Cortisone can increase risk of acute pancreatitis
Patients treated with cortisone should be advised to refrain from alcohol and smoking
Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation.
OHSU scientists first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit
New mouse research published in Nature raises hope that human liver stem cells can be grown, transplanted in a similar way
Study finds maize in diets of people in coastal Peru dates to 5,000 years ago
The very earliest emergence of civilization in South America was indeed based on agriculture as in the other great civilizations
Protecting health care workers
Special face masks prevent bacterial infections as well as clinical respiratory ones: Surprise finding
New Technology Produces Cheaper Tantalum and Titanium
Exotic but useful metals such as tantalum and titanium are about to become cheap and plentiful
Cleaning oil spills with paper mill sludge?
Eco-innovation is at its best when the waste of one industry becomes the raw material of another.
Virus shows promise as prostate cancer treatment
A virus kills all kinds of prostate cancer cells, including hormone-resistant cells, but leaves normal cells unscathed
Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body
A run of poor sleep can have a potentially profound effect on the internal workings of the human body, say UK researchers.
Desert finds challenge horse taming ideas
Recent archaeological discoveries on the Arabian Peninsula have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown civilisation based in the now arid areas in the middle of the desert.
Blueprint for an artificial brain
Bielefeld physicist Andy Thomas takes nature as his model
Bariatric surgery restores pancreatic function by targeting belly fat
Gastric bypass surgery reverses diabetes by uniquely restoring pancreatic function in moderately obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes
Blood vessels 'sniff' gut microbes to regulate blood pressure
A specialized receptor in the nose is also in blood vessels throughout the body senses molecules created by intestinal microbes and responds by increasing blood pressure
Doubts Emerge on the Value of Very Low Cholesterol Levels
Revised guidelines for heart health are set to move away from target-based approach
Increased risk of sleep disorder narcolepsy in children who received swine flu vaccine
A study finds an increased risk of narcolepsy in children and adolescents who received the A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine (Pandemrix) during the pandemic in England.
Resurrection of 3-billion-year-old antibiotic-resistance proteins
Laboratory "resurrection" of antibiotic-resistant proteins that existed 3 billion years ago may point the way to new antibiotics for the 21st century.
Too much vitamin D during pregnancy can cause food allergies
Pregnant women should avoid taking vitamin D supplements, new research suggests.
Because it is rare, male breast cancer often diagnosed only at late stage
For months, Oliver Bogler ignored the lump he felt behind the nipple of his right breast, figuring it was just a weird little nuisance. But on a rafting trip in Idaho last summer, his T-shirt was stained by discharge when he took off his life vest. That got his attention.
New study shows viruses can have immune systems
A pirate phage commandeers the immune system of bacteria
US research to be put online for free
YOU paid for it, so you should be able to see it.
Supermassive black hole spins super-fast
Imagine a sphere more than 2 million miles across - eight times the distance from Earth to the Moon - spinning so fast that its surface is traveling at nearly the speed of light. Such an object exists: the supermassive black hole at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 1365.
Heading a soccer ball may affect cognitive performance
In tablet-based experiment, subconcussive head impacts in soccer affect players' performance of certain tasks
Feeding limbs and nervous system of one of Earth's earliest animals discovered
One of the earliest evolutionary examples of limbs used for feeding, along with the oldest nervous system
Good bacteria may expunge vancomycin-resistant bacteria from your gut
Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity.
Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease
A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart -- unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by frying foods in reused oil, eating lots of polyunsaturated fats, or smoking).
Thriving cancer's 'chaos' explained
The way cancers make a chaotic mess of their genetic code in order to thrive has been explained by UK researchers.
Fukushima 'increased cancer risk'
People living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have an increased risk of developing some cancers, the World Health Organization says.
Toxic oceans may have delayed spread of complex life
A new model suggests that inhospitable hydrodgen-sulphide rich waters could have delayed the spread of complex life forms in ancient oceans.
Mineral diversity clue to early Earth chemistry
Mineral evolution is a new way to look at our planet's history.
Space race under way to create quantum satellite
A quantum space race is under way to create the world's first global quantum-communication network.
Wolf in sheep's clothing: Uncovering how deadly bacteria trick the immune system
UCLA study could provide insight into recent TB outbreak in L.A.'s skid row
Discoveries suggest icy cosmic start for amino acids and DNA ingredients
Important prebiotic chemicals found in interstellar space
Studying Languages Can Grow the Brain
Researchers have found that people who study languages tend to show significant growth in certain areas of the brain. Christie Nicholson reports
Five psychiatric disorders 'linked'
Autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia all share several genetic risk factors, according to a major study.
Resurrecting the Rainbow Colors of Insect Fossils
After squeezing and baking beetle wings, or soaking them in mud to let them decay, scientists think they're closer to being able to reconstruct the original brilliant hues of some fossilized insects.
Dust from Africa affects snowfall in California
One of the driest spots on Earth-the Sahara desert-is increasingly responsible for snow and rain half a world away in the western U.S., a new study released Thursday found.
Prevailing Winds Protected Most Residents from Fukushima Fallout
Hotspots of radiation from the nuclear disaster are still likely to cause localized, small increases in cancer risk, according to a new report by the World Health Organization
LOL, texting, and txt-speak: Linguistic miracles
A linguist surprises the TED crowd; apparently txt-speak really is special.
Mother Teresa: Anything but a saint
Researchers dispell the myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa
US may face inevitable nuclear power exit
In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry.
Turn trash into cash... and save energy
New process transforms old milk jugs into everything from lab equipment to cell phone cases
Tumors deliberately create conditions that inhibit body's best immune response
Tumours in melanoma patients deliberately create conditions that knock out the body's 'premier' immune defence
Impact craters may have been a toasty home for early life
Heat from a cosmic crash could have nurtured ancient organisms
How do bacteria clog medical devices? Very quickly
A new study has examined how bacteria clog medical devices, and the result isn't pretty.
Mars trip to use astronaut poo as radiation shield
Protection from cosmic rays by lining the spacecraft's walls with water, food and astronauts' faeces.
Cancer vaccines self-sabotage, channel immune attack to injection site
UT MD Anderson scientists find common vaccine ingredient diverts T cells from tumors
Researchers describe first 'functional HIV cure' in an infant
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called "functional cure" in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in children.
Patches 'may beat prostate cancer'
Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer than current therapies, a study says.
'Shelf life' of blood? Shorter than we think
A small study from Johns Hopkins adds to the growing body of evidence that red blood cells stored longer than three weeks begin to lose the capacity to deliver oxygen-rich cells where they may be most needed.