Month: February 2018

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan–Amines are vital in nature; for example, amino acids — the building blocks of proteins and ...

Countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific vulnerable to Zika virus, new…

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2016–Parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of the Zika virus, including ...

Bones of obese children may be in trouble, UGA study finds

Athens, Ga. – Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent University of Georgia research ...

Migration ranges of flying birds depend on body size and flight style

Credit: NIPR The decades-long tracking of flying birds reveals that body size and flight styles determine the scale of birds' ...

Four synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form

The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are ...

Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia

Credit: Rob Kozloff, for the University of Chicago Medicine A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, ...

Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) ...

Blood test plus ultrasound boosts liver cancer detection by 40 percent

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high ...

Scrib protein identified as a natural suppressor of liver cancer

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 8, 2017) – A protein that typically helps keep cells organized and on task ...

Why studying sugars matters in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: GlycoNet (February 9, 2018 – EDMONTON) Two GlycoNet Investigators are using technology to better understand how sugars in the ...

New study reveals air pollution can alter effectiveness of antibiotics

Credit: University of Leicester Air pollution can change the way bacteria behave and can change their potential to cause disease ...

Scientists replace piece of gene mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in effort to make healthy

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 19, 2016) – Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of ...

Efficient technique discovered for isolating embryonic stem cells in cows

Credit: Pablo Ross / UC Davis For more than 35 years, scientists have tried to isolate embryonic stem cells in ...

New hope for critically endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey

Credit: (c) Shaohua Dong The species was discovered in Myanmar in 2010 by Ngwe Lwin, a local scientist working for ...

Leading nutrition experts speak up about malnutrition

Philadelphia, PA, April 27, 2016 – As we better understand the role food plays in our overall health and wellbeing, ...

Deciphering potent DNA toxin’s secrets

Credit: Elwood Mullins, Vanderbilt University One of the most potent toxins known acts by welding the two strands of the ...

Mutation speeds up sperm of zebra finches

Credit: MPI f. Ornithology In zebra finches, sperm velocity and morphology and hence reproductive success strongly depend on a specific ...

Blood test plus ultrasound boosts liver cancer detection by 40 percent

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high ...

African heads of state endorse new measurement of progress on…

Credit: CBM/Bugbee ADDIS ABABA (28 January 2018) – Today, at the 30th African Union Heads of State Summit, the African ...

Newly discovered viral marker could help predict flu severity in…