Study shows land-locked Atlantic salmon also use magnetic field to navigate
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study shows that Atlantic salmon use the Earth's magnetic field as a navigational tool -...
Previously unknown genetic aberrations found to be associated with Alzheimer’s progression
In a large-scale analysis of RNA from postmortem human brain tissue, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Expanding fungal diversity, one cell at a time
They can be found on forest floors, swamps and in houses, ranging in size from smaller than the period on...
Getting a grip on the slow but unique evolution of sharks
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan, in collaboration with other Japanese institutes and aquariums,...
When yesterday’s agriculture feeds today’s water pollution
A study led by researchers at Université de Montréal quantifies for the first time the maximum amount of nutrients -...
Big discoveries about tiny particles
Credit: Illustration courtesy of Hojin Kim From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of...
Novel technology enables detection of early-stage lung cancer when surgical cure still is possible
Credit: Fang Wei, EZLife Bio Philadelphia, October 8, 2018 - Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is often fatal because most cases...
Carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires up to 4 times worse than feared
Carbon losses caused by El Niño forest fires of 2015 and 2016 could be up to four times greater than...
Penn Medicine’s OncoLink receives 2018 CPEN Excellence in Patient Education Award
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN) honored the Patient Education Team from Penn Medicine's OncoLink...
Weight loss linked to lower breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women
In a study of postmenopausal women, participants who lost weight had a lower risk of developing invasive breast cancer than...
Global sea level could rise 50 feet by 2300, study says
Credit: NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer Global average sea-level could rise by nearly 8 feet by 2100 and 50 feet...
Out like a light: Researchers id brain’s ‘sleep switch’
BOSTON - Two decades ago, Clifford B. Saper, MD/PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
Research shows club drug GHB associated with brain and cognitive changes
Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with...
Neoadjuvant combination checkpoint blockade trial yields high response rates for patients with high-risk stage three melanoma
Combination checkpoint blockade before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) produced a high response rate among patients with high-risk stage 3 melanoma, with...
There’s a better way to decipher DNA’s epigenetic code to identify disease
Credit: Rahul Kohli, Univeristy of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A new method for sequencing the chemical groups attached to the surface...
Guided by CRISPR, prenatal gene editing used in treating congenital disease before birth
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 2018--For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in...
Guided by CRISPR, prenatal gene editing shows proof-of-concept in treating disease before birth
For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in laboratory animals, offering...
Genetic disease healed using genome editing
Credit: colourbox Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria: in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened...
Study examines changes made at home after unintentional injuries to children
Bottom Line: A research letter looked at how parents made changes at home after unintentional injuries sent children to emergency...
Risk of attempted suicide among sexual minority adolescents
Bottom Line: Adolescents who don't identify as heterosexual appear to have a greater risk of attempted suicide. Why The Research...
