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Formula costs the earth: support breastfeeding instead, says new study

At last, the pendulum has swung back to accepting breastfeeding as the norm in infant feeding. Interestingly, this has come about not because of recognition of its natural role in infant care, but because of the revelation of how much it costs the earth to produce “unnecessary formula” for babies and young children, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

3 Oct 2019

Study: Obese boys have double the risk of having children with asthma

A study performed by researchers at the Centre for International Health (CIH) at the University of Bergen (UiB), showed that obese boys between 8 years old and their age when their voice breaks, have double the risk of having children with asthma, compared with others.

3 Oct 2019

Entos Pharmaceuticals signs new collaboration agreement with biopharmaceutical company

Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Entos" or the "Company"), a healthcare biotechnology company focused on the development of next-generation nucleic acid-based therapies using their Fusogenix drug delivery platform, today announced it has entered into a research, development and collaboration agreement ("Agreement") with a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company ("Partner") focused on the development of novel therapeutic compounds targeting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

3 Oct 2019

Study: Gut bacteria play key role in childhood obesity

New information published by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health suggests that gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity.

2 Oct 2019

Fighting for Change: Detecting Fraudulent Honey using NMR

In this interview, Peter Awram discusses the benefits of NMR spectroscopy as an analytical technique for the honey industry, in the fight against fraud.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 2 Oct 2019

UTA researchers pursuing groundbreaking treatment for healing cranial injuries

A University of Texas at Arlington team researching a groundbreaking treatment to accelerate the healing of cranial injuries has received significant funding support from the National Institutes of Health.

1 Oct 2019

Lung cancer may soon be picked up by a blood test

A study presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 has revealed that a blood test may soon be able to pick up circulating tumor DNA to help avoid invasive tissue biopsies in lung cancer patients.

30 Sep 2019

New screening test detects 20 types of cancer

Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new blood test that would accurately determine the presence of several types of cancers. The results of their multi-centre clinical trial to prove the effectiveness of their test was presented by the researchers at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2019 Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on the 28th of September 2019.

30 Sep 2019

New blood test shows ability to accurately detect numerous types of cancer

A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows.

28 Sep 2019

NAU researchers aim to find microbial link between two common respiratory diseases

Asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis- sinus inflammation that lasts for at least three months- are serious and costly diseases, and both are on the rise. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, CRS affects up to 16 percent of the U.S. adult population and eats up a staggering 5 percent of the country's health care budget each year.

27 Sep 2019

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific releases next generation of vitrification solutions, Vit Kit-NX

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a world leader in the innovation, development, and manufacture of cell culture media and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), today announced the release of Vit Kit-NX - the latest addition to an established portfolio of vitrification solutions for in vitro fertilization (IVF).

From FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific 27 Sep 2019

UMD CONSERVE Center is spearheading effort to achieve water and food security

We're running out of water to grow food. Climate change, population growth and increasing demands on freshwater systems are straining agricultural water supplies.

27 Sep 2019

University of Minnesota study finds link between stress and circadian clock health

The human body has an internal biological clock that is constantly running. Our well-being is dependent on the function of that clock. New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found a little stress can make the circadian clock run better and faster.

26 Sep 2019