Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Mar 29, 2019 09:53 AM EDT

Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells

When scientists attempt to slip big molecules, like the Cas9 enzyme that is key to CRISPR gene editing, into cells, things can get messy.

Mar 29, 2019 09:38 AM EDT

Movement toward a poop test for liver cirrhosis

In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego researchers were able to diagnose liver cirrhosis simply by analyzing a person's stool microbes

Mar 29, 2019 09:33 AM EDT

A new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia

Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have developed a new animal model of schizophrenia that will enable researchers around the world to better understand the disease and develop new treatments.

Mar 27, 2019 09:43 AM EDT

People 'hear' flashes due to disinhibited flow of signals around the brain, suggests study

Study sheds light on why some people hear the 'skipping pylon' and other 'noisy GIFs'

Mar 27, 2019 08:56 AM EDT

New muscular disease: Myoglobinopathy

An international collaboration led by IDIBELL identifies the first disease caused by a mutation in myoglobin

Mar 26, 2019 09:28 AM EDT

Health risks associated with mixtures of man-made chemicals are underestimate

The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk assessment overlook. This is the conclusion of the EU Horizon 2020 EDC-MixRisk project that is now being presented.

Mar 26, 2019 09:20 AM EDT

Scientists ID new metabolic target to prevent, treat heart failure at earliest stage

Researchers with The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have identified a metabolic process in the heart that, if treated, could someday prevent or slow the progression of heart failure.

Mar 26, 2019 09:19 AM EDT

Protein 'spat out' by cancer cells promotes tumor growth

Prostate cancer cells change the behavior of other cells around them, including normal cells, by 'spitting out' a protein from their nucleus, new research has found.

Mar 26, 2019 09:16 AM EDT

How to protect gymnasts from hazardous chemicals at gym facilities

Switching to flame retardant free foam pit cubes reduces exposures without compromising fire safety

Mar 25, 2019 10:00 AM EDT

Time-restricted eating may help prevent breast cancer, mouse study suggests

Changing when you eat rather than what you eat may prove to be a dietary intervention against breast cancer, suggests a new mouse study to be presented Saturday at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, La.

Mar 25, 2019 09:55 AM EDT

Sex hormone levels in older men are linked to lower biological age

Older men tend to have lower biological age if they have higher levels of sex hormones, particularly the estradiol form of estrogen, a large new study from Australia finds.

Mar 25, 2019 09:52 AM EDT

Walking downhill after meals boosts bone health in postmenopausal women with diabetes

Walking downhill after eating can reduce bone resorption, the process in which old bone is broken down and removed from the body, in postmenopausal women with diabetes.