Pregnancy shifts the daily schedule forward Add this to the list of what to expect: Getting up earlier, at least in the first trimester. Apr 30, 2019 0 0
What can be done to prevent another CRISPR crisis? The public announcement last fall from China regarding gene editing on human embryos, conducted without the benefit of scientific review or ethical debate, was met with worldwide disdain. It also has raised global concerns ... Apr 30, 2019 5 56
Circadian rhythm disruption tips the cell-cycle balance toward tumor growth Disrupting normal circadian rhythms promotes tumor growth and suppresses the effects of a tumor-fighting drug, according to a new study publishing April 30 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Yool Lee, Amita Sehgal, ... Apr 30, 2019 1 2582
Designer drugs to inhibit hepatitis A virus Structure-based drug design revealed that a compound previously investigated for the treatment of head-and-neck cancer could function as a lead compound for the development of drugs to treat hepatitis A virus infection, according ... Apr 30, 2019 0 29
First human germline gene editing was deeply flawed science, Chinese experts argue The first reported instance of germline gene editing in humans was bad science as well as bad ethics, according to a commentary publishing April 30 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Haoyi Wang of the Institute of ... Apr 30, 2019 0 41
New York City bans alcohol ads on city property New York City banned alcohol advertising on city property on Tuesday, citing health risks posed by excessive drinking. Apr 30, 2019 0 0
Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other cancer treatments. Now researchers at Mayo have decoded one of those tricks using cell lines and ... Apr 30, 2019 0 13
Chatterbox parents may boost tots' intelligence Researchers have found that young children who are exposed to large amounts of adult speech tend to have better cognitive skills. Apr 30, 2019 1 13
Gender impacts brain activity in alcoholics Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for emotional processing (limbic regions including the amygdala and hippocampus), as well as memory and social processing ... Apr 30, 2019 0 0
Psychologists release results of survey of 'Maria generation' kids Psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina have just published one of the largest post-disaster screening projects in U.S. history. The report, available online through JAMA Network Open, measured the magnitude ... Apr 30, 2019 0 8
