A drug targeting a protein complex containing two different types of opioid receptors may be an effective alternative to morphine and other opioid pain medications, without any of the side effects or risk of dependence, according to research led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded researchers at the University of California, Riverside a $60,000 grant to continue their development of face-recognition software to help identify unknown subjects of portrait art.
A $25,000 grant in 2012 allowed the research team —...
Asbestos was once called a miracle material because of its toughness and fire-resistant properties. It was used as insulation, incorporated into cement and even woven into firemen's protective clothing. Over time, however, scientists pinned the cause of lung cancers such as mesothelioma on...
Cell-Permeable Peptide Hampers Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Mice, Report Investigators in Atherosclerosis - sometimes called "hardening of the arteries" - is a leading cause of death and morbidity in Western countries. A cell-permeable peptide containing the NF-kB nuclear localization...
Mention a breakthrough involving "gumbo" technology in this city, and people think of a new twist on The Local Dish, the stew that's the quintessence of southern Louisiana cooking. But scientific presentations at a meeting of the world's largest scientific society werefocusing on what may be an...
Delegates at a conference in the US this week are hearing about early results of a trial of a new personalized ovarian cancer vaccine that offers new hope for the large number of patients who relapse after treatment. Three-quarters of trial patients who received the new two-step immunotherapy...
Over the last few months, positive results on the pitch for Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox have brought about some pretty wonderful changes in his life. In a bet with Mansfield chief executive Carolyn Radford, Cox agreed to move up his wedding date if they beat fellow non-league side Lincoln...
A new 90-day intravaginal ring has been developed - that for the first time - enables the long-lasting vaginal delivery of tenofovir (TFV), the only topical prophylactic shown to be effective at reducing the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when formulated in a...
Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia and was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy; however little is known about how it works. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by which...
On last night's episode of 'The X Factor', a Tennessee minister named Freddie Combs made the first round of auditions, but on one condition: That he lose weight.*I have a lot of reservations about the good intentions of the show's producers or*Simon Cowell, who struck a deal with Combs to allow...
THE HOLY FEAST OF YOM TERUAH IS NOW UPON US ALL! What will ye do in the HOLY DAY, in the FEAST of the MOST HIGH YAH? (Hosea 9:1- We are even NOW one more year closer to the very sure imminent awaited appearance of the KING! We therefore PRAY even NOW for the HOPE of a VERY GOOD FORTH-COMING...
Early analysis from the world's first ever efficacy trial of an experimental vaccine against dengue fever shows promising results. In a study involving 4,000 children in Thailand, the vaccine appeared to prevent infection by three of the four circulating strains of the virus and showed an...
A "one-size-fits-all" new class of drugs that targets a particular type of brain inflammation is showing early promise for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury. A pre-clinical study due to be published this week in the...
My Presidency Will Be ‘A One-Term Proposition‘ if Economy Doesn’t Turn Around in ‘3 Years’
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Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray loves his Twitter.
He uses it to post pictures of himself wearing a satchel (like Indiana Jones) and children's pajamas and Thursday he used it to punk the entire Georgia football fan base.
Murray tweeted out a photo of a pink Georgia helmet claiming it was...
According to a study published in the journal Neurosurgery, using a new device called mechanical tissue resuscitation (MTR) to prevent cell death has been demonstrated to reduce the size and extent of damaged tissue caused by traumatic brain injury. The finding was made by researchers at Wake...
A naturally-occurring harmless human virus may be able to boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs in some cancer patients, according to early stage trial data published in Clinical Cancer Research. RT3D, trade name Reolysin, is a new drug developed by Oncolytics Biotech Inc with...
New evidence points to a hormone that leaves muscles gobbling up sugar as if they can't get enough. That factor, which can be coaxed out of fat stem cells, could lead to a new treatment to lower blood sugar and improve metabolism, according to a report in the April issue of Cell Metabolism, a...
A new implantable sensor device provides a less-invasive alternative for monitoring pressure within the skull (intracranial pressure, or ICP), suggests a pilot study in Operative Neurosurgery, a quarterly supplement to Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons...