Security issues with health apps for dementia patients uncovered by researchers

Many health apps designed to assist dementia patients and their caregivers have inadequate security policies or…

Searching for the ‘signature’ causes of BRCAness in breast cancer

Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair-genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational…

Potential target for alcohol liver disease discovered

Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in…

Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol

Gut microbes have been in the news lately. Recent studies show they can influence human health,…

When fish swim in the holodeck

Standard behavior experiments to investigate behavior in popular lab animals only incompletely mimic natural conditions. The…

Link between cells associated with aging, bone loss

A causal link between senescent cells -- the cells associated with aging and age-related disease --…

Scientists create ‘diamond rain’ that forms in the interior of icy giant planets

In an experiment designed to mimic the conditions deep inside the icy giant planets of our…

Flowing fluid bends tiny hairs inside us

Engineers have predicted how tiny hairs lining blood vessels and intestines bend to flowing fluid. The…

aCar — the electric ‘all-rounder’

An electric car for Africa, custom-designed for the needs of the population there, that strengthens rural…

Comprehensive genomic analysis offers insights into causes of Wilms tumor development

Mutations involving a large number of genes converge on two pathways during early kidney development that…