Archive: 16/03/2016

Potential Zika virus risk estimated for 50 US cities

Key factors that can combine to produce a Zika virus outbreak are expected to be present in a number of U.S. cities during peak summer months, new research shows.

Mar 16, 2016

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Researchers prevent, normalize tumors using light to control cell electric signals

Tufts University biologists using a frog model have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to prevent tumors from forming and normalize tumors after they have formed by using light to control electrical signaling ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Statins cut tuberculosis treatment time in mice

In a study using mice, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine infectious disease experts have added to evidence that statin drugs—known primarily for their cholesterol-lowering effects—can significantly reduce ...

Mar 16, 2016

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If we're not careful, epigenetics may bring back eugenic thinking

Epigenetics, the study of how environmental factors and lifestyle choices influence our genes, has flourished to become one of the most groundbreaking areas of science over the past decade. Studies have shown that, among ...

Mar 16, 2016

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What makes us conscious?

Do you think that the machine you are reading this story on, right now, has a feeling of "what it is like" to be in its state?

Mar 16, 2016

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Childhood pre-migration health and circumstances shed light on the 'healthy migrant effect'

Studies have shown that immigrants to the U.S., Canada, and Australia tend to be healthier and live longer than non-immigrants in their host countries, once adjustments have been made for income and education. There has been ...

Mar 16, 2016

Implant against high blood pressure

The Tuttlingen medical technology company Aesculap AG has founded the Freiburg startup neuroloop GmbH in cooperation with the University of Freiburg and the Freiburg University Medical Center. Building on research work from ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Students want more from school sex ed, new survey reveals

School-based education programs have edged out friends and parents as secondary students' most used source of information about sexuality and relationships in a new survey by Deakin University and the University of South ...

Mar 16, 2016