Researchers are using tobacco plants as ‘green bioreactors’ to produce large quantities of a human protein called Interleukin 37, or…
Improved outlook for people of African descent with treatment-resistant schizophrenia
A new study means that more people of African descent who have treatment-resistant schizophrenia could be safely given the drug…
Cancer genes’ age and function strongly influence their mutational status
Researchers have provided new insight on why some genes that formed during the evolution of the earliest animals on earth…
Electronic ‘word of mouth’ useful in detecting, predicting fashion trends
According to new research, social media hashtags could be the tool fashion designers use to forecast trends in the industry…
Cancer survivors see mostly positives in how they have changed
Two years after diagnosis, breast cancer survivors have four times more positive than negative thoughts about changes they experienced because…
New insight on how the nose adapts to smells
Our noses may be able to adapt themselves to tell the brain, as efficiently as possible, about the most typical…
Stem cells provide greater insight into rotator cuff disease
New research explores stem cells in the rotator cuff in hopes of understanding why fatty accumulation happens at the tear…
Inhibiting cancer-causing protein could prevent scleroderma fibrosis
Examining the autoimmune disease at the molecular level led researchers to a specific molecule that could be contributing to the…
Drug interactions in ER’s common but preventable
In a recent study, 38 percent of patients discharged from the emergency department had at least one drug interaction resulting…
How the immune system maintains a healthy gut microbiota
Researchers have uncovered a critical mechanism that controls immune reactions against microorganisms in the intestine. The results of the international…