ScienceDaily: Top News World's most spoken language is 'Terpene'

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• Trans fat bans lessen health risks, research suggests
• 3D-printed patch can help mend a 'broken' heart
• Chemists devise simple method for making sought-after boronic acid-based drugs and other products
• Immunotherapy for glioblastoma well tolerated; survival gains observed
• Assessing heart disease risk is within arm's reach
• Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and 2 diabetes on the rise among children, teens
• Low-income children missing out on language learning both at home and at school
• When it comes to your profile picture, let a stranger do the choosing
• Researchers design coatings to prevent pipeline clogging
• World's most spoken language is 'Terpene'
• Relationship between drug injection risk behaviors, immune activation
• Research unravels mysteries of mouthparts of butterflies
• Drinking iced tea may boost cholera risk in endemic countries
• Unveiling how nucleosome repositioning occurs to shed light on genetic diseases
• With magnetic map, young eels catch a 'free ride' to Europe
• How training patients for surgery shortens hospital stays and saves money

Trans fat bans lessen health risks, research suggests Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:39 AM PDT People living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods had fewer hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in areas without restrictions, according to a new study.

3D-printed patch can help mend a 'broken' heart Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:39 AM PDT A revolutionary 3D-bioprinted patch has been created that can help heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack. The discovery is a major step forward in treating patients with tissue damage after a heart attack.

Chemists devise simple method for making sought-after boronic acid-based drugs and other products Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:37 AM PDT A broad and strikingly easy method has been developed for synthesizing a class of molecules that have demonstrated value as pharmaceuticals.

Immunotherapy for glioblastoma well tolerated; survival gains observed Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT A phase one study of 11 patients with glioblastoma who received injections of an investigational vaccine therapy and an approved chemotherapy showed the combination to be well tolerated while also resulting in unexpectedly significant survival increases, researchers report.

Assessing heart disease risk is within arm's reach Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT Researchers may have just discovered a potential new method to diagnose and monitor atherosclerosis: the radial artery.

Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and 2 diabetes on the rise among children, teens Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a report.

Low-income children missing out on language learning both at home and at school Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT Children from poor neighborhoods are less likely to have complex language building opportunities both in home and at school, putting them at a disadvantage in their kindergarten year, finds a new study.

When it comes to your profile picture, let a stranger do the choosing Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles, it may be best to let a stranger do the choosing, a study suggests.

Researchers design coatings to prevent pipeline clogging Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:57 AM PDT A new coating could prevent methane clathrate clogs and blowouts in oil pipelines, potentially stopping a buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow.

World's most spoken language is 'Terpene' Posted: 13 Apr 2017 04:07 PM PDT If you're small, smells are a good way to stand out. A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that two different types of micro-organisms -- bacteria and fungi -- use fragrances, known as terpenes, to hold conversations. And that's not all. The researchers suggest that terpenes are the most popular chemical medium on our planet to communicate through.

Relationship between drug injection risk behaviors, immune activation Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:42 PM PDT Investigators examined the relationship between injection drug use and immune activation in a sample of HIV infected and uninfected people who inject drugs. Findings suggest that efforts to encourage injection cessation or reduction in frequency can have positive health benefits through reducing immune activation.

Research unravels mysteries of mouthparts of butterflies Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:42 PM PDT A researcher has been studying how the mouthparts of butterflies and moths work since 2010. His research shows that the method in which flies and butterflies ingest liquids into their own bodies for nourishment may be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body. Drug delivery systems are engineered technologies for the targeted delivery and/or controlled release of therapeutic agents.

Drinking iced tea may boost cholera risk in endemic countries Posted: 13 Apr 2017 11:11 AM PDT After more than a decade of declining cholera incidence, Vietnam faced an increase in cases of the diarrheal disease during 2007-2010. Risk factors for contracting cholera in Ben Tre province of Vietnam include drinking iced tea or unboiled water and having a water source near a toilet, researchers report.

Unveiling how nucleosome repositioning occurs to shed light on genetic diseases Posted: 13 Apr 2017 11:11 AM PDT For the first time, researchers have unveiled the three-dimensional structure of an overlapping dinucleosome, a newly discovered chromatin structural unit. This may explain how nucleosome repositioning occurs and provide valuable information for understanding chromatin dynamics during transcription and developing drugs to treat genetic diseases.

With magnetic map, young eels catch a 'free ride' to Europe Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:06 AM PDT Each year, young European eels make their way from breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea to coastal and freshwater habitats from North Africa to Scandinavia, where they live for several years before returning to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and then die, beginning the cycle again. Now, researchers have gained new insight into how the young eels make such a remarkable journey.

How training patients for surgery shortens hospital stays and saves money Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:23 AM PDT Basic fitness and wellness coaching, administered in advance, could reduce a surgical patient's average hospital stay two days, from seven down to five, according to a study.