Researchers show FGF21, a factor secreted by the pancreas, promotes remyelination in the central nervous system after injury.
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Even if measles infection incidence has decreased by at least 90% all over the world since the introduction of the vaccine, measles is still one of the major causes of death in children among vaccine-preventable diseases. Regular measles epidemics are reported in developing countries and recurrent episodic outbreaks occur in […]
A nanosheet made of organic polymers has been developed to prevent the drying and deforming of biological samples, thus enabling high-quality imaging under microscopes.
Scientists have developed a new chimeric antibody that suppresses malignant cancers in dogs, showing promise for safe and effective treatment of intractable cancers.
A company known as Memphis Meats is just two years away from mass producing fake meats which were grown in the lab thanks to a hefty investment. A venture capital firm known as DFJ, which includes financiers such as Gates and Branson, has ploughed £13million into Memphis Meats taking the […]
A group of scientists in the US found a staggering 80 per cent of women undergoing fertility treatments at the Massachusetts General Hospital had traces of three flame-retardant chemicals known as PFRs in their system. PFRs – or organophosphate flame retardants – are used in upholstered furniture and gym mats, […]
Liver fluke eggs are often where they’re not wantedCDC Public Health Image Library By Colin Barras It might have been what the doctor ordered, but it didn’t do the patient much good. A 375-year-old mummified man discovered in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, […]
In a taupe-walled exam room at the Women’s Community Clinic in San Francisco, lead clinician Lisa Mihaly plucks a small laminated card from a cabinet. Tethered to the card are three T-shaped IUDs, or intrauterine devices—forms of birth control that are, as the name implies, inserted into a woman’s uterus […]