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Credit: Children's National Health System Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in...

Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds

Credit: Photo courtesy of USDA. Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra...

Experiences at first sexual encounter impact risk of HIV and violence for women in Kenya

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 17, 2018 - Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely...

Drug and alcohol use by pregnant women: the evolution of state policies

Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during...

MSU plant sciences faculty part of international discovery in wheat genome sequence

Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - A Montana State University faculty member dedicated to researching cereal genetics and...

Blood test could detect kidney cancer up to five years prior to clinical diagnosis

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Every year, more than 330,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer worldwide....

How a ‘jellyfish’-shaped structure relieves pressure in your cells

Credit: Kefauver et al, Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 16, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have solved...

Wheat code finally cracked; wheat genome sequence will bring stronger varieties to farmers

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium,...

UM Researcher discovers genetic differences in trees untouched by mountain pine beetles

MISSOULA - A University of Montana researcher has discovered that mountain pine beetles may avoid certain trees within a population...

Lowering pH inside cells may put the brakes on cancer growth

TAMPA, Fla. - A new study focusing on the environment inside cancer cells may lead to new targeted treatment strategies....

When sulfur disappears without trace

Credit: © Maulide Group To live up to mankind's challenges, we are in constant need for new molecules. New drugs...

UMD researcher helps to crack the genetic code for wheat for the first time

Credit: Edwin Remsberg, Remsberg Inc. The University of Maryland as part of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published...

Stretching beyond limits

In the world of materials, rigidity and elasticity are usually on opposite ends of the continuum. Typically, the more elastic...

Taking a closer look at unevenly charged biomolecules

Credit: Ryota Negishi WASHINGTON, D.C., August 16, 2018 -- In clinical diagnostics, it is critical to monitor biomolecules in a...

Life Biosciences funds MDI Biological Laboratory aging course

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Life Biosciences, a biotech company...

Case Western Reserve receives grant to improve food systems in Cleveland neighborhoods

Credit: David Schwartz A multidisciplinary research team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a three-year,...

More protein after weight loss may reduce fatty liver disease

Rockville, Md. (August 16, 2018)--Increasing the amount of protein in the diet may reduce the liver's fat content and lower...

New approach to fight tuberculosis, a leading cause of death worldwide

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 16, 2018--Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Nearly 2 million people die...

Obesity, infertility and oxidative stress in mouse egg cells

Credit: Wang et al. Excessive body fat is associated with negative effects on female fertility and pregnancy. In mice, maternal...

How people use, and lose, preexisting biases to make decisions