Monthly Archives: Dicembre 2017
Overcoming difficulties developing an HIV vaccine
The development of a vaccine that protects against HIV infections has proven extraordinarily difficult. One of the reasons is that naïve precursor B cells...
How T-cells navigate the rough-and-tumble environment of the bloodstream
To eradicate pathogens or counteract inflammation, cells of the immune system move through often rapid blood flow toward peripheral disease sites, such as skin,...
Pain-free skin patch responds to sugar levels for management of type 2 diabetes
For millions of people with type 2 diabetes, ongoing vigilance over the amount of sugar, or glucose, in their blood is the key to...
New hope for stopping an understudied heart disease in its tracks
The diminutive size of our aortic valve—just shy of a quarter—belies its essential role in pushing oxygen-rich blood from the heart into the aorta,...
Opera 50 Beta Version to Come with Cryptocurrency Mining Blocker
Opera browser developers have good news for web users annoyed by the cryptocurrency mining capabilities of certain websites that drain the life out of their...
Saudi Arabia : UN urged to act against Iran over Houthi missiles
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley has urged the United Nations Security Council to punish Iran for what she called "destabilizing behavior" and "dangerous violations" of...
Bitcoin: understand what they are and how they work
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin was the first of what have become known as "cryptocurencies".
These are forms of digital money that use encryption to secure transactions and...
Medications alone don’t help smokers quit
Pharmaceutical interventions are routinely prescribed to help people quit smoking. However, a new study by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers...
Allergens need collaborators to cause allergy
Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) find direct evidence that the ligands, compounds carried by allergens, are actively involved in the allergic sensitization...
Edward Snowden’s Haven app turns your laptop into a security system
Most sensitive users of technology, especially those in journalism and activism, have to fear online surveillance and hacking.
To help alleviate that fear, on 22nd December...
Study identifies new loci associated with asthma enriched in epigenetic marks
An international study led by scientists from Inserm and Paris Diderot University (France), the University of Chicago (USA), the National Heart and Lung Institute...
Researchers shed light on why exercise slows progression of Parkinson’s disease
While vigorous exercise on a treadmill has been shown to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in patients, the molecular reasons behind it have...
Blueberry Vinegar Improves Memory in Amnesia
A new study reports blueberry vinegar could be effective in restoring memory to mice suffering from induced amnesia.
Researchers note, that while further testing...
Memristors power quick-learning neural network
A new type of neural network made with memristors can dramatically improve the efficiency of teaching machines to think like humans.
The network, called a...
Mauritania : Global Brotherhood Meets to Plan Future Strategy
Away from the watchful eyes of the world media and under the guise of attending a conference in Mauritania, prominent members of the international Muslim...
