Archive: 02/11/2015
Lack of exercise linked to alcohol misuse
A large-scale survey of African-American men and women found that those who rarely or never exercised had about twice the odds of abusing alcohol than those who exercised frequently, a finding that could have implications ...
Nov 2, 2015
Even a little is too much: One junk food snack triggers signals of metabolic disease
We hate to ruin Thanksgiving, but a new report appearing in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that for some people, overindulgence at the dinner table or at snack time is enough to trigger signs of metabolic ...
Nov 2, 2015
Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer signals their neighbors
A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown channels to communicate with one another and with adjacent non-cancerous cells. Not only does this cast ...
Nov 2, 2015
Researchers are on their way to predicting what side effects you'll experience from a drug
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a model that could be used to predict a drug's side effects on different patients. The proof of concept study is aimed at determining how different individuals ...
Nov 2, 2015
Researchers decipher molecular basis of resistance in the African vector Anopheles funestus
Researchers at LSTM have shown the means by which one of the major species of mosquito responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa is becoming resistant to the insecticides used to treat the bednets which protect people ...
Nov 2, 2015