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Credit: L+L Hundreds of United States cities will be able to identify their most pressing health needs more accurately--thanks to...

Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection

Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...

Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program

New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...

What makes stem cells into perfect allrounders

Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For...

Pre-synaptic cadherin/catenin complexes stablize post-synaptic spines in vivo

Credit: Image by Dr. LI Yefei Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. Synapse formation requires complex regulation involving...

The dust storm microbiome

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara,...

The Blue-winged Amazon: A new parrot species from the Yucatán Peninsula

(PeerJ) In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A....

Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an...

Amber warning for the UK’s access to new medicines post Brexit

In an editorial to be published on Tuesday 27th June 2017 in the journal ecancermedicalscience, Anthony Hatswell of BresMed (an...

Study: Intracranial pathology not necessary for gadolinium deposition in brain tissues

OAK BROOK, Ill. - Minute traces of gadolinium, the contrast agent used to enhance MR images, are often retained in...

Comprehensive program improves measures of childhood obesity at community health center

BOSTON - A comprehensive program to reduce or prevent childhood obesity in low-income communities led to significant improvements in obesity-related...

Adults with autism make more consistent choices

People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) often show a reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but new research...

Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise

Boston, MA - A large-scale effort to reduce childhood obesity in two low-income Massachusetts communities resulted in some modest improvements...

Thwarting metastasis by breaking cancer’s legs with gold rods

Credit: NIH-funded image of apoptotic HeLa cell by the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research / Thomas Deerinck /...

Microscope can scan tumors during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D

Credit: University of Washington When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue...

Cloning thousands of genes for massive protein libraries

Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it....

Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now know...

Regulating the indirect land use carbon emissions imposes high hidden costs on fuel

Farmers earn more profits when there is demand for corn for biofuel instead of for food only. This can lead...

Mitochondrial flash signals long-term memory at neuronal synapse

Credit: Provided by TAN Xiao Why do some memories last a lifetime while others never persist for more than a...

Integrated medical records can reduce disparities between blacks and whites in HIV care