Researchers have discovered that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, might also be used to treat…
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalization techniques
Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease of life with techniques to personalize them to individual patients. Cutting edge developments…
New houseplant can clean your home’s air
Researchers have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.
Eye-opening study differentiates iPS cells into various ocular lineages
Researchers revealed that culturing human induced pluripotent stem cells with different isoforms of the extracellular component laminin led to the…
X chromosome: How genetics becomes egalitarian
In cell biology, men and women are unequal: men have an X chromosome, while women have two. How can we…
Delivery method associated with pelvic floor disorders after childbirth
Research has demonstrated that vaginal childbirth substantially increases the probability a woman will develop a pelvic floor disorder later in…
Serious loneliness spans the adult lifespan but there is a silver lining
Moderate to severe loneliness can persist across adult lifespans, but researchers found it is particularly acute in three age periods:…
Birthweight and early pregnancy body mass index may risk pregnancy complications
Women who were born with a low birthweight are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, according to a new study.
A compound being developed to treat eye disease also kills leukemia cells
An active ingredient in eye drops that were being developed for the treatment of a form of eye disease has…
Flu is serious for pregnant women and others at high risk
Those at high-risk for flu complications such as hospitalization and death — including pregnant women — should be tested and…