(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Could engineered human stem cells hold the key to cancer survival? Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, have discovered that neural stem cells possess the innate ability to target tumor cells outside ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo's School of Medicine have shown for the first time that caffeine intake can significantly increase the eye's ability to produce tears, a finding that could improve treatment of dry eye syndrome. This common eye condition affects about four million people age 50 and older ...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham state that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can negatively affect a patient's medical decision-making ability at a time when patients or their families are faced with countless complex decisions. According to a study in the April 11 issue of Neurology, the ...

Fighting ability, largely determined by upper body strength, continues to rule the minds of modern men, according to a new study¹ by Aaron Sell from Griffith University in Australia and colleagues. Their work explores the concept that human males are designed for fighting, and shows how this fighting ability ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a method to derive enough DNA information from non-DNA sources - such as RNA - to clearly identify individuals whose biological data are stored in massive research repositories. The approach may raise questions regarding the ability to protect individual identity when ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a method to derive enough DNA information from non-DNA sourcessuch as RNAto clearly identify individuals whose biological data are stored in massive research repositories. The approach may raise questions regarding the ability to protect individual identity when high-dimensional data are collected ...

A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential method to control obesity, according to a Purdue University study.

The notion that senior drivers have higher rates of crashes because they are poorer drivers is largely a misconception, according to a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The overrepresentation of seniors in fatal crashes is mainly due to their "frailty" - "the age-related increase in the probability of ...

People with autism have a greater than normal capacity for processing information even from rapid presentations and are better able to detect information defined as 'critical', according to a study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Economic and Social Research ...

Calmly meditating produces exciting, beneficial effects on your body. It can protect your DNA against cancer-promoting genetic developments and free you from everyday stresses and distractions. That's why meditation is one of the most powerful, but often neglected, tools for maintaining optimal health.

Depression is common enough - afflicting one in ten adults in the United States - that it seems the possibility of depression must be "hard-wired" into our brains. This has led biologists to propose several theories to account for how depression, or behaviors linked to it, can somehow offer an ...

In a paper published today in the journal Cell, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has explained for the first time how a long-studied protein complex affects cell migration and how external cues affect cell's ability to migrate. Cell migration is one of life's basic ...