الأحد، 28 أغسطس 2016

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News


Targeting gut bacteria to reduce weight gain

Posted: 27 Aug 2016 01:22 PM PDT

Adding engineered bacteria into the guts of mice both kept them from gaining weight and protected them against some of the negative health effects of obesity.

Tackling cardiac toxicity of anticancer therapies

Posted: 27 Aug 2016 12:59 PM PDT

Researchers are tackling the cardiac toxicity of anticancer therapies.

20 cent school intervention stops unhealthy weight gain in children

Posted: 27 Aug 2016 12:58 PM PDT

A school intervention costing less than 20 cents per child has stopped unhealthy weight gain.

Shifts in the microbiome impact tissue repair, regeneration

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:17 PM PDT

A definitive link between the makeup of the microbiome, the host immune response, and an organism's ability to heal itself has been confirmed by scientists.

Baby simulator program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 12:19 PM PDT

A teenage pregnancy prevention program involving a baby simulator does not appear to have any long-term effect on reducing the risk of teenage pregnancy, according to the first randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of this intervention. In fact, the study found that teenage girls who took part were more, not less, likely to become pregnant compared to girls who did not take part.

New method creates endless supply of kidney precursor cells

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 10:06 AM PDT

Researchers have succeeded in, for the first time, creating kidney progenitor cells that survive in the lab. But by using a three-dimensional culture and a new mixture of supporting molecules, the researchers have successfully suspended the cells early in their development. Such early-stage kidney cells could be used to grow replacement kidney tissue in order to study the organ as well as treat disease.

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