Texas A&M University and Princeton University physicists have joined forces to perfect a powerful new weapon in the war on terrorism ? a laser technique to identify deadly anthrax spores. Their results are published in the prestigious journal Science, due to hit newsstands tomorrow.
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education ? particularly those who did not graduate from high school ? experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
Developing brain tumors can coax assistance from nearby cells known as microglia, according to a new study from scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers have identified one protein made by microglia that helps accelerate tumor growth and are looking for others.
Young adults who spend more time participating in physical activity have a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure within the next 15 years, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.
A quarter of Australian teenagers eat fast food everyday and more than a third hardly ever eat fruit, a Deakin University study has found.
The way the liver renews itself may be simpler than what scientists had been assuming. A new study, appearing in the April 13 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, provides new information on the inner workings of cells from regenerating livers that could significantly affect the way physicians make livers regrow in patients with liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatitis or cancer.
Concerns about the high perceived costs of eradicating the relatively low number of polio cases worldwide have led to recent suggestions that it is time to shift from a goal of eradication to control?abandoning eradication and allowing wild poliovirus to continue to circulate, which proponents of control believe can sustain the low number of cases.
In a study that could help reveal how illusions are produced in the brain?s visual cortex, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have found new evidence of rapid integration of auditory and visual sensations in the brain.
A Northwestern University researcher has used adult stem cell injections to reset the immune systems of patients with early-onset Type 1 diabetes. After the therapy, patients no longer needed to take insulin for up to 35 months.
Hepatitis C infection is endemic among the South Australian prison population, with 42% of the State’s 1700 prisoners infected with the virus, according to a University of Adelaide study.