THE LANCET: Health experts call for bold action to prioritize health over profit
A new Series published in The Lancet describes how, although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society, the ...
Month: March 2023
Black, Latinx Californians face highest exposure to oil and gas wells
Berkeley — More than 1 million Californians live near active oil or gas wells, potentially exposing them to drilling-related pollution ...
UChicago scientists discover easy way to make atomically-thin metal layers for new technology
The secret to a perfect croissant is the layers—as many as possible, each one interspersed with butter. Similarly, a new ...
New gene discovery points way to better alkaline tolerance in crops
Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic ...
Global natural history initiative builds groundbreaking database to address 21st century challenges
March 23, 2023 – Washington, DC, New York, NY, and London, England – A group of natural history museums, organized ...
Eye color genes are critical for retinal health
Metabolic pathways consist of a series of biochemical reactions in cells that convert a starting component into other products. There ...
Microplastics limit energy production in tiny freshwater species
Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows.Credit: Dr Ben Makin Microplastic ...
Ending tuberculosis: European region set to miss the SDG target for 2030
The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set the target of ending tuberculosis (TB) as a global public health threat ...
Cambridge scientist Professor Christine Holt wins world’s top neuroscience award
The Lundbeck Foundation has announced today the recipients of The Brain Prize 2023, the world’s largest award for outstanding contributions ...
‘Deep proteome’ project provides atlas for human complexity
A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms — ...
Getting around muscle aging
Muscle is able to regenerate through a process that involves multiple steps and players, including the immune system. As our organism ages, the muscles lose the capacity ...
Researchers make breakthrough in high-pressure magnetic detection
According to a study published in Nature Materials, a collaborative research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of ...
CGI-Clinics – implementing cancer personalized medicine at national level
Brussels, Belgium - On 21 March 2023, the CGI-Clinics project held a one-hour event at the EU Parliament to discuss ...
Disparities in the research effort to combat animal-borne diseases amid climate change
Whether it’s diseases from bats, birds, pigs, or mosquitoes, climate change brings with it an increased risk of animal-borne (or ...
WVU researchers working to get people with hip pain moving
Although it’s well known that regular exercise can reduce musculoskeletal pain, some chronic pain sufferers avoid it hoping to minimize ...
Sylvester Cancer investigators find disparities in mesothelioma survival due to social determinants, limited access
MIAMI, FLORIDA (EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023, AT 11 A.M. ET) – Treatment outcomes for patients with malignant pleural ...
Tools for more accurate obesity risk assessment based on sex, ethnicity
For decades, health care practitioners have used body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of a person’s health. But this ...
The CeMM & Angelini Ventures Healthy Lifespan Expansion Initiative
CeMM and Angelini Ventures are joining forces to support CeMM Principal Investigators Laura de Rooij and André Rendeiro in critical ...
Adding hope to the therapeutic mix can empower persons with Parkinson’s disease
Amsterdam, March 23, 2023 – When Marina Noordegraaf was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age 49, she noticed when it ...
New research shows how cultural transmission shapes the evolution of music
New research has found that constraints in the way our brains work can shape the way people interact when creating ...
