Researchers identify tannic acid could help treat cystic fibrosis
"They found that tannic acid -- a readily available and inexpensive natural product that has been used to treat disease as far back as 1850" By screening over 2,000…
Potassium supplements may increase survival in patients taking diuretics for heart failure
Public Release: 16-Jul-2014 Survival benefit increases with diuretic dosage PHILADELPHIA—Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients taking prescription potassium supplements together with…
Study: Sleep gets better with age, not worse
09 Mar 2012 Defying expectations: Survey of 150,000 adults shows the fewest complaints come from people in their 80s DARIEN, IL – Aging does not appear to be a factor…
A one time “genome-editing” injection to permanently alter you to produce less cholesterol
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Jun-2014 A shot against heart attacks? Harvard researchers say simple 'genome editing' may dramatically lower risk of such crises in future Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists…
Chronic infections thwart vaccine effectiveness
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2014 'Bystander' chronic infections thwart development of immune cell memory Implications for improving efficacy of vaccine campaigns in regions with chronic, infectious diseases PHILADELPHIA – Studies of…
Family’s outrage as Ivy League professor set to be released after serving FIVE YEARS for brutally beating wife to death as she wrapped Christmas presents
By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 11:24 EST, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:47 EST, 17 January 2013 The family of a woman brutally beaten to death by her Ivy League…
Metformin leads to an accumulation of AMP, which inhibits an enzyme called adenylate cyclase, thereby reducing levels of cyclic AMP and protein kinase activity: WOOPS
Contact: Karen Kreeger karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5658 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Most-used diabetes drug works in different way than previously thought Findings could lead to diabetes treatments with less side…
Natural fungus may provide effective bed bug control : Beauveria bassiana
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer aem1@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State IMAGE:This image shows live bed bugs in an artificial harborage in the lab. Click here for more information. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --…
Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders: EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein structures known as amyloids
2009 study posted for filing Contact: patti Jacobs pjacobs12@comcast.net 617-864-2712 Boston Biomedical Research Institute Watertown, MA—Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that…
False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific research
High-profile cases and modern technology are putting scientific deceit under the microscope Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 13.12 EDT The Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel was found to…
Scientists create a virus that reproduces
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY It is the stuff of science fiction and bioethical debates: The creation of artificial life. Up until now, it's largely been just that. But an…
Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural ‘high’ breaking the rules
Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural 'high' breaking the rules By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED:20:11 EST, 7 August 2012| UPDATED:07:46 EST, 8 August 2012 Cheaters get a natural 'high' from…
Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
Public release date: 3-Dec-2009 - combination of the EGCG and the DAPH-12 and found that all of the amyloid structures broke apart and dissolved. Watertown, MA—Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research…
Physical fitness improves spatial memory, increases size of brain structure
Public release date: 24-Feb-2009 - The study, in the journal Hippocampus, shows that hippocampus size in physically fit adults accounts for about 40 percent of their advantage in spatial memory.…
Happiness gap’ in the US narrows ( 2009 )
Public release date: 26-Jan-2009 - “The U.S. population as a whole is not getting happier,” Stevenson said. “For every unhappy person who became happier, there’s someone on the other side…
Why don’t we get cancer all the time?
Public release date: 19-Dec-2007 The seemingly inefficient way our bodies replace worn-out cells is a defense against cancer, according to new research. Having the neighboring cell just split into two…
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