Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue. Image Credit: Flickr/Glenn Euloth
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recommended first to patients, according to a Wilmot Cancer...
Helmholtz scientists were able to elucidate a mechanism leading to degeneration (right) of formerly healthy lung tissue (left).Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München
Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)....
Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution. Image Credit:Flickr/Jack French
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Leicester has explored the impact of black...
Using advanced mathematics, researchers hope to create models of biological systems that can inform our understanding of normal development and disease.Credit: University of Michigan
What makes a cluster of cells become a liver, or a muscle? How do our genes...
There is growing evidence showing a connection between Parkinson's disease—a neurodegenerative condition—and the composition of the microbiome of the gut. A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that Parkinson's disease, and medications to...
Deep down, we always knew it, but science is proving that cocoa and caffeine are indeed the best marriage ever. Clarkson University researcher Ali Boolani recently completed a study that explores the powers of these two dark delights.
The assistant...
Researchers have discovered a new way of developing painkillers.Image credit:Flickr/Magic Madzik
Researchers from Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a new way of developing painkillers. The team of researchers used computational simulation to analyze interactions at opioid receptors -- the...
The "life cycle" of an mRNA in a eukaryotic cell. RNA is transcribed in the nucleus; processing, it is transported to the cytoplasm and translated by the ribosome. Finally, the mRNA is degraded. Credit: Public Domain
Using antibodies to treat...
Schematic diagram of the molecular robot. Molecular actuators work inside the robot, and the shape of the artificial cell membrane, which are bodies, are changed. When a DNA signal is input, the "molecular clutch," which transmits the force from...
The two scientists Tobias Fromme (l.) and Carlos Gerngross revealed that some persons have an easier time activating their brown fat, or even have more of it.Credit: TUM/ Astrid Eckert
Compared to white fat, brown body fat burns through energy...
Lack of exercise and excessive weight are strongly associated with a type of heart failure that has a particularly poor prognosis. Image credit:Flickr/Sharon Sinclair
Lack of exercise and excessive weight are strongly associated with a type of heart failure that...
