We have come to the time of year when everyone needs to be reminded about the daily duty of considering the sun. “We don’t want people to just stay inside,” said Dr. Lawrence F. Eichenfield, a professor of dermatology and pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital. “We know that…
Many people my age with lens implants following cataract surgery are thrilled not to have to wear glasses all the time, but I’ve recently gone in the opposite direction. Although at 78 I can still drive and, in good light, even read the newspaper without corrective lenses, I’ve chosen to wear glasses nearly all the…
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Dentistry. The first issue of the journal is available online and can be obtained from: https://benthamscience.com/journals/current-dentistry/ Prof. Alvaro Della Bona is the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. He is a Senior Professor and Dean of Dental School, University of Passo Fundo, Brazil. The…
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Venoms and Toxins. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the 2020. Dr. Jean-Marc Sabatier is the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Dr. Sabatier is the Director of Research at the French CNRS. Dr. Sabatier holds…
VIDEO: University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni discusses his cancer immunotherapy research as his graduate students design self-assembled supramolecular nanoparticles that target immune suppressor cells in bladder cancer tumors…. view more Biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded a four-year, $792,000 grant from…
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Medical Science. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of 2020. Dr. Yanmin Zhang is the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Dr. Zhang serves as Professor of School of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Xi’an Jiaotong…
Bone marrow transplants of hematopoietic stem cells have become standard treatment for a host of conditions including cancers of the blood and lymphatic systems, sickle cell anemia, inherited metabolic disorders, and radiation damage. Unfortunately, many bone marrow transplants fail due to rejection by the patient’s immune system or graft-versus-host disease (in which the transplanted marrow…
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Chemistry. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2020. Professor Huan-Tsung Chang is the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Prof. Chang is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that causes paralysis and ultimately death when the nerves enervating the lungs cease to carry the signals needed for breathing. The disease has what is called a “focal onset,” where paralysis starts with an arm or a leg and spreads throughout the body as motor…
WHAT: Many people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have viral genetic material in the cells of their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and these individuals are more likely to experience memory and concentration problems, according to new data published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. A study of 69 individuals on long-term ART found…