LA JOLLA, CA — In a study with implications for the future of drug discovery, Scripps Research scientists showed they were able to turn simple chemicals into unique 3-D structures resembling those found in nature–structures with desirable properties for medicines. In the process, they found a potential drug lead for inflammatory disease, which is now…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 10, 2020) – A new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy in Kentuckians and ultimately help reduce cancer rates. The study, published in the Journal of Cancer Education, included 349 middle and high…
A new study estimates that improving the rates of handwashing by travelers passing through just 10 of the world’s leading airports could significantly reduce the spread of many infectious diseases. And the greater the improvement in people’s handwashing habits at airports, the more dramatic the effect on slowing the disease, the researchers found. The findings,…
The University of Colorado College of Nursing’s Center for Midwifery – Longmont (CFM-Longmont) practice is partnering with Mother’s Milk Bank (MMB) as one of the milk bank’s newest human milk donation locations in the Denver metro area, and the first in the city of Longmont. To celebrate, CFM-Longmont will be hosting a kick-off reception at…
How do some mammals postpone the development of their embryos to await better conditions for having offspring? A recent study at the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine explored this reproductive enigma, which can occur in more than 130 species of mammals as well as in some marsupials. The study was study…
De’Andre Arnold, the Texas high school student who in December was suspended for wearing dreadlocks, is excited to show viewers of the Academy Awards telecast the hairstyle he has been wearing since seventh grade. In a phone interview shortly before his flight to Los Angeles, De’Andre, an 18-year-old high school senior, said that he was…
No, the Concorde hasn’t made a triumphant return. But a British Airways flight from New York to London this weekend clocked in at less than five hours, the fastest time by a subsonic jetliner for that particular trans-Atlantic route. Flight 112, a Boeing 747, reached a top speed of 825 miles per hour over the…
Ah, the Oscars red carpet. The ne plus ultra of awards season carpets. The most formal, most glamorous, most ogled, analyzed, criticized and branded carpet of them all. The one that attracts the most eyeballs and thus has the most money riding on it in terms of marketing budgets and contract riders that say this…
The 92nd Academy Awards is only the start of the red carpet looks from Hollywood’s biggest stars. Some of the chicest outfits debut at the Oscar after parties, from Vanity Fair’s annual affair to Elton John’s post-show party. Below, see what the stars wore to each.
WUHAN, China — Bella Zhang hung an intravenous drip on a spindly tree branch and slumped down on a large stone planter outside the crowded hospital. Her mother and brother sat wearily beside her, their shoulders sagging, both also hooked up to their own drips. In recent days, Ms. Zhang, 25, a perfume saleswoman with…