Newest Science News Blog 20190121

Wine on Mars? The World's Oldest Wine-Making Country Wants to Make It Happen
Early colonists on Mars may not have to give up wine!
Melting sea ice makes northern winters more severe
Analysis confirms strong link between Arctic sea-ice loss and winter temperatures.
Study shows vitamin D supplements are of no benefit to the over 70s
There is little benefit for those over 70 taking higher dose vitamin D supplements to improve their bone strength and reduce the risk of falls, new research has revealed.
Conversion of breast cancer cells into fat cells impedes the formation of metastases
An innovative combination therapy can force malignant breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells.
How cancer becomes transmissible in Tasmanian devils: Molecular mechanisms elucidated
How it became transmissible and by what means it escapes its host's immune system has puzzled scientists since its discovery
New hospital price lists are massive spreadsheets full of gibberish
From unintelligible abbreviations and jargon to $32,456.66 "headaches."
Herpes viruses and tumors evolved to learn how to manipulate the same ancient RNA
Findings could have implications for drugs and insight into diseases like Alzheimer's
Life-extending drug Perjeta approved for secondary breast cancer
A drug used to treat advanced breast cancer has been approved
Hidden Beneath a Half Mile of Ice, Antarctic Lake Teems with Life
Waters of a lake deep beneath the ice sheet and a few hundred miles from the South Pole are teeming with bacterial life
Common genetic disorder linked to more disease than previously thought
Symptoms often mistaken for normal signs of aging, but treatment is safe and effective if started early, say researchers
'Zebra' tribal bodypaint cuts fly bites 10-fold: study
Traditional white-striped bodypainting reduces the number of potentially harmful horsefly bites by up to 10-fold
15 Studies That Challenged Medical Dogma in 2018
My favorite scientific papers are the ones that challenge the prevailing wisdom, or dogma. Here are 15 such articles from 2018, in no particular order. (Some are from the tail end of 2017.)
Scientists grow perfect human blood vessels in a petri dish
Breakthrough technology advances research of vascular diseases like diabetes
Liver transplant 'game changing' treatment approved
A new procedure for storing livers donated for transplant has been hailed a "game changer" and approved for use on the NHS.
New scale for electronegativity rewrites the chemistry textbook
Redefining the concept with a new, more comprehensive scale
60 percent of coffee varieties face 'extinction risk'
Three in five species of wild coffee are at risk of extinction as a deadly mix of climate change, disease and deforestation puts the future of the world's favourite beverage in jeopardy, new research warned Wednesday.
UCLA scientists create a renewable source of cancer-fighting T cells
Could point the way toward "off-the-shelf " T cell therapies that are more readily available to patients
Mystery Mummy May Have Been Pharaoh's Personal Eye Doctor
Among the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, queens and religious elites who elected to be immortalized through mummification, there was also at least one ophthalmologist.
Cholesterol, Diabetes, BP Meds May Help Serious Mental Illness
Research suggesting a number of drugs already licensed for other indications may have positive effects on psychiatric symptoms
Moon’s craters reveal recent spike in outer space impacts on Earth
Evidence of 2.5 times increase in the number of impacts striking Earth in the past 300 million years
Ultraviolet disinfection 97.7 percent effective in eliminating pathogens in hospital settings
UV disinfection technology eliminated up to 97.7 percent of pathogens in operating rooms
Many hepatitis infections go undiagnosed in cancer patients
Alarmingly high rate of undiagnosed acute and chronic hepatitis B and C
Cassini Team Finds Evidence of Summer Rainfall at Titan’s North Pole
Observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provide evidence of rainfall on the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan. The rainfall would be the first indication of the start of a summer season in the northern hemisphere of the hazy moon.
Saturn's spectacular rings are 'very young'
We're looking at Saturn at a very special time in the history of the Solar System, according to scientists.
25,000 Years Later, Javelin Is Still Embedded in Mammoth's Rib
First evidence that ice age people in Europe used weapons to hunt mammoths
Biologists discover deep-sea fish living where there is virtually no oxygen
Biologists recently discovered large schools of fishes living where there is virtually no oxygen
Two dead after pigeon dropping infection at hospital
Two patients have died after contracting a fungal infection caused by pigeon droppings at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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