UTIs are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide with about 150 million cases each year, and can lead
Month: March 2019
How blood affects liver regeneration
A new Michigan State University study, published in the journal Blood, shows that the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen may hold the
Wide variations in how well or poorly people age
A 30-year gap separates countries with the highest and lowest ages at which people experience the health problems of a
New method of scoring protein interactions mines large data sets from a fresh angle
Researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have created a novel way to define individual protein associations in a
THOR wrangles complex microbiomes into a model for improving them
“Microbial communities run the world,” says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for people with digestive problem
What if a special diet could reduce inflammation and repair your gut? USC researchers provided evidence that a low-calorie “fasting-mimicking”
Protocells use DNA logic to communicate and compute
Researchers at the University of Bristol, Eindhoven University of Technology and Microsoft Research have successfully assembled communities of artificial cells
Safe havens from cats and foxes protect animals in Australia
Cats may seem harmless, but they actually contributed to multiple extinctions. They were introduced by people and local rodents were
Reevaluating Pneumococcal Vaccine Guidance: An Analysis
If mitigating racial disparities in those who contract pneumococcal diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia, is a top public health
Genomics Could Guide Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Pancreatic cancer is a grim diagnosis, with a five-year survival rate of less than 9 percent. To improve those odds,
