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pH comes from the term “power of Hydrogen”, or the hydrogen ion concentration present in a given solution. It helps to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

Study shows no difference between relief offered by topical pain creams and placebos

In an effort to reduce chronic pain, many people look for hope by paying $20 to thousands of dollars for a tube of prescription topical pain cream or gel.

6 Feb 2019

Are Electronic Cigarettes Facilitating Illicit Drug Use?

In this interview, Dr. Michelle Peace provides an introduction to her research into the use of e-cigarettes for the inhalation of illicit drugs.

From Pittcon 5 Feb 2019

Experts characterize normal electrical activity in prostate cancer cells in real time

Experts from the Universities of Bath and Seville have carried out a series of experiments with which, for the first time, they have been able to characterize the normal electrical activity in PC-3 prostate cancer cells in real time, with a resulting low-frequency electrical pattern between 0.1 and 10 Hertz.

5 Feb 2019

Higher risk of cardiac death in African Americans linked to income and educational disparities

African Americans - especially African American women - have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death during their lifetime than whites, and much of the disparity can be attributed to income and education levels, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

4 Feb 2019

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations.

4 Feb 2019

New research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities

Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities led a National Institutes of Health-wide, two-year science visioning process to chart a new research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

4 Feb 2019

A new approach towards future treatment of diabetes

It is said that the eyes are the window to the soul, but they may also open the door for discovering new ways to achieve immune tolerance to transplanted islets in type 1 diabetes, according to research from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

3 Feb 2019

New genetic technique could allow scientists to study how smell affects behavior

Take a whiff when it rains after a dry spell, and breathe in the earthy scent that pervades the air. That smell comes from decomposing bacteria, and scientists call the compound geosmin.

1 Feb 2019

Rhomboid enzymes warp space to break cellular speed limit

Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are special proteins that cut other proteins, are able to break the “cellular speed limit” as they move through the cell membrane.

1 Feb 2019

Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute awards research grants to study how bladder cancer affects women

The Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute awarded research grants to four projects that focus on understanding how treatment of bladder cancer affects women, why the disease has a less favorable outcome for women than men, and how biology could play a role in offering new targets for cancer therapy.

1 Feb 2019

New research may help treat HIV patients without elevating risk for liver disease

As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients got access to drugs that allowed them to live longer.

1 Feb 2019

New study compares chemotherapy drugs with development of cardiomyopathy

In long-term survivors of childhood cancer, cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of early death from non-cancer causes.

1 Feb 2019

Understanding the defense mechanism of NETs could lead to better antibiotics

Experiencing a bacterial infection? You're generally prescribed antibiotics by your doctor. But how exactly do those antibiotics and your white blood cells work in tandem to improve your infection?

1 Feb 2019

Study reveals mechanisms responsible for embryonic development in fruit flies

The first moments of life unfold with incredible precision. Now, using mathematical tools and the help of fruit flies, researchers at Princeton have uncovered new findings about the mechanisms behind this precision.

1 Feb 2019

Study may lead to a greater understanding of the mechanisms behind neuropathic pain

In animal models of a totally crushed peripheral nerve, the damaged axons are broken down, allowing healthy ones to regrow.

1 Feb 2019

Insilico to present its latest results in AI for Drug Discovery on CXOTalk Show

Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence, will present its latest results in modern and next-generation AI for Drug Discovery on a live episode of the influential CXOTalk Show on February 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM Eastern time.

1 Feb 2019

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Study shows no difference between relief offered by topical pain creams and placebos

Are Electronic Cigarettes Facilitating Illicit Drug Use?

Experts characterize normal electrical activity in prostate cancer cells in real time

Higher risk of cardiac death in African Americans linked to income and educational disparities

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

New research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities

A new approach towards future treatment of diabetes

New genetic technique could allow scientists to study how smell affects behavior

Rhomboid enzymes warp space to break cellular speed limit

Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute awards research grants to study how bladder cancer affects women

New research may help treat HIV patients without elevating risk for liver disease

New study compares chemotherapy drugs with development of cardiomyopathy

Understanding the defense mechanism of NETs could lead to better antibiotics

Study reveals mechanisms responsible for embryonic development in fruit flies

Study may lead to a greater understanding of the mechanisms behind neuropathic pain

Insilico to present its latest results in AI for Drug Discovery on CXOTalk Show

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