalence of serious permanent brain damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according...

Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases. Among the main considerations are the anxiety of waiting for a donor organ, the risks...

A paper detailing the newly created sequencing of the mountain pine beetle's genome will be gold in the hands of scientists trying to stem the beetle's invasion into eastern forests. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/G...

NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 weather satellites sit 60 degrees apart in a fixed orbit over the eastern and western U.S., respectively, providing forecasters with a look at the movement of weather systems in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The GOES Project announced the creation of satellite...

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky -- a beautiful object is known as J082354.96+280621.6, or J082354.96 for short. It is a starburst galaxy, so named because of the incredibly (and unusually) high rate of star formation occurring within it....

A new paper led by a NASA researcher shows that hydrogen peroxide is abundant across much of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. The authors argue that if the peroxide on the surface of Europa mixes into the ocean below, it could be an important energy supply for simple forms of life, if life...

A new clinical trial has found that fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) has resulted in the improvement or absence of symptoms in most pediatric patients with active ulcerative colitis. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/H...

Physicists on the hunt for the origins of high-temperature superconductivity have published new findings this week about a material that becomes "schizophrenic" -- simultaneously exhibiting the characteristics of both a metallic conductor and an insulator. In a theoretical analysis, researchers offer an explanation for a...

El hasta hoy secretario general de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Román Arjona, ha sido nombrado consejero para los Asuntos Económicos de la Dirección General de Investigación e Innovación de la Comisión Europea. Arjona será sustituido en el puesto que deja vacante en el Ministerio de Economía...

El Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid ha liderado un estudio sobre las capacidades de lectura e interpretación de símbolos y de denominación visual. Su hallazgo, publicado en la revista Neurosurgery, afirma que dichas habilidades están en regiones separadas del cerebro. Fuente :...

Brain Dynamics, una spin-off de la Universidad de Málaga, ha desarrollado un sistema de neuronavegación que permite realizar una reconstrucción tridimensional del cerebro. La herramienta facilitará la investigación y docencia sobre el cerebro y ayudará a realizar operaciones cerebrales menos invasivas, más eficientes y seguras...

Teresa Forcades presenta un libro y con él vuelve a los medios su teoría de la conspiración en la que unas élites oscuras tratan de dominar el mundo a través de las vacunas ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

José Ramón Nuñez, ex coordinador de trasplantes del Hospital Clínico de Madrid, acaba de ser nombrado máximo responsable del Programa de Trasplantes de la OMS. De la misma forma el director de la Organización Nacional de Transplantes, Rafael Matesanz,  ha sido designado asesor de la OMS en materia de trasplantes....

Una investigación con la colaboración del CSIC ha desarrollado un método para separar moléculas especulares, es decir con la misma estructura pero invertida como si de un espejo se tratara. El trabajo abre el camino para el diseño de materiales con una utilidad química específica que pueden ser de utilidad para ciertos...

The discovery of an unexpected side product of polymer synthesis by University of Toronto chemical engineers may have implications for the manufacture of commercial polymers used in sealants, adhesives, toys and even medical implants. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uot...

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for thrombosis. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/bum...

According to animal scientists at the 2012 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, drinking milk has life-long effects. Researchers have seen physical and behavior changes in livestock and monkeys given milk. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/aso...

This study is a first-of-its-kind, single-institution comparison of outcomes for both pediatric and adult patients undergoing liver transplantation for lethal genetic syndromes. Researchers found that children with genetic disorders that cause fibrosis, cirrhosis, and other liver conditions, which can affect other organs, have...

A paper detailing the newly created sequencing of the mountain pine beetle's genome will be gold in the hands of scientists trying to stem the beetle's invasion into eastern forests. The journal Genome Biology has published the paper. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/sfu...

Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according to a review article published by Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in a special issue of Nature Reviews...

People in their 20s don't have much on their middle-aged counterparts when it comes to some fine motor movements, researchers from UT Arlington have found. In a simple finger-tapping exercise, study participants' speed declined only slightly with age until a marked drop in ability with participants in their mid-60s. Fuente :...

While teaching a course on financial information analysis, Panos Patatoukas observed that capital market participants and policy makers are increasingly turning to accounting earnings data from corporate financial reports for hints regarding the prospects of the aggregate stock market. This observation indicated that, at the...

A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/fsu...

Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to make vaccines more effective. No one knows, however, how they boost the immune response. Researchers at National Jewish Health continue unraveling the mystery of adjuvants with a report that host DNA coats the alum adjuvant and induces two...

Walking can lower the risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as much as running. The more people walked or ran each week, the more their health benefits increased. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/J...

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains up to 250 miles high. However, concentrations of volcanic activity are significantly displaced from where they are expected to be based on models that predict how...

Physicist have updated the decade-old re-creation of the sound of the Big Bang that started the universe. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/2...

A new study has measured the nerves responsible for the super-sensitive skin on a crocodile's face, which will help biologists understand how today's animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that lived millions of years ago, interact with the environment around them. Fuente :...