Scientists thought they knew how this 70-year-old leukemia drug worked

For more than seven decades, doctors have used the drug 6-thioguanine (6-TG) to treat leukemia. Its effects in patients are well documented, but researchers are still working to understand the molecular details that determine why some cells are killed by the drug while others manage to withstand it. A team…

Aging muscles may be losing strength for a reason scientists missed

A new discovery from the University of Missouri is revealing an overlooked reason muscles can lose strength with age. The findings could eventually lead to treatments designed to help older adults remain active and independent, from walking safely to continuing everyday activities with family. W. David Arnold, executive director of…

Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors

Two newly identified snail species have expanded the known diversity of European land snails. The species, Cochlostoma komarnica and Cochlostoma dobrido, are described in a new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal. Neither species has an English common name yet. Both are small, with cone-shaped shells measuring about…

These massive stars could explain Webb’s strangest galaxies

Astronomers are finding that the first generations of galaxies do not always behave the way existing models predict. One possible reason is that their most massive stars may have evolved very differently from massive stars in the modern Milky Way. A new survey led by the University of Utah is…

Precipita nel vano ascensore di un cantiere e muore – Notizie – Ansa.it

Un 51enne di origini albanesi è stato trovato morto la notte scorsa in un cantiere edile in via Goito a Padova, dove sono in corso lavori di ristrutturazione a un edificio. L’uomo, titolare di una ditta del Vicentino specializzata in muratura, sarebbe precipitato nel vano ascensore e morto a seguito…

More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases

Greater amounts of REM and deep sleep were associated with lower risks of dozens of diseases, and less than 5 hours of total sleep was associated with high risks of disease, according to a new study published September 17th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Shengzhi Sun of…

Orrore a Nizza, modella brasiliana uccisa e fatta a pezzi – Notizie – Ansa.it

“Il sospetto contesta le accuse”: l’ex compagno di Larissa Brito, modella brasiliana ritrovata morta lunedì scorso vicino a Nizza, nega di averla uccisa nonostante la polizia abbia trovato nel bagagliaio della sua auto il cadavere della ragazza venticinquenne fatto a pezzi e dissimulato in buste di plastica. La vicenda si…