New hope for halting cell death caused by disease
Scientists have discovered mechanisms that control a new form of premature cell death in living tissue - called ferroptosis - and a mechanism to reverse it.
Nov 18, 2014
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Archive: 18/11/2014
Team devises ingenious method to attack cancer at its genetic source
MicroRNAs may be tiny—as few as 20 genetic letters, compared to 3 billion in the DNA of a human—but they play a major role in biology, helping to determine which genes are expressed or silenced. In the last 10 years, ...
Nov 18, 2014
Suffering from constipation? Self-acupressure can help
About 19 percent of North Americans suffer from constipation, with the digestive condition being more common among women, non-whites, people older than 60, those who are not physically active and the poor.
Nov 18, 2014
Children with lower social skills at greater risk of obesity
Children with low social competence, or the skills and behaviors necessary to engage in appropriate and positive social interactions, are at an increased likelihood of obesity.
Nov 18, 2014
Laboratory breakthrough offers promise for spinal cord injury patients to breathe on their own again
Case Western Reserve researchers have developed a procedure that restores function to muscles involved in the control of breathing – even when they have been paralyzed for more than a year. The breakthrough offers hope ...
Nov 18, 2014
