Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Jun 25, 2019 11:01 AM EDT

New Osteoporosis Therapy's Dual Effects on Bone Tissue

Sclerostin is a protein produced by osteocytes in the bone that inhibits bone formation. A recent analysis of results from a clinical trial reveals the beneficial effects of romosozumab, an antibody therapy that targets sclerostin, on bone tissue in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The findin...

Jun 24, 2019 11:45 AM EDT

Does Stimulation of the Brain's Dorsal Anterior Insula Trigger Ecstasy?

The epileptic "aura" is a subjective phenomenon that sometimes precedes the visible clinical features of a seizure. Investigators tested three epileptic patients prior to potential surgery to try to determine where their seizures originate. They observed that these patients reported an ecstatic aura...

Jun 22, 2019 04:39 PM EDT

Structural Development of the Brain

The human brain consists of neurons arranged into microscopic columns. The cortex, which is the seat of most cerebral functions and forms the largest part of the brain, is divided into uncountable micro-columns. However, the exact development of this columnar structure is elusive to neuroscientists....

Jun 21, 2019 12:18 PM EDT

Artificial Intelligence Identifies 'Kissing Bugs' that Spread Chagas Disease

New research from the University of Kansas shows machine learning is capable of identifying insects that spread the incurable disease called Chagas with high precision, based on ordinary digital photos. The idea is to give public health officials where Chagas is prevalent a new tool to stem the spre...

Jun 20, 2019 02:35 PM EDT

Cereal Grains Scientists Fight Hidden Hunger with New Approach

After a prolonged decline, global hunger is on the rise--affecting more than 820 million individuals in 2017. Additionally, more than 2 billion people suffer from "hidden hunger," which occurs when individuals eat foods that don't provide the nutrients they need to lead healthy, productive lives. Ch...

Jun 19, 2019 09:38 AM EDT

Efficiently Producing Fatty Acids and Biofuels from Glucose

Researchers have presented a new strategy for efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels that can transform glucose and oleaginous microorganisms into microbial diesel fuel, with one-step direct fermentative production.

Jun 14, 2019 08:34 AM EDT

Study Shows that Strength and Weight Training Can Control Diabetes in Obese Individuals

Research conducted at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, shows that vigorous physical exercise such as strength and weight training can reduce accumulated liver fat and improve blood sugar control in obese and diabetic individuals in a short time span, even before sign...

Jun 11, 2019 11:07 AM EDT

Checkmate for Hepatitis B Viruses in the Liver

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich, working in collaboration with researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the University Hospital Heidelberg, have for the first time succeeded in conquering a chronic infection with the hepatiti...

Jun 10, 2019 08:10 PM EDT

New Research Could Help Predict Seizures Before they Happen

Monday, 10 June 2019 - A new study has found a pattern of molecules that appear in the blood before a seizure happens. This discovery may lead to the development of an early warning system, which would enable people with epilepsy to know when they are at risk of having a seizure.

Jun 10, 2019 08:08 PM EDT

Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer, Study Finds

An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the University of Virginia Cancer Center suggests.

Jun 08, 2019 12:06 PM EDT

A Molecular Glue to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance?

DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a small molecule drug that may stop cancer cells from becoming resistant to chemotherapy. Drug resistance is a major cause of cancer relapse and is responsible for as much as 90% of deaths related to the disease.

Jun 08, 2019 12:03 PM EDT

Dashing the Dream of Ideal 'Invisibility' Cloaks for Stress Waves

Whether Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, which perfectly steers light waves around objects to make them invisible, will ever become reality remains to be seen, but perfecting a more crucial cloak is impossible, a new study says. It would have perfectly steered stress waves in the ground, like thos...