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New study can benefit children facing developmental challenges

In a first-of-its-kind study, Children's Hospital Los Angeles researchers piece together a road map of typical brain development in children during a critical window of maturation.

25 Sep 2019

Teabags release 'billions' of plastic particles into each cup

A new study has revealed that plastic tea bags release billions of plastic micro- and nanoparticles into tea, which are then consumed by the drinker.

25 Sep 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers link a gene to melanoma growth and spread

Using a small noncoding RNA, microRNA 211, and tools that track the stability and decay of the protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in lab-grown melanoma cells, a team led by a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researcher identified highly unstable RNA molecules in human melanomas, including a novel miR-211 target gene DUSP3.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 25 Sep 2019

Turmeric adulterated with lead-laced chemical compound, Stanford-led study reveals

It's billed as a health booster and healing agent, but it may be the source of cognitive defects and other severe ailments.

24 Sep 2019

Major study to evaluate health effects of contaminated drinking water

Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus received notification of a $1 million, first-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to address the human health effects of contaminated drinking water in El Paso County, Colorado.

23 Sep 2019

New test to establish integrity of biosamples used in medical research

Effective diagnosis and treatment of disease draws on painstaking research, which often relies on biological samples.

23 Sep 2019

Scientists move one step closer to discovering the causes of immune diseases

Scientists are one step closer to discovering the causes of immune diseases such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and arthritis

23 Sep 2019

Electric baseball cap may help to reverse male pattern balding

Researchers have developed an electric patch that stimulates hair growth to help reverse male balding. The patch has now been embedded in a baseball cap.

23 Sep 2019

Developing cost-effective and milder synthetic routes to create oxygen heterocycles

Every biological reaction is a chemical reaction. The exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen in our lungs and blood cells, for example, is caused by molecules releasing chemicals and reforming with new ones.

20 Sep 2019

Contaminated tap water linked to more than 100,000 cancer cases in the US

Tap water contaminated with a toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants could be responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases in the US over a lifetime.

19 Sep 2019

Teenage vaping rate doubles in two years

A new study has found that teenage vaping rates have doubled, revealing the largest recorded increase for 44 years.

19 Sep 2019

New protein could offer a fresh target for cancer treatment

A study has revealed a drug target called the mitoNEET cell protein, which determines how materials are transported from the mitochondria to the rest of the cell.

19 Sep 2019

Researchers join new project to eliminate animal testing

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, are part of an ambitious plan at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to eliminate animal testing by 2035.

19 Sep 2019

Camouflaged vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schools

In yet another twist for worried parents: Meet the vaping hoodie. This high school fashion mainstay — defined by a hood with drawstrings — is now available as a vaping device, ready to deliver a puff of nicotine (or marijuana) anywhere, anytime. Including in the classroom.

19 Sep 2019

Common bacterium can chew through PFAS and other difficult-to-remove pollutants

In a series of lab tests, a relatively common soil bacterium has demonstrated its ability to break down the difficult-to-remove class of pollutants called PFAS, researchers at Princeton University said.

19 Sep 2019

Mint-flavored vapes and the trouble with pulegone

Even while the recent outbreak of acute serious lung disease in vapers is challenging the skill and technology of the medical field, a new report published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on September 16, 2019, says that a natural plant oil called pulegone, which is used to impart a minty flavor to e-cigarettes, could quite possibly be carcinogenic at the levels found in these devices.

18 Sep 2019

New peptides improve memory in mice with Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects over 44 million people the world over. But now, neurologist Jack Jhamandas and his team have found two short peptides which, on daily injection into mice with symptoms of AD for just five weeks, led to a significant improvement.

18 Sep 2019

New therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes

There is a growing body of knowledge that points that type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease where the blood sugar increases, is an inflammatory disease. The levels of certain inflammatory chemicals, dubbed as cytokines, are often higher in people with type 2 diabetes, than healthy people.

16 Sep 2019

Uncovering new T cell regulatory processes could help treat autoimmune disease

One of the important cells involved in the immune response is the T follicular helper (Tfh) cell. These are important in the normal process of antibody production following immunization, for instance. However, they are also abnormally increased in number in patients with autoimmune disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosus.

16 Sep 2019

Flavoring ingredient in e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco exceeds thresholds of concern

A potential carcinogen that has been banned as a food additive is present in concerningly high levels in electronic cigarette liquids and smokeless tobacco products, according to a new study from Duke Health.

16 Sep 2019