Women could prevent contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus while pregnant by timing the first months of pregnancy with seasonal declines in mosquito activity, according to a new paper. The paper is the first to suggest that women in the numerous countries affected by the Zika virus epidemic can still safely pursue motherhood rather than forgo pregnancy altogether. (more…)
Berkeley Lab scientist says results could provide new target for obesity research
A new study is further burnishing copper’s reputation as an essential nutrient for human physiology. A research team led by a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and at UC Berkeley has found that copper plays a key role in metabolizing fat. (more…)
Michigan State University was part of a team that’s providing new insights into the molecular basis of human diseases resulting from mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor, or CaSR, a protein found in cell membranes. (more…)
IBM scientists will collaborate with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to test on prostate cancer
Yorktown Heights, N.Y. – 01 Aug 2016: IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians to detect diseases such as cancer before symptoms appear. (more…)
Social anxiety can be a crippling disability to live with. It can interfere with your ability to make friends, find romantic connections, and even leave your home. Learning to cope properly is important because many people resort to self-medication, which leads to addiction. Healthy ways to manage anxiety come in many forms, and each person needs to find what works for them. With that in mind, we share a few options for people to cope with social anxiety in healthy ways. (more…)
UCLA scientists get closer to creating blood stem cells in the lab
Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have made several discoveries that are critically important to understanding how blood stem cells are created and maintained — both in the body and in the laboratory. (more…)
Shares cloud and analytics technology and expertise with science and public health community
ARMONK, NY – 27 Jul 2016: IBM today announced that it is committing powerful resources, technology and pro bono expertise to help scientists, the public health community, and humanitarian agencies in the fight against the Zika virus. As part of its IBM Impact Grant programs, IBM is providing technology and talent to Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a research institution affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Health and one the most prominent science and technology health institution in Latin America. Fiocruz plans to help track the spread of Zika by using technology developed by IBM to analyze clues ranging from anecdotal observations recorded by the general public on social media, to official data about human travel patterns. (more…)
Die Asiatische Tigermücke breitet sich von Südeuropa Richtung Norden aus und überträgt Viren, die für den Menschen gefährlich sind. Gebremst wird sie nur durch die kühleren Temperaturen in Nordeuropa. Um mehr über ihre Mechanismen der Kältetoleranz zu erfahren, haben WissenschaflerInnen des Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrums und der Goethe-Universität Eier dieser Plagegeister unter dem Elektronenmikroskop analysiert. Die Ergebnisse der jüngst im „Journal of Vector Ecology“ erschienenen Studie sollen helfen, die zukünftige Verbreitung der Mücken besser zu modellieren. (more…)
