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Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching in 2018
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of...
Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer
Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women...
Squeezing innovation out of the NASA Twins study: Pipetting and cell isolation in space
Credit: NASA Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on...
Artificial intelligence to uncover human biases
Credit: Insilico Medicine Since 2015 artificially-intelligent systems surpassed human accuracy in many tasks including image recognition, voice recognition, autonomous driving...
Neural stem cells steered by electric fields in rat brain
Credit: Junfeng Feng Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain towards a specific...
How dragon blood could save your life (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 11, 2017 -- Chemists have found potential drugs and other really useful compounds...
In rats that can’t control glutamate, cocaine is less rewarding, staving off relapse
Credit: Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick Rats missing a neuroreceptor that controls the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate are less...
Eye microbiome trains immune cells to fend off pathogens
Credit: Rachel Caspi and Anthony St. Leger Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on...
Antibiotics taken late in pregnancy can increase risk for IBD in offspring
A study by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine shows that when mice that are genetically susceptible to developing...
Key immunological mechanism for regulating intestinal flora discovered
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Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and treatment
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...
Prosthetic knee type may determine cost of care for amputees
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical...
Marine vessels are unsuspecting hosts of invasive species
Invasive ascidians -- sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders -- are nuisance organisms that present a global threat. They contribute to...
Better than Star Wars: Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light
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UMass Amherst biologist hopes to unlock secrets of flowers’ diversity
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - There are at least 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth and though their...
Researchers to develop new gene-editing method for the study of arthropods
Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists...
ASHG honors Arthur Beaudet with Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award
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‘Big Muddy’ Missouri river needs a plan
URBANA, Ill. - As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at...
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