Sounds of Eating May Help You Consume Less
March 16, 2024 9:03 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsCrunching on chips and chomping down loudly on dinner may be considered a bad habit by some, but a new study finds that dulling the natural sounds that come with eating may actually make people eat more.
3D Fluidics Printer Offers Quick, Easy Printing Inexpensively
March 15, 2024 11:08 am | Product Releases | CommentsDolomite, a world leader in microfluidics innovation, presented its Fluidic Factory at Lab-on-a-Chip & Microfluidics 2016 in Madrid, Spain, on the 15th of March. The first commercially available 3D printer for fluidically-sealed devices, it offers rapid, easy and reliable printing from as little as $1 per device.
Panel: Finding Climate Fingerprints in Wild Weather is Valid
March 15, 2024 11:02 am | by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsClimate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming's fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, according to a high-level scientific advisory panel.
Global Study Reveals Genes as Major Cause of Inflammatory Diseases
March 15, 2024 10:58 am | by Queensland University of Technology | News | CommentsA global study involving 50 different research centers has found hundreds of genes which cause five common, hard-to-treat and debilitating inflammatory diseases, paving the way to new treatments for these conditions.
Paving the Way for Metastasis
March 15, 2024 10:53 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsA new study reveals how cancer cells take some of their first steps away from their original tumor sites. This spread, known as metastasis, is responsible for 90 percent of cancer deaths.
New "Smart Cell Patch" Developed to Control Diabetes
March 15, 2024 10:43 am | by UNC | News | CommentsResearchers developed a synthetic patch filled with natural beta cells that can secrete doses of insulin to control blood sugar levels on demand with no risk of inducing hypoglycemia.
Higher Levels of Omega-3 May Help Depression in Heart Patients
March 15, 2024 10:37 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsDespite earlier reports to the contrary, patients suffering from heart disease and depression may benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids.
GMO Mosquito Gets Finding of 'No Significant Impact' from FDA
March 15, 2024 9:48 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsThe world’s first self-limiting tropical mosquito, seen as a possible control to the spread of viral diseases such Zika, dengue and yellow fever, is on its way to approval.
Cleanroom High-Speed Roll-Up Doors
March 14, 2024 12:09 pm | Product Releases | CommentsLarge format roll-up doors from Terra Universal are installed in positive- or negative-pressure cleanrooms when oversized objects or mobile carts and workstations need to be transferred in or out.
FDA Expands Use of Pfizer Drug for Rare Form of Lung Cancer
March 14, 2024 12:05 pm | by Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | News | CommentsThe Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of a Pfizer drug to treat a small subset of lung cancer patients with a rare mutation.
Functional Heart Muscle Regenerated in Decellularized Human Hearts
March 14, 2024 12:00 pm | by Massachusetts General Hospital | News | CommentsResearchers have taken some initial steps toward the creation of bioengineered human hearts using donor hearts stripped of components that would generate an immune response and cardiac muscle cells generated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which could come from a potential recipient.
Soap Bubbles for Treating Stenosed Blood Vessels
March 14, 2024 11:49 am | by University of Basel | News | CommentsLiposomes are currently used as drug delivery vehicles but recognized by the immune system. Scientists from the universities of Basel and Fribourg have shown that special artificial liposomes do not elicit any reaction in human and porcine sera as well as pigs.
Majority of California Adults have Prediabetes or Diabetes
March 14, 2024 11:41 am | by UCLA | News | CommentsNearly half of California adults, including one out of every three young adults, have either prediabetes — a precursor to type 2 diabetes — or undiagnosed diabetes, according to a study.
Alaska Scientists Continue Researching Seabird Death Mystery
March 14, 2024 11:12 am | by Dan Joling, Associated Press | News | CommentsSarah Schoen, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, and Rob Kaler, a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on Friday performed necropsies on common murres, part of an effort by dozens of scientists to explain the massive die-off of common murres that began one year ago.
Breast Cancer Drug Combination Could Shrink Tumors in Days
March 14, 2024 10:22 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsA combination of breast cancer drugs administered before surgery could drastically shrink particular tumors within days – and potentially eliminate the need for chemotherapy in some patients, according to British researchers.
