Archive: 24/10/2019

Subgroups of breast and ovarian cancers exhibit the same unique drug sensitivity

Although cancers are commonly classified and named by site of origin, and effective drugs are FDA-approved accordingly, a research team at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center has found that multiple organ sites share ...

Oct 24, 2019

Obesity exacerbates many causes of death, but risks are different for men and women

People who carry around unhealthy amounts of weight don't just have heart disease and diabetes to worry about. Obesity is implicated in two thirds of the leading causes of death from non-communicable diseases worldwide and ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Scientists uncover the process behind protein mutations that impact gut health

A new study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China has uncovered why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Vision scientists disprove 60-year-old perception theory

Vision researchers at York University have disproved a long-standing theory of how the human vision system processes images, using computational models and human experiments.

Oct 24, 2019

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Researchers learn how Ebola virus disables the body's immune defenses

A new study by researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can exert such catastrophic effects on the infected person. They've described for the first ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Widely used health care prediction algorithm found to be biased against blacks

From predicting who will be a repeat offender to who's the best candidate for a job, computer algorithms are now making complex decisions in lieu of humans. But increasingly, many of these algorithms are being found to replicate ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Flu antibody protects against numerous and wide-ranging strains

Researchers have found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of lethal influenza viruses, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ...

Oct 24, 2019

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For better research results, let mice be mice

Animal models can serve as gateways for understanding many human communication disorders. Insights into the genetic paths possibly responsible for conditions such as autism and schizophrenia often begin by studying acoustic ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Scientists identify new signposts in blood and urine to reflect what we eat and drink

Researchers at McMaster University have identified several chemical signatures, detectable in blood and urine, that can accurately measure dietary intake, potentially offering a new tool for physicians, dieticians and researchers ...

Oct 24, 2019

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Baby formula improved by ingredient often removed during homogenization

Results from a clinical trial published today in the Journal of Pediatrics show infants who consume formula containing milk fat globule membrane (MFGM)—a complex layer that normally surrounds fat in milk—score higher ...

Oct 24, 2019

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