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How do interactions between gut bacteria and fungi exacerbate crohn’s disease?
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center researcher receives NIH funding to investigateCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Scientists have known that bacteria in the gut, along with environmental and genetic factors, contribute to the debilitating intestinal ailment…
Read More...Study reveals how HIV infection may contribute to metabolic conditions
Credit: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute A single viral factor released from HIV-infected cells may wreak havoc on the body and lead to the development of chronic and potentially deadly diseases like heart disease, diabetes and…
Scientists find clue to ‘maternal instinct’
Credit: Ryoichi Teruyama, LSU Oxytocin is widely referred to as the love hormone and plays an important role in the regulation of social and maternal behavior. In recent years, the oxytocin system in the brain has received…
Trapping female mosquitoes helps curb chikungunya virus
Credit: Tyler M. Sharp (CC BY 4.0) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGP trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitos looking for a site to lay eggs. Now,…
NASA’s terra satellite finds tropical storm 07W’s strength on the side
Credit: NASA/NRL Wind shear can push clouds and thunderstorms away from the center of a tropical cyclone and that's exactly what infrared imagery from NASA's Terra satellite shows is happening in newly formed Tropical Storm 07W.…
WVU researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
Credit: West Virginia University According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their urban counterparts to die prematurely from the five most common killers: heart disease,…
NASA finds one burst of energy in weakening Depression Dalila
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite found just a small area of cold clouds in thunderstorms within weakening Tropical Depression Dalila, enough to maintain it as a tropical cyclone. NASA's Aqua…
Research finds connecting patients with their community could transform healthcare
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Engaging a wider range of resources to connect patients with organizations within their community can help transform healthcare and improve overall well-being, according to new research published…
Preventing people from abandoning exotic pets that threatened biodiversity
From buying impulsively to abandoning exotic petsCredit: Amphibians and Reptiles Recovery Centre of Catalonia (CRARC), Abandoning exotic pets is an ethical problem that can lead to biological invasions that threaten conservation of…
The positive and negative role of LRH-1 during inflammation
Credit: Thomas Brunner Immune cells prevent bacteria, parasites or viruses from entering the body when, for example, the intestinal epithelium is injured. They respond with restricted inflammatory reactions, which are controlled via…
Researcher’s innovative flood mapping helps water and emergency management officials
Credit: Civil Air Patrol - Kansas Wing LAWRENCE -- When Jude Kastens was developing a new floodplain mapping model more than a decade ago as part of his doctoral dissertation at the University of Kansas, he aimed to address a…
Bacteria enhance coral resilience to climate change effects
Credit: Anna Roik Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to human influences such as climate change and environmental pollution. Even if the warming of the earth does not exceed 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius…
How neuromuscular connections are maintained after nerve lesions
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum) After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal muscle to maintain the neuromuscular junction, the synapse between the nerve and muscle…
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple…